Category Archives: Thriller

Review: City Under One Roof by Iris Yamashita

Interesting factoid: the setting of the city in one building is actually based on the city of Whittier, Alaska. I learned about this city one one of the weekend news programs.  When I learned about this title and the setting, … Continue reading

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Review: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

It seems like it’s a new tradition to kick off a summer of reading with the latest Riley Sager! Once again, he doesn’t disappoint.  Never could I have imagined the route this book was going to take! Sager leaves you … Continue reading

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Review: Getaway by Zoje Stage

Stage’s books are instant-buys or reads for me; her two previous novels (Baby Teeth and Wonderland) were chilling horror titles that left me reeling long after I finished read them. This novel is more of a psychological thriller, but it’s … Continue reading

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Review: Chasing the Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar

When I read this book a few months ago, I knew it had to be my first book review for Murder, Monsters & Mayhem. I have read books by this author before and I’m familiar with his writing genius. What … Continue reading

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Review: Falling by T. J. Newman

Those who know me well know that I tend to avoid buzz books, I prefer to read without outsider input or influence. With Falling, far to many people whose opinion I value were raving about this debut, so I had … Continue reading

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Review: Red Widow by Alma Katsu

Let me start by saying I don’t read spy thrillers.  Yes, you read that correctly.  I don’t read spy thrillers.  What I do read, however, is anything written by Alma Katsu. I must divulge that I’ve known Alma for just … Continue reading

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Review: Never Far Away by Michael Koryta

When life has my mind and soul reeling, I revert back to the things that I cherish and bring joy to my life.  For me, one of those things is reading. We lost my mother-in-law to COVID-19 a week ago.  … Continue reading

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Review: Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

This is a truly brilliant novella. Jones takes bits of all those corny teen slasher movies I grew up watching and uses the very best characteristics to pull together this immensely captivating read. Sure, it’s quirky; a mannequin comes to … Continue reading

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Review: His & Hers by Alice Feeney

This is most certainly going to be one of the top thrillers of the summer! The storyline, its execution, the characters, the narration, are all outstanding. The narration is told in a he said/she said method, with three points of … Continue reading

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Review: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

This is one of the books of the summer you cannot miss, the very kind of book I’ve been seeking. I love a good haunted house tale and this one certainly reeled me in.   Told in alternating time periods/points of … Continue reading

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