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Review: The Only Child by Andrew Pyper

Don’t you love it when you discover a book that so perfectly matches your need at the moment? This book most certainly did for me.  It’s dark, it’s chilling; the cover serves as the perfect sneak peek into what you’ll experience … Continue reading

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Review: Skitter by Ezekiel Boone

I’m going to keep this portion of the review short. Skitter is the second in The Hatching trilogy.  There’s not much that can be discussed without revealing too much, particularly if readers have yet to start the series. While it … Continue reading

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Review: Ararat by Christopher Golden

Christopher Golden excels at crafting the most chilling horror reads. I devoured his previous book, Snowblind, and this most recent novel shared the same fate. Golden uses the setting, in both cases a frigid, treacherous blizzard, as a character within … Continue reading

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Review: The Devil Crept In by Ania Ahlborn

If you haven’t read any of Ahlborn’s work, add her to your list, especially if you are a fan of horror like I am.  Everything she writes is brilliantly terrifying; the fact that she can send chills down my spine … Continue reading

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Review: Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

Egads, this book is spooky.  Having ready Cutter’s previous works, I thought I was prepared for this one. Clearly, that wasn’t the case.  This is the type of horror that chills you from the core, an evil that reminds me … Continue reading

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Review: Graveyard: True Hauntings from an Old New England Cemetery

Yesterday, I shared my review of one of many books about/by Ed and Lorraine Warren. This is a much tamer book, devoid of any gore, filled to the brim with stories to be retold around a campfire, or curled up … Continue reading

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Review: How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather

This review copy has been sitting in my book pile since the spring. When I saw it sitting there, all lonely and unread, I quickly added it to my pile of books to review for Murder, Monster & Mayhem.  Then … Continue reading

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Review: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

I purchased this title upon release after much acclaim by readers whose opinions I trust and value. There’s even a blurb from the king of horror himself on the cover! All of the acclaim was so, so worth it. What … Continue reading

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Review: The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics

A few weeks ago, I listened and loved Daughters Unto Devils, the author’s previous work. That title chilled me to the bone.  This one? Not so much. While the concept is chilling (generations of women haunting their descendants) I don’t … Continue reading

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Audiobook Review: Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

This novel was originally released four years before I was born, a horror classic that I discovered when I was a teen. When I found myself on the hunt for a classic horror read, I knew this would be it. … Continue reading

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