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Audiobook Review: Cold Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell
Why yes, this is the second horror novel by Michael McDowell read in one month. Once I got a taste of his “classic” style of horror writing I had to have more. Much like The Elementals, this novel is once … Continue reading
Review: Dear Daughter by Elizabeth Little
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (July 31, 2014) ISBN: 9780670016389 Source: Publisher Ten years ago, Janie Jenkins was convicted for the death of her murder. Now, released on a technicality, Janie alters her appearance and goes on a rouge … Continue reading
Posted in Review, Thriller, Viking
Tagged family secrets, murder, small town, South Dakota
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Review: The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (March 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 081299520 Source: Publisher Seventeen year old Lucy Dane lives in the small town of Henbane, deep in the Ozark Mountains. She knows loss personally and deeply, for her own … Continue reading
Review: Ransom River by Meg Gardiner
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Dutton Adult (July 5, 2012) ISBN-10: 0525952853 Source: Publisher Rory Mackenzie has reluctantly returned to her hometown of Ransom River, California, now unemployed. She’s now serving as a juror in a high-profile murder case: two policemen … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauff
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is One Breath Away by Heather Gudenkauff: Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: Harlequin MIRA; Original edition (June 26, 2012) … Continue reading
Posted in Frightful Friday, Mira Books, Review, Thriller
Tagged Heather Gudenkauff, school shooting, small town
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Review: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: William Morrow (April 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062088149 Source: Author Nine-year-old Jesse Hall and his older, mute brother Christopher “Stump” live in the small town of Marshall, North Carolina. Jesse is very protective of Stump, a child … Continue reading
Posted in Literary Fiction, Thriller, William Morrow
Tagged 1980s, North Carolina, religion, small town
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Review: These Things Hidden by Heather Gudenkauf
Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: Mira; Original edition (January 18, 2011) ISBN-10: 0778328791 Source: Publisher Allison Glenn is about to be released from jail after serving time for committing a horrible crime: killing her own child moments after birth. Now … Continue reading
Posted in Mira Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review
Tagged family secrets, small town, teen pregnancy
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