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The IT Girl

by Ruth Ware Dark academia meets psychological thriller  “There are messy, wriggling, unfinished ends putrefying beneath the surface of what happened that night—things that she has refused to think about and look at for a long time. And there should not be. -Ruth ware the it girl Genres Psychological thriller   Psychological drama  Mystery   […]

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The Marriage Secret

By Carey Baldwin “Just because you don’t mean any harm to anyone doesn’t mean they don’t mean any harm to you.”  —carey baldwin, The Marriage secret Genres: Women’s fiction   Drama  Domestic thriller  Psychological suspense   Psychological thriller   suspense What’s The Marriage Secret about?  Holly Bancroft has a charmed life. She has an adoring husband, Zach—who’s […]

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The Darkest Web

The message at the top had an all-caps subject line: MAY NEED CRIMINAL REPRESENTAITON…   ‘The Darkest Web’ -Kristin Wright A legal thriller that explores old friendships and hidden motives  the book reviewery Genres   Legal thriller  Crime  Mystery   TRIGGER WARNINGS: Child abuse (physical and sexual).   What is The Darkest Web about?  When […]

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Other People’s Lives

JE Rowney Don’t be fooled by the ‘short read’ status… it’ll leave you breathless for a good part of the book… Genres: Psychological fiction Psychological thriller Suspense Mystery “All we want are other people’s lives. Even if we have everything we need, it’s not enough.” –JE Rowney OTHER PEOPLE’S LIVES What is ‘Other People’s Lives’ […]

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A Slow Fire Burning

Paula Hawkins  Who killed Daniel, and can they get away with it?  Excerpt “She leaned forward, her forehead resting against the mirror so that she wouldn’t have to look herself in the eye, only looking down was worse…” – Paula Hawkins A Slow Fire Burning Genres Mystery  Crime  Contemporary Fiction   What is ‘A Slow Fire […]

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The Night Shift

by Alex Finlay A taste of 90’s nostalgia with a modern twist   Excerpt The sheep spends its life worried about the wolf, only to be eaten by the farmer.  -The Night Shift, Alex Finlay Genres Crime Mystery Thriller Police Procedural What’s The Night Shift about?  Opening on New Year’s Eve 1999, when Y2K was […]

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The Paris Apartment

by Lucy Foley ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Someone is there, just outside. He waits for a knock. None comes. Genres Mystery Suspense Contemporary Fiction Whydunnit What’s the Paris Apartment about? The Paris Apartment is a multiple-perspective mystery that explores the relationships between a group of people who all live in a lavish apartment building that is reminiscent of […]

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The Confession

by Jo Spain  A Book Reviewery review of The Confession    We’re rating The Confession 4 mugs.  Worth a read.  Excerpt  ‘… Harry turned to me, completely bewildered. Then my husband stood up, his body faster than his brain, a mammal reacting to this peculiar invasion of our space. His mouth was just opening to form the first indignant question when the man swung the golf […]

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