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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 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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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 Ones You Trust – Review

⭐⭐⭐.5 by Carolie Overington Excerpt   ‘Kids get lost in shopping centres all the time, which maybe explains why nobody was all that worried when they saw a small child standing alone…’  What is The Ones You Trust  about?    Successful talk show host, Emma Cardwell, is juggling pressure at work as viewership declines, and her role as mother of three children. She gets a horrible […]

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Pretty Ugly Lies

by Pamela Crane A Book Reviewery review of Pretty Ugly Lies .5 We’re rating Pretty Ugly Lies 3.5 mugs. Worth a read. Excerpt …’All these beautiful things I’d spent a lifetime accumulating, putting into just the right place, tending to with dust cloths and lemon-scented cleaner, suddenly it all felt so meaningless’… What is Pretty Ugly Lies […]

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Lies

by T.M. Logan 4 mugs – yep, we were up all night to find out what happened! Excerpt ‘She was with someone. a man, talking in animated fashion. Something made me stop. I knew the guy she was talking to…’ What is Lies about? Joe Lynch trusts his wife. He is content with their family, their […]

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