Author: shanahane

While I’m coming in at Book 6 in the series, I want to start by saying that first, I think this book worked as a stand alone (even though it’s technically not,) and second, I think I found a new series… now I have to track down books 1-5! The book opens in France when … Read More “Stolen Children by Michael Wood” »

This was a thriller with a lot of great build up, but the potential twists that I thought were coming were more interesting than what really happened. Eva is living with her father and stepmother, helping care for her father suffering from dementia, when they get a phone call asking someone to come pick up … Read More “The Liar’s Daughter by Rona Halsall” »

It is 1983, and Joe Arneson, is 23-years-old living and living a “normal” life until he starts having vivid dreams that seem to be in someone else’s head. It gets so bad, his family sends him away to a psychiatric hospital. After several months, Pearl, a woman who introduces herself as Joe’s long-lost grandmother, shows … Read More “Dovetail by Karen McQuestion” »

Marriages aren’t always what they seem and neither are people. Who can you really trust? Who should you really trust? This book is told from two points of view: Frances, who seems to have a deeply troubled past and is married to William who “rescued” her, although might be having an affair now, and Samantha, … Read More “The Missing by Daisy Pearce” »

This was May’s pick for one of my (two) local book clubs, and while the ending felt a bit rushed, this was a fast-paced, dark thriller that would make a great summer read. When her mother gets a “normal” job in Lake Tahoe and sends Nina to a fancy high school, Nina can imagine a … Read More “Pretty Things by Janelle Brown” »