This debut suspense/thriller novel has so many twists and turns, it’s hard to figure out what’s coming next, let alone what the final twist will be. Overall, it was a fun read and did a great job in not following the cookie cutter outline of so many thrillers out there right now. Lucy King takes her dog along with a few important possessions and flees from her abusive boyfriend in Brooklyn to a small cabin … Read More “All the Broken People by Leah Konen” »
Category: Mystery
This is another good suspense/mystery book by Lucinda Barry. Three lifelong best friends — Lindsey, Kendra, and Dani — now each have a son — Jacob, Sawyer, and Caleb — who are also lifelong best friends. But at a sleepover one night, something happens that leaves Sawyer dead of a gunshot wound, Jacob in a coma, and Caleb in such extreme shock that he’s barely functioning or talking. As the parents desperately try to find … Read More “The Best of Friends by Lucinda Berry” »
To Dare jumps between the perspectives of three women: Simone (a physically and emotionally abused woman with two children,) Veronica (a teacher, a former (?) bully, and a newlywed who desperately wants a child,) and Sarah (a lawyer and former friend of Veronica who is now happily married and has two children.) The best part of this book was in the middle when the suspense was building. I thought it was interesting to see how … Read More “To Dare by Jemma Wayne” »
When Arden Olivia Maynor was 6-years-old she sleepwalked out of her house during a violent storm, was presumably whisked underground by the flooding, and was missing for three days, finally found clinging to the underside of a grate. Now, 20 years later, she’s Olivia Meyer and just wants to be left alone. Unfortunately, one night she wakes up outside, tripping over a dead body, someone from her past… This was another fun summer thriller, perfect … Read More “The Girl from Widow Hills by Megan Miranda” »
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, whose 15-year-old deeply troubled daughter Edie vanished without a trace 20 years earlier. Frances and William are in his hometown … Read More “The Missing by Daisy Pearce” »