Please Join Us by Catherine McKenzie My rating: 5 of 5 stars Stunning, propulsive, and sharp as a knife, Please Join Us is about a secret women’s group and the members determined to get ahead at all costs—just like men do. With a creeping sense of paranoia and full of surprising twists, this smart, feminist…
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Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon
Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon My rating: 5 of 5 stars Sly and deliciously clever, Hannah Mary McKinnon captivates with this engrossing tale of a missing wife and the devious husband who hopes to inherit her fortune. With dark secrets and surprising twists, Never Coming Home will leave you alternately gasping and giggling.…
The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan
The Long Weekend by Gilly Macmillan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ominous, absorbing and atmospheric, The Long Weekend is psychological suspense at its finest! A gorgeous thriller about obsession and dark secrets that threaten to destroy a group of close friends who all have an awful lot to hide. As always, Macmillan summons a…
Revenge by James Patterson
Revenge by James Patterson My rating: 3 of 5 stars A fun, absorbing adventure. After a shocking beginning, the book does slow down a little, but the last 3/4 picks up again. Much of the story centers around men physically fighting, rather than intense psychological action. Overall, a quick, good read with a satisfying conclusion.…
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty What a tricky book to review! The premise is of course intriguing – 9 strangers arrive at health resort Tranquillium House, each for various reasons. The 9 characters all are incredibly well written. In fact, the characters are the reason I kept reading, because the plot just felt…lacking. Like,…
Her Perfect Twin by Sarah Bonner
Her Perfect Twin by Sarah Bonner While this one is incredibly clever, I feel like I should start with some trigger warnings. Gaslighting, domestic abuse, violence, covid used for plot. You get a first person POV of a psychopath, and the things he says and does are menacing and pretty evil. The story is almost…
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker
Tall Oaks by Chris Whitaker My rating: 5 of 5 stars A beautiful blend of comedy and tragedy, this book is one of a kind. Written with incandescent prose, this haunting, mesmerising story will leave you reeling. Chris Whitaker has created an unforgettable story of love, loss and deception, with unexpected twists, an unpredictable ending…
Good As Dead by Susan Walter
Good as Dead by Susan Walter My rating: 3 of 5 stars A clever concept for my September First Read selection. We have a crime and we have a cover-up, but because we have a direct insight into who committed the crime (although there is a mini, sort of unsurprising twist here), some of the…
One Small Mistake by Dandy Smith
One Small Mistake by Dandy Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars Elodie wants to be perfect, just like her sister. But her desire to ‘be somebody’ leads her down a dangerous path when she becomes part of a plot to fake her own kidnapping in order to write a book about it. The is…
I Know You - Claire McGowan
I Know You by Claire McGowan My rating: 5 of 5 stars Talk about bad luck! Most people don’t ever find a dead body, but Rachel does so twice. When she stumbles on the body in the woods while walking her dog, she knows exactly what she has to do: Run. Because 20 years before…
The Good Lie - A.R. Torre
The Good Lie by A.R. Torre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Endlessly surprising and incredibly fun, I absolutely loved this one! Our main characters are Dr. Gwen Moore, a psychiatrist who treats those with violent tendencies, and Robert Kavin, an attorney who’s still grieving the loss of his son to the BH killer. Both…
The Good Lie - A.R. Torre
The Good Lie by A.R. Torre My rating: 5 of 5 stars Endlessly surprising and incredibly fun, I absolutely loved this one! Our main characters are Dr. Gwen Moore, a psychiatrist who treats those with violent tendencies, and Robert Kavin, an attorney who’s still grieving the loss of his son to the BH killer. Both…