Author: Christina McDonald

Dear Child by Romy Hausmann My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve wanted to read this book for a while and am so glad I did. Incredibly dark, eerie and twisted, the story is bleak and somewhat sad, while also being fresh and utterly gripping throughout. It’s one of those books you can see being…

For the Best by Vanessa Lillie My rating: 5 of 5 stars A fascinating look at the power of restorative justice, For the Best is Vanessa Lillie at her finest. With damaged characters and a dark undercurrent, the plot unravels a myriad of devastating secrets in the wake of an alcohol-soaked night that left a…

When I Was You by Minka Kent My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this twisty, topsy, turvy thriller! No, this is not a literary thriller, it’s a book that’s meant to entertain. It’s interesting and addictive and just pure fun. When I Was You follows Brienne Dougray, who’s recently suffered a harrowing attack…

A Killer’s Wife by Victor Methos My rating: 5 of 5 stars A twisty, riveting delight! A Killer’s Wife is seductively vivid and an incredibly fun read. I’m not usually a fan of legal thrillers, but this one was excellent. An FBI procedural-legal courtroom thriller, the story is set in Las Vegas, where federal prosecutor…

Perfectly Famous by Emily Liebert My rating: 5 of 5 stars Much more than a clever whodunit, Perfectly Famous is a subtle and lyrical acclamation of relationships, especially the challenging one between mothers and daughters. Irresistible and intriguing, it smolders with a brooding, slow-burn tension that delicately unwinds to a final, profoundly shocking outcome. A…

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks My rating: 5 of 5 stars With friends like these, who needs enemies? That should be the caption of this book! It’s my first by this writing duo, and I absolutely loved it! Skillfully plotted and absolutely chilling, the story centers around Shay, a super-lonely woman who wants…

The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton My rating: 5 of 5 stars A dazzling, Sliding Doors-esque suspense novel in which a woman must face the person she’s become and choose who she wants to be. The Two Lila Bennetts is mind-bending, twisty, and unputdownable, asking questions like can one small decision shape your life,…

The Dilemma by B.A. Paris This was quite a different book from B.A. Paris’s usual thriller, and this was particularly confusing as it was marketed as a thriller, which I found a massive mislabeling of genres. It just isn’t. It’s maybe women’s fiction/family drama, all of which is centered around one main dilemma. For me,…

Little Friends by Jane Shemilt My rating: 3 of 5 stars Marital affairs, shocking violence, bullying children – it does sound a little like Big Little Lies, although I didn’t really find it was like that at all. While the writing and setting is vivid, the characters are pretty self-absorbed. The story is about three…

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris My rating: 5 of 5 stars Creepy, chilling and utterly, utterly compulsive! Wow! Reading Behind Closed Doors was like getting sucker punched in the brain over and over again. But, you know, in a good way. 🙂 It’s a devious, dark and incredibly tense psychological thriller that basically just…

The Good Widow by Liz Fenton My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gorgeously emotional and deftly written, this beautiful suspense story is about a woman who finds out her husband’s darkest secrets after he dies in a car accident. A perfect summer read with twists and turns and a profoundly shocking ending, The Good Wife…

Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier My rating: 5 of 5 stars Cleverly plotted, absolutely riveting and utterly stunning, Little Secrets is a story of a mother whose son goes missing and her subsequent disintegration into depression. But when the PI she’s hired to try to find her son tells her that her husband is having…