Category: Book reviews

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James My rating: 5 of 5 stars Riveting and wonderfully irresistible! If you don’t think you enjoy ghost stories, think again. The Broken Girls is perfectly executed from start to finish. Told in dual storylines, past and present, it manages to be a haunting mystery, historical fiction, and a…

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica My rating: 5 of 5 stars Holy wow, this book!!! This is suspense at its finest. Dark secrets, ingenious and surprising twists, characters you root for every step of the way. Local Woman Missing is one of my favorite books of the year. A cheating wife. A kidnapped girl.…

False Witness by Karin Slaughter My rating: 5 of 5 stars Wow! My mind is absolutely blown! What a brilliant book. It’s dark, gritty and fast-paced, everything you want in a thriller, but it’s so much more than that. It’s a story of two sisters who share a heart-breaking secret from their past. Leigh has…

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker My rating: 5 of 5 stars A staggeringly beautiful story of love, loss, loyalty and revenge, and with one of the best protagonists I’ve ever read. Duchess Radley is just 13 years old, a girl who is a self-confessed outlaw who doesn’t take anything from anyone. She’s…

Watch Me Disappear by Janelle Brown My rating: 5 of 5 stars A beautiful, riveting story, Watch Me Disappear is a propulsive novel showing the danger of secrets, and how the cost, especially for those we love the most, can be deadly. A richly told character-driven novel that is atmospheric, irresistible, and gorgeously layered, it…

Broken Harbour by Tana French My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love anything that Tana French writes, and the Dubliner Murder Squad books are right up there with some of the best police procedurals out there. These books aren’t exactly fast paced, but are more a slow burn with the characters so stunningly portrayed…

Falling by T.J. Newman My rating: 3 of 5 stars I can see why this book has been optioned for film and how the action-packed scenes could lend itself to Hollywood. And there’s so much good about it! A high-concept idea where a pilot has to choose between his family and the lives of those…

Choose Me by Tess Gerritsen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Tess Gerritsen is an auto-buy author, so of course I was eagerly awaiting Choose Me, and it did not disappoint. Smart, chilling, cleverly plotted, plus a protagonist I could really get behind. I adored Detective Frankie Loomis and thought the character elements of her…

Beneath Devil’s Bridge by Loreth Anne White My rating: 5 of 5 stars Using a new true crime podcast, Beneath Devil’s Bridge cleverly follows the story of Leena Rai, a 14-year old who was viciously murdered in 1997. Her guidance counsellor, Clayton Pelley, confessed to the crime, but now, as Trinity Scott begins her podcast…

Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love every book set in The Hollows, and Ink and Bone is no exception! Finley Montgomery has a special gift. She dreams of things before they happen. This gift is a blessing and a curse and there’s only one person who can…

The Second Life of Nick Mason by Steve Hamilton My rating: 4 of 5 stars An enjoyable ‘guy’ book with mobsters and good and bad cops, lots of shooting and car chases, etc. The story is well done and fast-paced with a great hook – a criminal who gets out of maximum security prison early…

Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline A family drama that revolves around a prank gone wrong and is told vividly and confidently by multiple POVs. The first part of the story is building up to what went wrong, while the last part is exploring the incident and the fallout over the years. Lots of interesting themes…