Category: Mystery/Thriller Books
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Blog Tour & Review: Nothing Can Hurt You Now by Simone Campos
Recently translated to English, this thriller shows you the inside look of two sisters, Lucinda and Viviana. Driven apart over time by their different outlooks on life, but when Vivi goes missing, all her dark secrets unravel and Lucinda must look past those pieces to find her sister before it’s too late.
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Book Review: The Dream Heist by Christina Farley
This was a new author to me and it was quite an adventurous story. It’s got vibes of Inception (one of my favorite movies) and also a big mystery element to it. The main characters work at this DreamScape Institute called MaxLife where they do dream studies in an attempt to learn how to build…
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Book Review: All That Fall by Kris Calvin
MY REVIEW: All That Fall was a far greater emotional read than I had anticipated. It starts off with a lot of things happening at once which really surprised me. I’m used to thrillers laying out a path in the story and walking you through things rather than hitting you in the forehead the first…
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Blog Tour: Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
I want to thank Pushkin Press for contacting me and sharing this book with me. Review A perfectly reflective novel for this time of year. From an award winning author – prepare to be moved into a reflective state with this one. The story follows Dómhildur who is a mid-wife from a long line of mid-wives…
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Cleopatra’s Dagger by Carole Lawrence a Book Review
A historical journey back in time and a period that I adore reading about. Taking place in the 1880’s during a time when New York City was still taking in new populations, struggling immensely with poverty and classism, we get a peek into the life of Elizabeth van den Broek. She comes from a well-to-do…
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The Last by Hanna Jameson a Book Review
Have you ever wondered what life is like after a nuclear war? The Last will provide you with a glimpse of one those perspectives. But we all have our own expectations, I believe, of what things would look like. However, I enjoyed the questions this book made me ask about myself. Comparing my own values…
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Moment In Time by Suzanne Redfearn
This book was amazing and read really quickly. While this is a story that includes characters from an earlier book, it can be read as a stand alone due to it including the most relevant information from the other book. Revisiting these characters and seeing how they’ve grown and been influenced by the tragedy they…
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The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
I have been wanting to revisit some mystery and thriller books lately and I was SO excited when my Once Upon a Book Club Box arrived and had this little beauty inside of it. Lisa Jewell is a new author for me and I wasn’t familiar with her books or writing style. This one started…
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The River Has Teeth by Erica Waters
A story about vengeance, painful truths and family. Where the forest is frightening and protective all in one heart beat and two young women find solace in one another as they battle for their lives and seek out answers to questions they both need. Della is the youngest of the Lloyd family and they are…
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Japanese Mystery Readathon
Looking for a new genre? Want to read along with an amazing group of Japanese book lovers? Come on over and check out the Japanese Mystery Readathon group on Twitter or Instagram! Next week, I’ll be reading Real World by Natsuo Kirino along with the group and you can join in on the fun as…
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