Thrillers and suspense are some of my favorite books, especially domestic ones. Flora Collins’ A SMALL AFFAIR promises to have drama, danger, and so many lies, and it’s sure to please any of us that love this genre. Here’s an excerpt fROM A SMALL AFFAIR. 1 One year ago We met on an app, one […]
It’s been a while since I’ve read a domestic thriller that kept me guessing the entire book. Elyse Friedman’s book, THE OPPORTUNIST, was so full of bad people, questionable motives and actions, and a very picturesque high society private island setting, and I thoroughly enjoyed every second while I read it. Here’s an excerpt, and […]
I just love a great romantic suspense full of fantastic characters where the danger ramps up throughout the book. Christina Dodd’s POINT LAST SEEN fits that bill and then some. Check out the excerpt below and stick around at the end for my review of this excellent book. two A Morning in February Gothic, California […]
I’m back today after a short break for a death in the family and a really badly timed sinus infection on my part to bring you an excerpt for Nadine Matheson’s latest thriller, THE BINDING ROOM. I often enjoy books like this that are written by attorneys since they have a unique perspective to the […]
If you’ve been a reader here for a while, you know that I love a good suspense-especially when it’s domestic or psychological suspense. Cate Ray has a new novel in this genre, Good Husbands, and I’ve got an excerpt for you to check out. This is definitely on my list to read when I get […]
Hannah Mary McKinnon writes very entertaining dark and twisted books, and her latest NEVER COMING HOME is more of the same. Check out the excerpt immediately following this and my review down below. 1 SUNDAY The steady noise from the antique French carriage clock on the mantelpiece had somehow amplified itself, a rhythmic tick-tick, tick-tick, […]
I enjoyed Seraphina Nova Glass’s novel, SUCH A GOOD WIFE, so I was excited to read her latest domestic suspense, ON A QUIET STREET. Here’s an excerpt and stick around to the end to check out my review. ONE Paige Paige stands, watering her marigolds in the front yard and marvels at how ugly they […]
Getting back to suspense, thrillers, and mysteries, I read Tee O’Fallon’s TOUGH JUSTICE. Firmly a romantic suspense featuring an ER doctor and a DEA agent as they deal with a deadly new drug mixture causing overdoses in their area in Colorado, I devoured this book in one day. Throw in not one, not two, […]
Murder, mystery, mayhem, lies, and deceit–I look for all those things in a particular kind of book. Annie Ward’s THE LYING CLUB has all of this and more. Here’s an excerpt and stick around afterward for my review. Prologue THE NECKTIE OF her ex was still clasped in her hand when Natalie woke. Her head […]
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve read a young adult novel, but the book description for Brenna Ehrlich’s KILLING TIME sounded right up my alley. Here’s an excerpt and stick around afterward for my review. CHAPTER TWO Natalie didn’t ask her mom if she wanted to come to Lynn Halsey’s memorial, which was just […]
Happy Friday! Lovers of mystery and suspense novels should check out Kristen Bird’s debut, THE NIGHT SHE WENT MISSING, an engaging domestic suspense novel full of deceit and twists. I have an excerpt below, and stick around for my review at the end. EMILY They find me faceup in the murky water of the harbor […]
I haven’t read a good domestic suspense in a while, and Cara Reinard’s latest release Into the Sound gave me the twisting and turning book that I’d been craving after reading so many romances this year. Take a woman vanishing and her sister doing everything she can to find her, a dash of a […]
It’s been a while since I read a good mystery/suspense, and Such a Good Wife ticked most of my boxes for a fantastic book. Here’s a peek at chapter 2, and stick around at the end for my review. Two Before I can pinpoint the day that set everything in motion. Gillian Baker, one block […]
