Older Reviews
An archive of past book reviews in mystery, thriller, crime, horror, and other suspense-related genres.
A Trip with Trouble
The last rider in their group fails to show up at the overlook
Suburban Hell
They must fight the evil spirit before the suburbs go completely to hell
A Cornish Recipe for Murder
A body is found in the grounds of the house
The Pink Hotel
Wildfires sweep through the surrounding mountains
Hope to Die
A body is found in a farmhouse in a gruesome state
Run Time
She fears the real horror lies off the page
Listen to Me
She’s convinced there’s a real wolf in her vicinity
Stay Awake
The victim’s blood has been used to scrawl a message across a window
The Other Girlfriend
ten years later, he turns up on her doorstep still as charming as ever
The Swell
After her boyfriend drowned, she hung up her surfboard
Nona the Ninth
A monstrous blue sphere hangs on the horizon, ready to tear the planet apart
The Rising Tide
The dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations
The Best Friend
A black seed was set in the heart of their relationship
Wake
A million-dollar reward for anyone who could explain how the girl vanished
Upgrade
To win this war, he’ll have to become something other than himself
Helltown
His natural charisma and good looks initially protect him from suspicion
The Goldenacre
Gruesome murders are plaguing Edinburgh
An Honest Living
He finds himself out of his depth, drawn into a series of deceptions
The Murder Book
To save himself and his friends, he will have to do the unthinkable
Righteous Prey
A woman is murdered in the Twin Cities
Quarter to Midnight
His father’s death is ruled a suicide after a deliberately botched investigation
Portrait of an Unknown Woman
A deadly game of cat and mouse where nothing is as it seems
Things We Do in the Dark
She’s arrested in her bathroom, covered in blood, holding a straight razor
Enchant the Dawn
A hostile rival is out for vengeance
The Reindeer Hunters
The village’s overworked priest is tormented by his old betrayal
First Born
As she tracks her twin’s final movements, cracks begin to emerge
The Girl Who Survived
She believes she is the killer’s ultimate target
Her Last Goodbye
He is forced to confront the lies that hold their marriage together
You're Invited
Each wedding guest has their own dark secret and agenda
After We Were Stolen
She awakens to flames consuming her family’s remote compound
A Simple Choice
She thought she had left the fast lane behind when she moved to Ohio
All the Dirty Secrets
Another young woman has drowned at Beach Week
Black Dog
A dangerous madman wreaks havoc across the city
Flight Risk
A pooch appears—with a human leg in his mouth
The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
A motley group of part human, part animal monstrosities
Deadly Setup
On trial for murder, she fights to prove her innocence
The Guilty Couple
Five years ago, she was convicted of plotting to murder her husband
VINDICTA
A terrorist organization is masquerading as a political movement
Look Closer
The body of a socialite is found hanging in a mansion in a nearby suburb
The It Girl
The friends she thought she knew have something to hide, including a murder
The Falcon
She’s tracking the most cunning predator of her career
Alias Emma
She must covertly travel across one of the world’s most watched cities
The Furies
He must protect two women under threat as Portland shuts down
Armored
The UN wants to broker peace between homicidal drug cartels
Lying Beside You
A man is murdered and his daughter disappears
Ordinary Monsters
A catastrophic vision of the Victorian world and the children who must save it
The Last King of California
When another gang tries to encroach on their turf, they must go to war
The Retreat
A young woman is found dead in what seems to be a tragic fall
Murder in the Hollows
He had a plan, until someone put a bullet in the head of a county judge
The Family Remains
After fleeing a London tragedy thirty years ago, she is finally coming home
Death by Bubble Tea
One of their bubble tea customers turns up dead
The Finalists
The six of them surrender their devices when they enter the Victorian structure
Miss Aldridge Regrets
A stranger offers her the chance of a lifetime: a starring role on Broadway
A Beginner's Guide to Murder
Three most unlikely murderers-in-the-making
The Thirteenth Girl
Twenty years later, the secrets of the past are pulling her back in
The Lies I Tell
She has been waiting ten years for the woman who upended her life to return
Jacqueline in Paris
She is witnessing the political environment that will shape her life
Call Me a Cab
A New York cab driver is hired to drive a beautiful woman across America
Little Sister
Two girls go into the woods and only one comes back
Harmony of Fire
Only through finding each other do they have a chance of survival
Killer Triggers
Murder Comes Down to Sex, Drugs, or Money
Harlem Sunset
With the Girl Killer behind her, she is eager to move forward
Rook
One million wanted posters are printed and a reward is offered for his capture
Iconoclast
The head of a Seattle-based crime family has a long reach
The House Sitter
The police arrive to find her perfect house turned upside down
Daughter of Redwinter
She can see–and more importantly, speak–to the dead
Firestorm
An energy consortium’s mining operation threatens his land
And There He Kept Her
Tragedy has sent this former police officer back to a small Minnesota town
Outside
When a snowstorm strikes the Icelandic highlands, four friends seek shelter
Two Nights in Lisbon
Her husband is gone—no warning, no note, not answering his phone
Her Dying Day
She makes a discovery that could finally reveal the truth about the author’s fate
The Gatekeeper
A team of mercenaries launches an attack on a military contractor
The Ghosts of Paris
She’s on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals
May God Forgive
An arson attack on a hairdresser’s has left five dead
The Counselors
Asking questions offers her no answers, only danger and betrayals
Hatchet Island
Two of the three researchers have been brutally murdered
No More Lies
She used to be a mother on the run from a secret no one must ever know
Trouble with the Cursed
Take chances, but pay for them yourself
A Botanist's Guide to Parties and Poisons
She explores steamy greenhouses, dark gardens, and deadly poisons
Gilded Mountain
When the winter brings tragedy, she’ll choose between silence and revenge
Cowboy Wolf Outlaw
His mission is to locate the perpetrators and destroy them
A Fatal End
Discovering the singer’s murderer might not be the only shock in store
Last Call at the Nightingale
She’s caught between New York’s underground and the city’s wealthy
Magpie
She might destroy her perfect romance, perfect family, and perfect self
Killers of a Certain Age
Older women often feel invisible, but sometimes that’s their secret weapon
Bayou Book Thief
She discovers that a box of donated vintage cookbooks contains a body
The Interrupted Journey
In 1961, they “sighted” a flying saucer
Her Frozen Cry
Her medication had been tampered with, poisoning her over several days
Cold Fear
A contract-killer tries to ensure he never gets the answers he’s looking for
The Sweet Goodbye
The first agent the FBI sent was dead within a month
Never Coming Home
Every track was covered, and now he plays the grieving husband so well
The Change
The trio of women discover a teenage girl whose body was abandoned
Big Little Secrets
Caught in a web of secrets, he realizes how little he truly knows his wife
Real Bad Things
When she confessed to his murder, she should have gone to jail
The Handler
A CIA mole in Iran’s uranium enrichment program
Black Tide
They fight to survive a nightmare of apocalyptic scale
Bad Actors
There are bad actors everywhere, and they usually get their comeuppance
Ashton Hall
She confronts what mothers throughout history have had to do
Edge of Dusk
Her life changed the night her sister was kidnapped
The Children on the Hill
Monsters are real—and one of them is her very own sister
My Wife is Missing
A family vacation turns into a nightmare
Augusta Hawke
Staring out the windows for inspiration means she notices things
The Drowning Sea
Secrets, crime, and village politics are woven through this seaside community
Black Tide
It was just another day at the beach, and then the world ended
From Bad to Cursed
Someone is sabotaging the celebrations leading up to the Beltane festival
Rotten To The Core
A second cider-related murder takes place
Peril at the Exposition
She must venture to Chicago’s streets to learn what happened
Snowstorm in August
Central Park is buried under tons of snow; only it’s not snow, it’s cocaine
The Island
An accident propels them from an unsettling situation into a nightmare
Devil's Ride West
Hiding by day, he begins to unravel the mystery of the deaths
Death by Beach Read
They find the dead body of a man they don’t recognize in their kitchen
One of the Girls
It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away
The Grief of Stones
He has stumbled over a scandal of the city—the foundling girls
Should I Fall
A complex murder plot with multiple victims
Smile Beach Murder
When another death rocks Cattail Island, she must face her fears alone
Dear Little Corpses
The reality of separation becomes more desperate and more deadly
Beneath Cruel Waters
The sins of the mothers are the sins of the sons
Moment in Time
It’s been eight years since a tragic accident changed their lives forever
Motherthing
She’ll try to save her herself from the ghost of her mother-in-law
The Breakdown
What really happened the day of the accident?
Lingering
there is something in the house, trying to communicate with them
The Housekeeper
Who is this woman suddenly wearing her mother’s jewelry?
Hostile Intent
He must find a way to repay the debt of honor while stopping World War III
The Recruit
Darkness lurks just beneath the respectable veneer of modern life
While the Wolf's Away
He and the Arctic wolves are seeking a new life in the wilds of Minnesota
Watch Out for Her
With hidden cameras in her home she wonders if her past caught up to her
Make Me Disappear
She had to disappear, so she arranged her own kidnapping
Miss Morton and the English House Party Murder
All is not well at the estate
Wild Prey
Into the lawless wilds of Myanmar, he infiltrates the compound of a warlord
Cold Snap
No means of communication and grizzly bears lurking in the shadows
Hester
A seamstress carrying generations of secrets when she sets sail from Scotland
Buried in a Good Book
She arrives with her daughter at her grandfather’s cabin in the woods
Such a Beautiful Thing to Behold
A mysterious plague known as the Grey grips the small village
The Murder Rule
Her mother’s diaries tell about the man who abused her
No Less The Devil
It’s been seventeen months since the Bloodsmith butchered his first victim
The Younger Wife
A heart surgeon at the top of his field is getting married again
Dry Heat
He’s offered a deal: his freedom in exchange for cooperation
Where the Wandering Ends
There is no sacrifice or sin a mother wouldn’t commit to save her child
All the Queen's Men
Sometimes, it takes a Queen’s eye to see connections where no one else can
The Resting Place
She came face to face with the killer
The Homewreckers
She takes the life insurance money, buys a small house to flip
Can't Look Away
She locks eyes with the lead singer, and can’t look away
Blood Sugar
The Miami homicide detectives are not convinced of her happy marriage
In Place of Fear
She stumbles across something dark in the heart of the medical community
Overboard
Dark secrets and corruption buried in Chicago’s neighborhoods
Shadow in the Glass
The victim was seen with a mystery man right before she disappeared
Smile and Look Pretty
their posts go viral and hundreds of other women come forward
Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade
Once again, for Enola, the game is afoot
The Golden Couple
It’s no longer simply a marriage that’s in danger
The Shadow House
She may have disturbed barely hidden secrets in her new home