Category Archives: Mystery/Suspense

Frightful Friday: The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week.   This week’s featured book is The Last Policeman by Ben Winters: Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Quirk Books (July 10, 2012) … Continue reading

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Love is Murder Blog Tour, Featuring Lee Child!

Hardcover: 608 pages Publisher: Mira (May 29, 2012) ISBN-10: 0778313441 Source: Publisher To celebrate the release of Love Is Murder, an anthology including works by 30 of the hottest authors writing romantic suspense today, featured bloggers will “host” one of … Continue reading

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Review: The Girl Below by Bianca Zander

Paperback: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (June 19, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062108166 Source: Publisher After living a decade in New Zealand, twenty-eight year old Suki Piper returns to her native London. She struggles to reconnect with the London … Continue reading

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Review: The Unseen by Katherine Webb

Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (May 22, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062077880 Source: Publisher Reverend Albert Canning and his wife, Hester, live in a quiet Berkshire village in 1911. Both are young, Hester is already dreaming of filling … Continue reading

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Review: The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books; 1 edition (April 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316185906 Source: Publisher (Netgalley) It’s 1914. The Empress Alexandra, bound for New York, suffers a fire on deck and the passengers are forced to flee the ship, five days out … Continue reading

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Review: The Song Remains the Same by Allison Winn Scotch

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (April 12, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399157581 Source: Publisher Nell Slattery is only one of two survivors of a horrible plane crash. When she awakens in the hospital she is confused, devoid of all her memories. … Continue reading

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Review: Save Me by Lisa Scottoline

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (April 12, 2011) ISBN-10: 031238078X Source: Publisher Rose McKenna volunteers to be a lunchroom volunteer when she learns her eight-year-old daughter Melly has been bullied by another little girl.  Melly was born with … Continue reading

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Review: Edge of Dark Water by Joe R. Lansdale

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Mulholland Books (March 27, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316188433 Source: Publisher (Netgalley) The body of May Lynn is found by her friends, a beautiful young girl with aspirations of going to Hollywood to become an actress.  She was found in the … Continue reading

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Review: The Girl Next Door by Brad Parks

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (March 13, 2012) ISBN-10: 031266768X Source: Author As Carter Ross is reading the obituaries (“some of the happiest news we print”) he comes across the entry for Nancy Marino, just 42 years old.  As Carter scans the … Continue reading

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Review: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl

Hardcover: 496 pages Publisher: Random House (February 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 1400066573 Source: Publisher In 1868 Boston, a new school opens up on a former wasteland: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  It promises to study science for the well-being of all, … Continue reading

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