Category Archives: Thriller
Review: Everything to Lose by Andrew Gross
Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: William Morrow (April 22, 2014) ISBN-10: 0061656003 Source: Publisher Hilary Blum is a single-monther, struggling to make ends meet after her husband left her and their autistic son. Losing her job is the last straw and decides to confront her … Continue reading
Review: Until You’re Mine by Samantha Hayes
Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Crown; First Edition edition (April 15, 2014) Language: English Source: Publisher Claudia Morgan-Brown finally has the life she’s dreamed of. She’s pregnant with her first child, her incredibly caring and supportive husband, James, by her side. … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: Runner by Patrick Lee
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 title is the audiobook production of Runner by Patrick Lee: Listening Length: 8 hours and 39 minutes Program … Continue reading
Review: Mind of Winter by Laura Kasischke
Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Harper (March 25, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062284398 Source: Publisher Holly Judge awakens on a snowy Christmas morning with remnants of a nightmare racing through her head. Thirteen years ago, she and her husband traveled to Russia to … Continue reading
Review: The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Spiegel & Grau (March 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 081299520 Source: Publisher Seventeen year old Lucy Dane lives in the small town of Henbane, deep in the Ozark Mountains. She knows loss personally and deeply, for her own … Continue reading
Audiobook Review: While Beauty Slept by Elizabeth Blackwell
Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged,MP3 – Unabridged CD edition (February 20, 2014) ISBN-10: 1452667896 Source: Personal copy When Elise Darliss’ mother falls victim to the pox, Elise flees her home on a farm and seeks employment as a maid at the … Continue reading
Frightful Friday: The Seeker by R. B. Chesterton
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 title is The Seeker by R. B. Chesterton: Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Pegasus (March 6, 2014) … Continue reading
Review: The Accident by Chris Pavone
Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Crown (March 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0385348452 Source: Publisher Isabel Reed is a literary agent who still relishes in reading hardcopy manuscripts, refusing to embrace the digital age. One day, a strange manuscript lands on her desk. The author, anonymous, … Continue reading
Review: Above by Isla Morley
Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Gallery Books (March 4, 2014) ISBN-10: 1476731527 Source: Publisher At just sixteen years old, Blythe Hallowell is abducted by a survivalist, kept prisoner in an abandoned missile silo. She tries without success to escape, he captor spouting stories about the the … Continue reading
Review: After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman
Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: William Morrow (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0062083392 Source: Publisher Felix Brewer sustains his family, including wife Bambi and three daughters, via a lucrative, yet not necessarily legal, business. Facing jail time, he disappears without a trace … Continue reading