Category Archives: Thriller

Review: A Killing of Angels by Kate Rhodes

Posted on February 26, 2014 by Jenn

Series: Alice Quentin Series (Book 2) Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books (February 25, 2014) ISBN-10: 125001431X Source: Publisher Psychologist Alice Quentin vowed to never work with the police again. Her last experience left her battered and bruised, both physically and mentally. Yet when Detective Don … Continue reading →

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Review: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon

Posted on February 12, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Doubleday (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0385538499 Source: Publisher West Hall, Vermont has a centuries-old history of strange disappearances and activity tracked back to old, family legends.  The most infamous is that of Sara Harrison Shea, found … Continue reading →

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Review: The Martian by Andy Weir

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Crown (February 11, 2014) ISBN-10: 0804139024 Source: Publisher Mark Watney is one of several astronauts making up the crew of the Ares 3 mission to Mars. Just days into their mission, the Acidalia region is hit … Continue reading →

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Review: Snow White Must Die by Nele Neuhaus

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Jenn

Paperback: 400 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; Reprint edition (December 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250039770 Source: Publisher Eleven years ago, then twenty-year-old Tobias Sartorius was convicted of killing two seventeen-year-old girls based on circumstantial evidence alone and sentenced to ten years in … Continue reading →

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Review: Speak of the Devil by Allison Leotta

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 288 pages Publisher: Touchstone; First Edition edition (August 6, 2013) ISBN-10: 145164485X Source: Author D.C. sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis barely has time to celebrate her recent engagement before she’s called in to investigate a horrific crime.  A group of … Continue reading →

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Review: Cut to the Bone: A Body Farm Novel by Jefferson Bass

Posted on November 19, 2013 by Jenn

Series: Body Farm Novel Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow (September 24, 2013) ISBN-10: 0062262300 Source: Publisher It’s the summer of 1992.  Dr. Bill Brockton is the head of the University of Tennessee’s Anthropology Department.  After having his credibility tested … Continue reading →

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Mx3 Review: Day One By Nate Kenyon

Posted on October 4, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books (October 1, 2013) ISBN-10: 1250013216 Source: Publisher John Hawke, at one time, was a prominent technology reporter but an ethical transgression forced him into unemployment. Haunted by the mistakes of his past, Hawke … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: The Edge of Normal by Carla Norton

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Have you read a chilling book this week? Tell us about it in the comments below! The featured title … Continue reading →

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Review: Lexicon by Max Barry

Posted on September 4, 2013 by Jenn

Hardcover: 400 pages Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The; First Edition edition (June 18, 2013) ISBN-10: 1594205388 Source: Personal copy Imagine a world in which a few words can illicit a response from an individual, relinquishing their ability to resist commands.  … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. The featured title this week is Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes: Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (August 20, … Continue reading →

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