Category Archives: Thriller

Frightful Friday: The Silenced by Brett Battles

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

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Review: The Raising by Laura Kasischke

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 496 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Original edition (March 15, 2011) ISBN-10: 0062004786 Source: Publisher   One year earlier, a tragic car accident takes the life of Nicole, a beautiful, straight-A sorority student at a midwestern university.  Her boyfriend, Craig, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Informationist by Taylor Stevens

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Crown (March 8, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307717097 Source: Third party It’s been nine years since Vanessa “Michael” Munroe escaped Cameroon at the young age of fifteen.  She now serves as an “informationist”, and individual who visits developing … Continue reading →

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Review: Satori by Don Winslow

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 512 pages Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (March 7, 2011) ISBN-10: 0446561924 Source: Publisher “Satori” is a zen Buddhist term for “sudden awakening, a realization of life as it really is.”  In Don Winslow’s Satori, a prequel to the best-selling thriller, … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: Run by Blake Crouch

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

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Review: The Lock Artist (Audiobook) by Steve Hamilton

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Jenn

Listening Length: 12 hour(s) and 37 min. Program Type: Audiobook Version: Unabridged Publisher: Brilliance Audio (January 5, 2010)/Minotaur Books (print edition) Source: Library At a very young age, Michael witnessed a horrendous crime.  Since then, he’s been unable to speak. Nearly a … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: The Winter Ghosts by Kate Moss

Posted on February 25, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

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Review: American Vampire by Jennifer Armintrout

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Jenn

Mass Market Paperback: 336 pages Publisher: Mira (February 22, 2011) ISBN-10: 0778328783 Source: Netgalley Graf, on his way to a party hosted by his vampire sire Sophia, gets lost and finds himself trapped in the small town of Penance, OH. … Continue reading →

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Review: Delirious by Daniel Palmer

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher:Kensington; 1 edition (February 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0758246641 Source:  Author Charlie Giles seems to have it all.  The new digital-entertainment system for automobiles he invented is bought out by a large company.  He ousted his business partner for … Continue reading →

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Review: The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø

Posted on February 1, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (February 1, 2011) ISBN-10: 0061133981 Source: Publisher Harry Hole, Oslo police detective, is called in to investigate the murder of a young woman.  Her finger was amputated and a red diamond is … Continue reading →

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