Sometimes I Lie is my newest favorite of the year. There are so many twists and turns in this novel that my head was left spinning. This is one of those books that when you finish you wonder if you got it right because everything is (I’m sure) carefully planned to make the reader work … Continue reading
I feel like all of the blogs that I have written this year are exactly alike! This new genre of wife/mother/girlfriend being terrorized by husband/child/neighbor/co-worker is starting to get a little old. But…Best Friends Forever is different. Just looking at the title gives you the first clue – this one is about the best friend. … Continue reading
(Good)Creepy, (good)creepy, (good)creepy. Take the movie “Stand by Me” throw in “It” and you can kind of get an idea of what this novel is going to read like. The Chalk Man never loses the (good) creepiness element while making a lot of the violence (and oh, there is violence) appear off site. It is … Continue reading
This novel is getting a lot of hype and is very popular so I am going to try real hard not to spoil anything. The Woman in the Window is now part of the thriller genre of: Woman sees/hears/overhears/feels/smells something Woman goes to her boss/the police/the F.B.I./her significant other but no one believes her Woman … Continue reading
Alex’s world was turned upside down when her sister Anna was murdered. Since then she hasn’t socialized much at school or at home, where her mother is usually drinking and complaining that Alex is too much like her father. Her father left the family years ago, and Alex suspects this was due to a dark … Continue reading
No exaggeration on this title – Best Day Ever is definitely a psychological thriller of the nth degree. Paul Strom just wants to give his wife Mia the best day ever. So he has planned the perfect romantic weekend at their lake house. The lake house that is so much nicer than his neighbors. Even … Continue reading
With 22 books (and counting) in the Harry Bosch series under his belt, Michael Connelly introduces us to detective Renée Ballard, a much younger detective Connelly can rely on for a new series if he ever ends Bosch’s long run. Ballard works the graveyard shift (sometimes referred to as the late show), but not by … Continue reading
