Towards the beginning of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley, Tom Ripley is looking at checks he has collected fraudulently. He has been calling people and telling them they owe back taxes. However, instead of cashing the checks, he simply collects them, as if he is performing the whole ruse for his own amusement or … Continue reading
Yes, Then She was Gone is another Paula Hawkins, A. J. Finn, Liane Moriarty, and Gillian Flynn novel with the clueless wife/mother/girlfriend. But at least this one is trying. Her persistence is commendable but also a bit annoying. You want to scream “Just ask!!!” But, of course, that would make for a much shorter book. … Continue reading
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
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
I can truthfully say I have read my favorite book of 2017, The Trouble with Goats and Sheep. This novel (by the way, first novel by the author) has it all! It is clever, charming, disturbing, funny, and full of mystery throughout. The quick overview – this book is about two 10-year-old girls in 1976, … Continue reading
