People Like Us – Review

"I was determined to redesign myself completely into a Bates girl, and as soon as I took that dive, I knew exactly what kind of girl I would be. The kind who jumps first and stays under ten seconds too long." Kay Donovan has more than a few things she doesn't want people to know [...]

The Neighbors – Review

"I wanted her to move past the accident. Not forget -- you can't forget something like that -- but I wanted her to forgive herself." Twenty years has passed since the car crash that changed Abby's life happened. Twenty years since Nate pulled a young girl from near a burning car. Just in time to [...]

The Echo Killing – Review

"She could trace her career, her life, and her obsessive interest in crime and criminals back to that single day, fifteen years ago." Harper McClain is a crime journalist. A good one, making a living in Savannah, going places normal journalists can't due to her closer relationship with the police. That relationship developed from the [...]

The Wife – Review

"In an instant, I became the woman they assumed I'd been all along: the wife who lied to protect her husband." The Wife asks us: how far should a wife go to protect those she loves? A question we all think we know the answer to. A question we all think we can answer ourselves. [...]

Bone Music – Review

"They didn't plan to kill my mother." Charlotte Rowe has never led a normal life. Her mother killed in a tragic twist of fate by two serial killers. Taken by the killers and raised as their own until the FBI finally caught up to them. Reunited with a father who was far more interested in [...]

Paper Obscura – Your New Obsession

If you've been on #bookstagram for any period of time, you're familiar with subscription boxes already. Instead of another YA box, there's a new box focusing on murdery, twisty reads with location themed boxes featuring small businesses. Welcome Paper Obscura! Okay, so there are a few really cool things about this box! This is probably [...]

Strangers – Review

"Both of us are sure we're right, but one of us is living in a world of make-believe right now." Strangers was the January book club read for the Instagram group BlackHeart Reads. If you're on Instagram and are interested in joining their monthly reads, click the link and follow their page! It's always a [...]

The Vanishing Season – Review

"He'd locked up the monster but failed to notice: the monster had already won." Ellery Hathaway just wants to live a quiet life, in a quiet town, and be a good police officer. She'd prefer to keep her past in the past, and her secrets her own. But when people begin to go missing, one [...]

The Wife Between Us – Review

"Assume nothing." The Wife Between Us warns us on the very cover to assume nothing. It tells us explicitly to expect a ride where we can't see the road ahead. It tells us, and still, the assumptions came. Still I tried to see. There are three people involved in this book: Richard, his ex-wife and [...]

Exquisite – Review

"I was suspicious of love and what it did to people - those dark depths of anguish and horror; the thought of it all made me shudder." Bo Luxton has the life everyone wants. A successful writing career, loyal husband and two adorable daughters. She is the very picture of happiness and contentment. All she [...]