mysteries

Book Review – Unmasked: My Life Solving Americaโ€™s Cold Cases

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Holy (insert bad word of choice)โ€ฆ Never leaving the house again. Nope. Nope. Nope. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Paul Holes tells terrifying true tales of his life and work as a criminologist in California on some of his most prolific... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธ out of 5 stars A book about people I kinda wanna slap. HARD. ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Marissa & Matthew are the Golden Couple – the one everyone wants to be. Until Marissa reveals infidelity and they seek out Avery,... Continue reading →

Book Review: Girl In Ice by Erica Ferencik

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ I said brrrrโ€ฆ. Itโ€™s cold in here! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Val is an anxiety-fighting linguist grappling with the suicide of her twin brother Andy, when his mentor/coworker/fellow scientist Wyatt calls to enlist her help. In Greenland. Yup.. Arctic... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Yikes, letโ€™s NOT party like itโ€™s 1999! โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: A mass murder takes place in a local ice cream shop: three teens are dead, one left alive. Flashback fifteen years ago, New Yearโ€™s Eve 1999 and the... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Top ratings on this one and firmly in my elite โ€œfavoritesโ€ file โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Alicia Berenson killed her husband and then stays silent. For years. Sheโ€™s judged criminally insane and heads to a psychiatric hospital where everyone... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Guest List by Lucy Foley

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1/2 โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1/2 Grab your popcorn if youโ€™re a guest at this oneโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: An upscale, elegant wedding. A remote Irish island. Lively guests with many secrets. And then the dead bodyโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’ก๐“๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ: Ohhhh man this one was... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Harbor by Katrine Engberg

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ1/2 Akin to a โ€œmehโ€ episode of Law & Order – something to watch and youโ€™ll be entertained, but not ๐Ÿคฏ. โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Copenhagen. 15-year old Oscar has gone missing, so of course everyone is asking, โ€œDid he... Continue reading →

Book Review: Verity by Colleen Hoover

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Clever and engagingโ€ฆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Barely successful writer Lowen Ashleigh lands the plum job of a lifetime – taking over writing novels for millionaire writer Verity Crawford who is โ€œunavailable.โ€ (Unavailable is code for brain damaged and... Continue reading →

Book Review: The Maid by Nita Prose

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Solid โ€œmiddleโ€ mystery! (Not too cozy, but not gritty) โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Molly Gray is used to being misunderstood. She marches to her own drummer. The only person who helped her understand this crazy, verbally-confusing world was her... Continue reading →

Book Review: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

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โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Pure, page-to-page, evil-good FUN! ๐Ÿ˜ˆ โฐ ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ: Lux McAlister and her boyfriend Nico agree to take two fellow 20-somethings (Amma and Brittany) on a sail to isolated (and seemingly haunted) Meroe Island. But upon arrival thereโ€™s another... Continue reading →