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A Mother Must Never Look Away. A Good Mother Can Do Anything.

The School for Good Mothers by Jessamine Chan

May 13, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

Frida Liu is a 39 year old woman, recently divorced and co-parenting their 18-month old Harriet with ex husband Gust. On one of her custody days, Frida is dealing with days of insomnia and Harriet has an ear infection. In a burst of insomnia-fueled insanity, Frida puts Harriet into her bouncer and leaves to go get a cup of coffee. Then she remembers that she left an important document at the office, and so goes to get that. Then she has to answer some emails. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Dystopian, Jessamine Chan

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Dystopian, Jessamine Chan ·
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Who Killed Annabelle Cartwright? Or, Surrounded by Narcissists.

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

May 9, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

The media is calling it the Crime of the Decade – Georgia Cartwright, the glamorous eldest daughter of a wealthy South Carolina family, has been accused of murdering her younger sister. Whether it was jealousy – Annabelle was the biological daughter, while Georgia was adopted – or pure insanity is up for debate. But just to be safe, Georgia is being kept in the locked ward of a psychiatric facility while she awaits her trial. Mandy is reading about the crime in the news when […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Sarah Pekkanen

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Sarah Pekkanen ·
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A Cozy Mystery That Will Make You Drool

Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutano

May 7, 2025 by RouletteGirl 2 Comments

Vera Wong may be an old lady, but that doesn’t mean she’s slowed down. She’s up every morning before the sun rises to take her daily walk and send her grown son a good morning text. (Just to make sure that he’s up and ask whether he has a girlfriend yet.) He doesn’t often text her back, but that’s ok, because Vera has things to do. She owns and operates Vera Wang’s World Famous Teahouse in the heart of San Francisco’s Chinatown, and has to […]

Filed Under: Featured, Mystery Tagged With: cozy mystery, found family, Jesse Q. Sutano, Vera Wong

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Featured, Mystery · Tags: cozy mystery, found family, Jesse Q. Sutano, Vera Wong ·
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A Love So Powerful You Remake the World For Them

Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry

May 5, 2025 by RouletteGirl 1 Comment

Alice Scott is a celebrity journalist who is about to interview for the job of a lifetime. She managed to track down Margaret Ives, an heiress from the Golden Age of Hollywood who vanished from the public eye more than 20 years ago. Margaret agreed to meet with Alice to discuss them potentially working together on an authorized biography of the former media darling. But Alice discovers she’s not the only one up for the job. Hayden Anderson, a music journalist whose first book won […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Emily Henry

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:7 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Emily Henry ·
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A Holmesian Mystery-Horror Set at Sea

The Devil and the Dark Water by Stuart Turton

April 30, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

It is 1634, and a fleet owned by the Dutch East India Company is set to depart Batavia for Amsterdam, an 8-month long journey that will face perils throughout. Aboard are Jan Haan, the Governor-General of Batavia on his way home to join the ruling body of the Dutch East India Company, accompanied by his wife Sara Wessel, daughter Leah, and mistress Creesjie. Also on board are the world’s greatest detective, Samuel Pipps, arrested for an unspecified crime, and his bodyguard, Arent Hayes. The day […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Stuart Turton

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: Stuart Turton ·
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A Desperate Race in a Dystopian World

The End of the World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker

April 15, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

Ed is an average English guy living in Scotland with his wife and two young kids. He’s probably depressed, is definitely out of shape, and is starting to wonder if he drinks too much. He wakes up early after one too many glasses of wine to the cries of his infant son, Arthur. After getting him his bottle, he takes Arthur on a walk to the local shop to pick up the newspaper. But the streets are strangely deserted, the shop is closed, and the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Adrian J. Walker, Dystopian

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Adrian J. Walker, Dystopian ·
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