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The Perfect Thriller?

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

March 30, 2021 by Siskel101 Leave a Comment

This thriller is told from the point of view of a criminal psychotherapist who switches jobs so he can try to help this infamous “silent patient”. Alicia Berenson is a famous painter that was convicted of shooting her husband Gabriel in the face 6 years ago and hasn’t spoken since. She was found at the scene with the gun in her hand, covered in blood because she had slit her wrists in an attempt to kill herself. The prosecution never presented any motive for Alicia […]

Serial killer? I hardly new her!

My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

March 14, 2021 by caragwapa Leave a Comment

From the first few paragraphs, the book instantly catches your attention. I don’t think it is a spoiler to say that our narrator’s sister,is indeed a serial killer. The book opens with Ayoola calling Korede for help in cleaning up a mess — a bloody mess. They are sisters living in Lagos, Nigeria. Our narrator is Korede, she is ordinary looking, fastidious and methodical. A hard worker. She works as a nurse and is efficient but unfriendly. In fact, her only confidante is a patient […]

I have as many emotions inside me as there are genres in this book.

Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir

February 26, 2021 by narfna 11 Comments

Please note that although there are no real spoilers in this review, intuitive readers/reviewers might be spoiled anyway because of the way I’m going to say some things. You have been vaguely warned! “Read Gideon the Ninth!” they said. “You’ll love it!” they said. Well, fuck you, I did! I did love it! And I’m so mad and so sad also! It’s been a long time since I let a book get to me like this, and frankly, I blame everyone. I blame the author […]

Who started the fire?

Three Perfect Liars by Heidi Perks

February 16, 2021 by Catticus Finch Leave a Comment

Hailed as a riveting new suspense novel about three ambitious women whose lives are turned upside down in the aftermath of a horrifying fire, which destroys a successful advertising agency and threatens to expose a tangled web of lies. So says the blurb about this book – and I was intrigued and thought I would enjoy this. But I had issues with the main characters, and it reminded me very much of Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, where you are presented with the crime […]

Diamonds are a Reader’s Worst Friend

The Cutting Edge by Jeffrey Deaver

February 15, 2021 by esmemoria 3 Comments

I have read Jeffrey Deaver’s suspense novels on and off for 20 years. I remember in the beginning I loved his ability to raise tension and throw in plot twist after plot twist. Those glory days are over. Deaver’s The Cutting Edge is easily his most boring, flaccid, unsurprising book. The plot is a convoluted mix of international intrigue, diamonds, conspiracies, environmentalism, and of course, murder. The gore is fairly light, although there is a ludicrous scene where the villain forces a victim to swallow […]

Enticing, female driven mystery-thriller

The Banker's Wife by Cristina Alger

January 25, 2021 by LaneyFace Leave a Comment

The Banker’s Wife is a mystery thriller following two women, Annabel and Marina, and their pursuit to uncover the links between a deadly plane crash and a larger international conspiracy. If that description is vague, it’s meant to be. I had a lot of fun reading this book, and I despair robbing anyone else of that pleasure. Easy to read and compelling, Cristina Alger excels at deepening the female protagonists’ inner lives and motivations without resorting to cheap stereotypes or dependence on the men in […]

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Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
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