Tag: Crime Fiction
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Complete Immersion in C.S. Harris’s What Cannot Be Said
It has been months, if not a year, since I last read a C.S. Harris book, but the incredible immersion and atmosphere of the Regency-era London has hooked me in once more with her newest release, What Cannot Be Said. When a sweet summer picnic is ruined by the gruesome deaths of a mother and…
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Sherlock Holmes A Study in Scarlet Was Before Its Time
This read-through of A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel I have read, though I have been consuming stories about Sherlock Holmes since childhood. The Sherlock TV show featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman is a notable favourite, as is the movie adaptation featuring Robert Downey Jr., especially A Game of Shadows.…
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Somewhere in the Dark by R.J. Jacobs – A Psychological Thriller You Need to Read
At less than 300 pages, Somewhere in the Dark won’t take up a full afternoon to read, but I promise you, you will be thinking about it for the rest of the night. Somewhere in the Dark is my second R.J. Jacobs read in a week, but I admit that it is the one I…
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A Chilling Thriller in R.J. Jacobs’s Always the First to Die
R.J. Jacobs blew me away with This Is How We End Things, so I decided to pick up two more books of his, Alway the First to Die and Somewhere in the Dark. Always the First to Die intrigued me upon reading the blurb and as the story fleshed itself out, I couldn’t help but…
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My July 2024 Reading Summary
Overall mood: energised. Returning to uni feels like I’ve been gifted a second wind, making reading and the pursuit of reading rewarding and therapeutic, even when it comes to the academic articles and theses I must read alongside my fiction. I enjoy the reading I do, and with the reads I’ve had this month that…
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The Chestnut Man by Søren Sveistrup is a Dark Crime Thriller Must Read
The Chestnut Man is the adult crime fiction thriller to read. It has a series of murders that get more gruesome the deeper into the story we go, at times giving you that visceral reaction from the description of the victims. It has a year-old missing persons case that returns to the spotlight, bringing with…
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My Thoughts on Andrea Penrose’s Wrexford and Sloane Mystery Series (so far)
If you’ve been a peruser of my blog for a while, you’ll know I love the Wrexford and Sloane Mystery series by Andrea Penrose. With the eighth book coming out in September, I thought it would be a great time to collect my thoughts and note my favourite aspects of the series. For context, the…
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Scratch your Dark Academia Itch with This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs
Finally, another review to write up and, more importantly, another book read! This Is How We End Things by R.J. Jacobs hooked me with its teasing and emotionally involved introduction. The rest of the novel revealed itself like an oleander bloom – stunning and deadly. This Dark Academia novel is one you must add to…
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My May 2024 Reading Summary
Overall mood: busy. A lot has kept me away from books this month, but I have a handful of reads under my belt. The range of books is broad, which I like, and the trickle of library books has finally stopped, meaning I can get to rereading books on my physical TBR list. That is…