Tag: thriller mystery
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Local Woman Missing Missed the Mark
Local Woman Missing by Maria Kubica is an adult crime thriller, weaving together multiple perspectives and timelines to create a whirlwind novel filled with tension, secrets, betrayal and questions. Many many questions. I will try and remain as spoiler-free as possible in this review, so let me start by noting what I enjoyed. I do…
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Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone is a Genuine Pleasure
What a joy this read was! Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson is a breath of fresh air. We have a very unique narrator, a narrative style and delivery unlike anything I have read before and an enigmatic family history is filled with secrets, sketchy activity and death. It’s a party…
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A House With Good Bones Also Has Good Creep Factor
T. Kingfisher’s A House With Good Bones is a horror novel with a decent premise, a likeable narrator and a plethora of creepy details and affinities that flesh out all compelling horror books. You can’t help but feel on edge when bugs and vultures are involved. There were things I really liked about this book,…
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Rock Paper Scissors – Chilling, Enticing and Utterly Brilliant
Alice Feeney is a mastermind when it comes to compelling storylines and Rock Paper Scissors has it all – multiple unreliable narrators, a dark and remote setting, multiple mediums of storytelling and a gripping plot that sinks its teeth into you and makes you stay until the end. I loved everything about this structure and…
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Daisy Darker – The Thrilling Suspense Novel That Threw Me Into 2023
Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney was one of the first books I read this year and I feel confident in saying that it’s been a kick in the right direction for my reading as both a reader searching for new genres to enjoy and a writer wanting to learn new techniques and storytelling methods. I…