Book Title: Mexican Gothic Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Series: None Genres: Horror, Mystery, Literary Fiction Pub Date: June 30, 2020 GOODREADS 5 STARS SYNOPSIS: After receiving a frantic letter from her newly wed cousin begging for someone to save her from a mysterious doom, Noemí Taboada heads to High Place, a distant house in the Mexican… Continue reading Review: Mexican Gothic
Tag: Mystery
Death in the Family
Book Title: Death in the Family Author: Tessa Wegert Pub Date: 2/18/2020 Series: Shana Merchant #1 Genres: Mystery, Crime Fiction, Suspense Goodreads Amazon Pre-Order Link Synopsis: A storm-struck island. A blood-soaked bed. A missing man. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant believes it all adds up to a killer in their midst—and that murder is a family… Continue reading Death in the Family
The Sun Down Motel
Book Title: The Sun Down Motel Author: Simone St. James Pub Date: February 18, 2020 Genres: Mystery, Ghost Story, Crime Fiction Goodreads 4 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link Synopsis: The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric suspense novel… Continue reading The Sun Down Motel
On the Horizon | January 2020
Hi friends and happy Wednesday! One of my bookish resolutions for 2020 is to become more intentional with my reading without stifling the ability to choose books on a whim, so I'm going to start posting semi-regularly about books I'm hopeful to pick up in the near future. This doesn't lock in anything concrete and… Continue reading On the Horizon | January 2020
Saint X
Book Title: Saint X Author: Alexis Schaitkin Pub Date: Feb. 18, 2020 Genres: Literary Suspense, Crime Fiction Goodreads 4 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link SYNOPSIS: Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several… Continue reading Saint X
The Rabbit Hunter
Book Title: The Rabbit Hunter Author: Lars Kepler Pub Date: 01/14/2020 Series: Joona Linna #6 Goodreads 4 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link SYNOPSIS: Detective Joona Linna is finishing out a sentence at Kumla prison for assaulting an officer in the course of his last investigation when he is summoned to a meeting with the Swedish Prime… Continue reading The Rabbit Hunter
Suspensethrill’s Top Ten of 2019
Hello friends, and welcome to the end of 2019. It feels so strange to acknowledge the end of the decade, especially because it's been so eventful for my family. In the past 10 years I've gotten married, given birth to 2 gorgeous little girls, moved to a new part of the country, and began chronicling… Continue reading Suspensethrill’s Top Ten of 2019
Eight Perfect Murders
Book Title: Eight Perfect Murders Author: Peter Swanson Pub Date: 03/03/2020 Genres: Crime Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Goodreads 3.5 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link SYNOPSIS: Years ago, bookseller and mystery aficionado Malcolm Kershaw compiled a list of the genre’s most unsolvable murders, those that are almost impossible to crack—which he titled “Eight Perfect Murders”—chosen from among the… Continue reading Eight Perfect Murders
Please See Us
Book Title: Please See Us Author: Caitlin Mullen Pub Date: 03/03/2020 Genres: Supernatural Thriller, Mystery, Crime Fiction Goodreads 5 STARS Amazon Pre-Order Link Synopsis: Summer has come to Atlantic City but the boardwalk is empty of tourists, the casino lights have dimmed, and two Jane Does are laid out in the marshland behind the Sunset… Continue reading Please See Us
Long Bright River
Book Title: Long Bright River Author: Liz Moore Pub Date: 01/07/2020 Genres: Crime Fiction, Literary Suspense Goodreads 5 STARS Amazon Pre-order Link SYNOPSIS: Two sisters travel the same streets,though their lives couldn't be more different. Then one of them goes missing. In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves… Continue reading Long Bright River