Just a girl and her books
‘SALEM’S LOT | Stephen King 04.01.1990 (first published 10.17.1975) | Doubleday Books Rating: 5/5 stars She said there are evil men in the world, truly evil men. Sometimes we hear of them, but more often they work in absolute darkness. ‘SALEM’S LOT is Stephen King’s second book and an absolutely amazing sophomore novel! For starters, … Continue reading Book Review: ‘Salem’s Lot
GRETCHEN | Shannon Kirk 07.23.2019 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 5/5 stars All Lucy has ever known is life on the run. Together with her mother, they have hopped from state to state the moment someone gets too close, the moment they heard someone say “you remind me of someone”, the moment they felt eyes … Continue reading Book Review: Gretchen
GIRLS LIKE US | Cristina Alger 07.02.2019 | Putnam Rating: 4/5 stars FBI Agent Nell Flynn has just received news that her father, Homicide Detective Martin Flynn, has died. Nell makes her way back to the hometown that she has avoided for ten years. A town that is filled with memories of her mother’s brutal … Continue reading Book Review: Girls Like Us
CAGED | Ellison Cooper (Agent Sayer Altair #1) 07.10.2018 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars FBI neuroscientist Sayer Altair has dedicated her life to understanding what makes a serial killer tick. She wants to know what is different about the brain of a killer and that of a normal person. When she’s not spending lab … Continue reading Book Review: Caged
A MODERN FAMILY | Helga Flatland 06.13.2019 | Orenda Books Rating: 4/5 stars Liv, Ellen, and Hakon are setting off, along with their families, partners, and parents, on a holiday in Rome they soon won’t forget. The trip is to celebrate their father’s seventieth birthday, but nothing goes as planned. From the start things don’t … Continue reading Book Review: A Modern Family
MURDERABILIA | Carl Vonderau 07.08.2019 | Midnight Ink Rating: 4/5 stars Can you ever escape your past when you’re the son of a serial killer? This is the dilemma that William MacNary has been trying to solve his entire life. When he was eight-years-old his father was sent to prison after being convicted of killing … Continue reading Book Review: Murderabilia
THE GRAND DARK | Richard Kadrey 06.11.2019 | Harper Voyager Rating: 3.5/5 stars The Great War has ended. In its wake Lower Proszawa has turned to decadence, hedonism, and drugs to squash the underlying feelings of despair. They turn their backs on those who were injured saving their lives in order to avoid eye contact … Continue reading Book Review: The Grand Dark
BLOOD ORANGE | Harriet Tyce 02.19.2019 | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 4/5 stars Alison has it all. A loving husband, an adorable daughter, and a career that has taken off. Working as a barrister is a tough professional field to make your name known. Alison has worked many long hours and is now being rewarded … Continue reading Book Review: Blood Orange
THE CUTTING ROOM | Ashley Dyer (Carver & Lake #2) 06.18.2019 | William Morrow Rating: 4/5 stars Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver are back on the case! This time around the duo is faced with a serial killer fixated on turning his victim’s body parts into macabre works of art, which he then features … Continue reading Book Review: The Cutting Room
A NEARLY NORMAL FAMILY | M.T. Edvardsson 06.25.2019 | Celadon Books Rating: 5/5 stars How far would you go to protect the ones you love? The Sandell family is facing a situation that they never in their wildest imaginations thought would happen to them. Eighteen-year-old Stella has been charged with brutally murdering a man almost … Continue reading Book Review: A Nearly Normal Family
