Just a girl and her books
FIND ME | Alafair Burke 01.11.2022 | Harper Rating: 3/5 stars She calls herself Hope Miller, but she has no idea who she actually is. Fifteen years ago, she was found in a small New Jersey town thrown from an overturned vehicle, with no clue to her identity. Doctors assumed her amnesia was a temporary … Continue reading Book Review: Find Me
SOMEBODY’S HOME | Kaira Rouda 01.18.0222 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 3/5 stars Julie Jones has finally decided it’s time to leave her marriage. With her teenage daughter, Jess, she’s starting over in a new house in Oceanside. It comes with a bit of the unexpected. The previous owners, a pastor and his wife, have … Continue reading Book Review: Somebody’s Home
RECKLESS GIRLS | Rachel Hawkins 01.04.2022 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel after a … Continue reading Book Review: Reckless Girls
A FLICKER IN THE DARK | Stacy Willingham 01.11.2022 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer and promptly put in prison. Chloe and the rest of … Continue reading Book Review: A Flicker in the Dark
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS | Alice Feeney 09.07.2021 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter, Adam Wright, has lived with face blindness … Continue reading Book Review: Rock Paper Scissors
ONE BY ONE | Ruth Ware 09.08.2020 | Scout Press Rating: 4/5 stars Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of … Continue reading Book Review: One by One
LOCAL WOMAN MISSING | Mary Kubica 05.18.2021 | Park Row Rating: 4/5 stars Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive … Continue reading Book Review: Local Woman Missing
THE SANATORIUM | Sarah Pearse (Detective Elin Warner #1) 02.02.2021 | Pamela Dorman Books Rating: 4/5 stars Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel. An imposing, isolated getaway … Continue reading Book Review: The Sanatorium
THE MISSING HOURS by Julia Dahl: Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a spot in NYU’s freshman class. After a traumatic night out that leaves Claudia unable to remember what happened she goes missing. I picked this one up on a whim just looking for … Continue reading Mini Reviews: The Missing Hours, The Push, & Invisible Girl
SURVIVE THE NIGHT | Riley Sager 06.29.2021 | Dutton Rating: 3/5 stars It’s November 1991. George H.W. Bush is in the White House, Nirvana’s in the tape deck, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is … Continue reading Book Review: Survive the Night
What Jess Reads 