Just a girl and her books
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
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
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
SPLINTER IN THE BLOOD | Ashley Dyer (Carver & Lake #1) 06.12.2018 | William Morrow Rating: 4.5/5 stars Detectives Greg Carver and Ruth Lake have spent months hunting for a cold-blooded serial killer dubbed the Thorn Killer. Carver has been shot in his own home, where is alone with his partner, Lake. Instead of calling … Continue reading Book Review: Splinter in the Blood
THE LAST HOUSE GUEST | Megan Miranda 06.18.2019 | Simon & Schuster Rating: 4/5 stars Littleport, Maine is a town that consists of two different worlds coming together to survive together. The town is known as a vacation destination for the wealthy elite to escape from the daily grind to an extensive coastline property, but … Continue reading Book Review: The Last House Guest
THE FIRST MISTAKE | Sandie Jones 06.11.2019 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Alice’s first husband disappeared while skiing several years ago. Since that time, Alice has been through a whirlwind of emotions, but managed to build her life back up. She is now married to her second husband, Nathan, who she works beside day … Continue reading Book Review: The First Mistake
