Just a girl and her books
THE WILD ONE | Colleen McKeegan 06.14.2022 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Amanda Brooks is a born-and-bred New Yorker with an envious life: she's in a great graduate school program, lives in a cozy Tribeca apartment, and is head-over-heels for her handsome, committed boyfriend. But Amanda's life isn't as picture perfect as it seems. For … Continue reading Book Review: The Wild One
YES, DADDY | Jonathan Parks-Ramage 05.18.2021 | Harper Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Jonah Keller moved to New York City with dreams of becoming a successful playwright, but for the time being, lives in a rundown sublet in Bushwick, working extra hours at a restaurant only to barely make rent. When he stumbles upon a photo … Continue reading Book Review: Yes, Daddy
THE CAGE | Bonnie Kistler 02.15.2022 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Leaving at the same time, two women, each preoccupied by their own thoughts, enter the elevator that will take them down from the 30th floor of their office. When they arrive at the lobby, one of the women is dead. Was it murder or … Continue reading Book Review: The Cage
THE CLUB | Ellery Lloyd 03.01.2022 | Harper Rating: 3.5/5 stars The Home Group is a glamorous collection of celebrity members’ clubs dotted across the globe, where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media. The most spectacular … Continue reading Book Review: The Club
FAKE | Erica Katz 02.22.22 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Emma Caan is a fake. She’s a forger, an artist who specializes in nineteenth-century paintings. But she isn’t a criminal; her copies are commissioned by museums and ultra-wealthy collectors protecting their investments. When art collector, Leonard Sobetsky, unexpectedly appears with an invitation, Emma sees a … Continue reading Book Review: Fake
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
GOODNIGHT BEAUTIFUL | Aimee Molloy 10.13.2020 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter are crazy about each other. They have decided to say goodbye to New York City and start over in Sam’s quaint hometown in upstate New York. Things aren’t quite the way they pictured. Annie spends most of her … Continue reading Book Review: Goodnight Beautiful
BIND, TORTURE, KILL | Roy Wenzl 05.27.2008 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars For thirty-one years, a monster was allowed to roam the streets of Wichita, Kansas. A serial killer calling himself “BTK”, standing for “bind, torture, kill” was known for slaughtering men, women, and children. He had the ability to effortlessly enter homes and kill … Continue reading Book Review: Bind, Torture, Kill
THE CHESTNUT MAN | Soren Sveistrup 09.03.2019 | Harper Rating: 5/5 stars A serial killer is on the hunt in Copenhagen. Leaving behind a chestnut man as his calling card, the killer marks their presence at gruesome crime scenes. These tiny dolls made from matchsticks and two chestnuts could hold the key to a much … Continue reading Book Review: The Chestnut Man
THE WIFE | Alafair Burke 01.23.2018 | Harper Rating: 4/5 stars Six years have passed since Angela met Jason Powell while catering a dinner party in East Hampton. Their relationship was just supposed to be a summer fling like the typical relationships locals formed with summer visitors. Jason was unwilling to see things end just … Continue reading Book Review: The Wife
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