ONLY IF YOU’RE LUCKY | Stacy Willingham 01.16.2024 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars Lucy Sharpe is larger than life. Magnetic, addictive. Bold and dangerous. Especially for Margot, who meets Lucy at the end of their freshman year at a liberal arts college in South Carolina. Margot is the shy one, the careful one, always … Continue reading Book Review: Only If You’re Lucky
Tag: Mystery
Book Review: The Fury
THE FURY | Alex Michaelides 01.16.2024 | Celadon Books Rating: 4/5 stars This is a tale of murder. Or maybe that’s not quite true. At its heart, it’s a love story, isn’t it? Lana Farrar is a reclusive ex–movie star and one of the most famous women in the world. Every year, she invites her … Continue reading Book Review: The Fury
Book Review: Thin Air
THIN AIR | Kellie M. Parker 10.17.2023 | Razorbill Rating: 4/5 stars Eight hours. Twelve contestants. A flight none of them might survive. Seventeen-year-old boarding school student Emily Walters is selected for an opportunity of a lifetime—she’ll compete abroad for a cash prize that will cover not only tuition to the college of her choice, … Continue reading Book Review: Thin Air
Book Review: The Other Half
THE OTHER HALF | Charlotte Vassell 11.21.2023 | Anchor Rating: 4.5/5 stars You know how they live. This is how they die... Rupert's 30th birthday party is a black-tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's—catered with cocaine and expensive champagne. The morning after, his girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, a single stiletto … Continue reading Book Review: The Other Half
Book Review: The Appeal
THE APPEAL | Janice Hallett 01.25.2022 | Atria Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Hayward and his wife Helen, the play’s star. Their young granddaughter has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and with … Continue reading Book Review: The Appeal
Book Review: Murder on the Christmas Express
MURDER ON THE CHRISTMAS EXPRESS | Alexandra Benedict 10.05.2023 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 3.5/5 stars Eighteen passengers. Seven stops. One killer. In the early hours of Christmas Eve, the sleeper train to the Highlands is derailed, along with the festive plans of its travellers. With the train stuck in snow in the middle of … Continue reading Book Review: Murder on the Christmas Express
Book Review: West Heart Kill
WEST HEART KILL | Dann McDorman 10.24.2023 | Knopf Rating: 4.5/5 stars An isolated hunt club. A raging storm. Three corpses, discovered within four days. A cast of monied, scheming, unfaithful characters. When private detective Adam McAnnis joins an old college friend for the Bicentennial weekend at the exclusive West Heart club in upstate New … Continue reading Book Review: West Heart Kill
Book Review: What Remains
WHAT REMAINS | Wendy Walker 06.13.2023 | Blackstone Publishing Rating: 3/5 stars Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for cracks in the surface and has become an expert on how murderers slip up and give themselves away. She has dedicated … Continue reading Book Review: What Remains
Book Review: The Family Game
THE FAMILY GAME | Catherine Steadman 09.29.2022 | Ballantine Books Rating: 5/5 stars Harry is a novelist on the brink of stardom; Edward, her husband-to-be, is seemingly perfect. In love and freshly engaged, their bliss is interrupted by the reemergence of the Holbecks, Edward's eminent family and the embodiment of American old money. For years, … Continue reading Book Review: The Family Game
Book Review: Grave Expectations
GRAVE EXPECTATIONS | Alice Bell 09.05.2023 | Vintage Rating: 3.5/5 stars Almost-authentic medium Claire and her best friend, Sophie, agree to take on a seemingly simple job at a crumbling old manor in the English performing a seance for the family matriarch's 80th birthday. The pair have been friends since before Sophie went missing when … Continue reading Book Review: Grave Expectations