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THE CHRISTMAS MURDER GAME | Alexandra Benedict 10.04.2022 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars The annual Christmas Game is afoot at Endgame House, the Armitages' grand family home. This year's prize is to die for--deeds to the house itself--but Lily Armitage has no intention of returning. She hasn't been back to Endgame since her … Continue reading Book Review: The Christmas Murder Game
THE GUEST HOUSE | Robin Morgan-Bentley09.13.2022 | Poisoned Pen PressRating: 4/5 stars With a few weeks to go until their first baby is due, Jamie and Victoria head off for a weekend break in a small countryside guesthouse. The next morning, Jamie and Victoria awake to find the guesthouse has been emptied. Both their mobile … Continue reading Book Review: The Guest House
THEY DROWN OUR DAUGHTERS | Katrina Monroe 7.12.22 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 3/5 stars They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves. They'd visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse's watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in … Continue reading Book Review: They Drown Our Daughters
GALLOWS HILL | Darcy Coates 09.06.2022 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 3/5 stars The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations, living and working on the beautiful grounds where they grow their famous grapes. Until the night Mr. and Mrs. Hull settle down for the evening...and are dead by morning. When their … Continue reading Book Review: Gallows Hill
THE RAVENOUS DEAD | Darcy Coates (Gravekeeper #2) 03.15.2022 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 3.5/5 stars Keira has been hired on as Blighty Graveyard’s new groundskeeper where she lives surrounded by the dead. They watch her through the fog. They wordlessly cry out. They’ve been desperately waiting for help moving on – and only Keira … Continue reading Book Review: The Ravenous Dead
A DEADLY INSIDE SCOOP by Abby Collette: Recent MBA grad Bronwyn “Win” Crewse has decided to go back to her hometown and take over her family’s ice cream shop. Chagrin Falls, Ohio is a small town where everyone knows Crewse Creamery. Win is excited to restore the shop to its former glory using her grandmother’s … Continue reading Mini Reviews: A Deadly Inside Scoop & It Takes Two to Mango
THE SUMMONING | J.P. Smith 09.07.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Kit Capriol lost her husband when the North Tower went down on 9/11. Over the years she has scraped by as an actress, barely supporting herself and her daughter. But now her daughter, Zoey, is in the hospital, bills are due, and … Continue reading Book Review: The Summoning
THE HAUNTING OF LEIGH HARKER | Darcy Coates 09.07.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Leigh Harker’s quiet suburban home was her sanctuary for more than a decade, until things abruptly changed. She can feel a presence invading her home. Curtains open by themselves. Radios turn off and on. A dark figure looms in … Continue reading Book Review: The Haunting of Leigh Harker
THE WHISPERING DEAD | Darcy Coates (Gravekeeper #1) 05.04.2021 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Keira is on the run. She has no memory of who she is or where she’s been. All she knows is that she needs to get away from the man chasing her. She finds refuge in an abandoned groundskeeper’s … Continue reading Book Review: The Whispering Dead
THE HAUNTING OF ASHBURN HOUSE | Darcy Coates 03.03.2020 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 4/5 stars Tucked away on the hilltop sits Ashburn House. Everyone in this small community knows the house and it’s famous owner. When Adrianne inherits the mansion she views it as a fresh start. She’s desperate, low on funds, and in … Continue reading Book Review: The Haunting of Ashburn House
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