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THE BLACK QUEEN | Jumata Emill 01.31.2023 | Delacorte Press Rating: 4/5 stars Nova Albright, the first Black homecoming queen at Lovett High, is dead. Murdered the night of her coronation, her body found the next morning in the old slave cemetery she spent her weekends rehabilitating. Tinsley McArthur was supposed to be queen. Not … Continue reading Book Review: The Black Queen
THIS MIGHT HURT | Stephanie Wrobel 02.22.2022 | Berkley Books Rating: 4/5 stars Natalie Collins hasn't heard from her sister in more than half a year. The last time they spoke, Kit was slogging from mundane workdays to obligatory happy hours to crying in the shower about their dead mother. She told Natalie she was … Continue reading Book Review: This Might Hurt
LOCUST LANE | Stephen Amidon 01.17.2023 | Celadon Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars On the surface, Emerson, Massachusetts, is just like any other affluent New England suburb. But when a young woman is found dead in the nicest part of town, the powerful neighbors close ranks to keep their families safe. In this searing novel, Eden … Continue reading Book Review: Locust Lane
EVERYBODY KNOWS | Jordan Harper 01.10.2023 | Mulholland Books Rating: 4/5 stars Welcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag” publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA’s most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, … Continue reading Book Review: Everybody Knows
ALL THE DANGEROUS THINGS | Stacy Willingham 01.10.2023 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads … Continue reading Book Review: All the Dangerous Things
THE OVERNIGHT GUEST | Heather Gudenkauf 01.25.2022 | Park Row Rating: 5/5 stars True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very … Continue reading Book Review: The Overnight Guest
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 PRISONER | B.A. Paris 11.01.2022 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars Amelie has always been a survivor, from losing her parents as a child in Paris to making it on her own in London. As she builds a life for herself, she is swept up into a glamorous lifestyle where she married the … Continue reading Book Review: The Prisoner
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
HOW TO SURVIVE EVERYTHING | Ewan Morrison11.15.2022 | Harper PerennialRating: 4/5 stars Children of divorce, Haley and Ben live with their mother. But their dad believes there's a new, much deadlier pandemic coming and is determined to keep them alive. He wants to take them to his prepper hideaway where they will be safe from … Continue reading Book Review: How to Survive Everything
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