Category Archives: thriller

WWW Wednesday – February 7, 2024

WWW Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking On a World of Words. In it, each blogger answers three questions: What am I currently reading? Having literally just finished both my other reads, I haven’t actually started … Continue reading

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A Good House For Children by Kate Collins – a Book Review

There’s always room for another creepy old house story. I don’t particularly want to live in one, but I sure love reading about them. There’s another Kate Collins out there writing cozy mysteries with delightful titles such as “Dearly Depotted” and “Sleeping … Continue reading

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WWW Wednesday – January 31, 2024

I can’t believe a whole week has gone by since the last time I wrote one of these! Welcome to WWW Wednesday, a weekly meme hosted by Sam at Taking on a World of Words. In this series, each blogger … Continue reading

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The Ocean Above Me by Kevin Sites – a Book Review

Kevin Sites is an award-winning journalist who published three nonfiction books using his expertise as a war correspondent prior to the release of this one, but this is his debut work of fiction. The novel follows Lukas Landon, a former … Continue reading

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Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica – a Book Review

Well, here’s to a pretty good reading start in 2024. I guess there’s a perk to the fact that I’ve pretty much been sick since NOVEMBER! I had non-Covid and then I had Covid and then when the Covid was … Continue reading

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The Ghosts of Beatrice Bird by Louisa Morgan – a Book Review

Louisa Morgan is a fairly prolific writer of modern fantasy, especially the ever-popular witchy titles. This is the first of hers I’ve read (I feel like I say that a lot about a lot of authors, so shame on me). … Continue reading

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Apples of Stone by Philip Marsh – a Book Review

Philip Marsh was a local author, poet, and licensed clinical social worker based in the Ozarks where I live. I never got the chance to meet him, but I do know his brother, a lawyer in Springfield, who passed along … Continue reading

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The Guest List by Lucy Foley – a Book Review

Ok, so you know how in my last review I said that Foley wasn’t formulaic? I’m about to contradict myself here, because there are some pretty striking similarities between The Guest List and The Hunting Party, one of her earlier … Continue reading

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The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley – a Book Review

I recently embarked on an impromptu Lucy Foley mini-marathon, consuming three of her books in a row over the course of a couple of weeks. I guess I was just in the mood for something engaging and exciting but not … Continue reading

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The Boy in the Suitcase by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis – a Book Review

This is an older book and the first in a series that follows Nina Borg, a Red Cross nurse and a compulsive do-gooder who can’t say no when asked for help. To be honest, I hadn’t heard of this series, … Continue reading

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