****TRIGGER WARNINGS: focus on death, suicidal thoughts, drowning, PTSD/ phobias, paranoia, homicide, mental/ physical/ emotional abuse. Five years after a terrible accident nearly killed Olivia, she returns to her childhood home to visit old friends, and to face her fears. The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale weaves together elements of a mystery, a psychological […]
Highfire by Eoin Colfer is one rollicking good read! When young ‘Squib’ Moreau witnesses a murder on the bayou (of his new employer, no less), and nearly bites the dust when the killer realised there has been a witness to the dastardly deed, he is rescued by an unlikely saviour. Enter the dragon- one Wyvern, […]
Payton’s Zombies of the World is a cheekily amusing look at zombie species of the world. This book explores the history of zombie studies, how they may evolve, and the current state of zombie research, including the possibilities of using zombies in medical research, or as a renewable energy source by harnessing their tireless stamina. […]
Balthazar’s Bane by Kat Ross is sixth in the delightfully dark Gaslamp Gothic series. This book, as the title suggests, focuses on Balthazar and his ward Lucas. When Balthazar kills a necromancer with a debt, and gets tangled up with said necromancer’s daughter, he ends up kidnapped by jinn and taken to a mythical city […]
In The Tiger at Midnight, first in a same-name trilogy by Swati Teerdhala, Esha, known as the Viper, sneaks into the Blood Fort, a major Jansan stronghold, and assassinates the feared General Hotha. Several elite soldiers are tasked with tracking down the Viper and returning the assassin for punishment. The reward is being named Commander […]
Preston and Child’s novel Old Bones sends the reader delving into the past in search of the infamous Donner Expedition’s Lost Camp. When historian Clive Benton comes in possession of a rare journal he approaches Nora Kelly. He has the perfect pitch for Nora, and the Santa Fe Institute of Archaeology. The journal can help […]
***TRIGGER WARNING: adult/minor sexual relationship, sexual/physical/etc abuse, addiction, mention of suicide The Electric Heir is the finale in Victoria Lee’s Feverwake duology. Several months have passed since Dara and Noam parted ways. They’ve both changed, and now they’re ostensibly mortal enemies, fighting on different sides. As Lehrer’s conquest plans ramp up, Noam and Dara must […]
Feast of Phantoms is the first book in Kat Ross’ newest series- Lingua Magika. Set in a ‘wild west’ time frame, Feast follows Deputy Cortez as she is drafted from her small town of Lucky Boy to assist Marshal Hardin with a dangerous captive. All she was supposed to do was help get the captive […]
The Lies We Tell is the first full novel in Debra Webb’s Undertaker’s Daughter series. Rowan DuPont has returned home to her childhood home of Winchester, Tennessee. Trained as a forensic psychologist, Rowan grew up in a family-owned funeral home. After her father’s traumatic passing at the hands of a serial killer, she’s taken over […]
The Undertaker’s Daughter by Debra Webb is a novella setting up the Undertaker’s Daughter series, and introduces Rowan DuPont, a forensic psychologist working with Nashville police to catch a killer who’s shaping up to be of the serial variety. Even creepier, each victim thus far is almost the spitting image of Rowan. Could she be […]