Book Review: The Summer I Drowned by Taylor Hale

****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 […]

Book Review: The Undertaker’s Daughter by Debra Webb

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 […]

Book Review: The Whisper Man by Alex North

‘If you leave a door half open, you’ll hear the whisper spoken.       If you play outside alone soon you won ‘t be going home.  If your Windows left unlatched, you’ll hear him tapping at the glass.       If your lonely, sad, and blue, the whisper man will come for you.”   The Whisper Man by Alex […]

Snow Creek by Gregg Olsen

Print Length: 268 pages Publisher: Bookouture (November 18, 2019) Publication Date: November 18, 2019 Language: English ASIN: B07XSB35SS  Praise for GREGG OLSEN’S NOVELS “Gregg Olsen’s Envy is a riveting page-turner that I could not put down. Like Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why, Envyexplores a serious topic–cyberbullying–in a fantastic, well-crafted story. Can’t wait for the next […]

Book Review- Oliver Twist: The Mystery of Throate Manor by David Stuart Davies

Oliver Twist: The Mystery of Throate Manor by David Stuart Davies follows what may have become of young Oliver from Charles Dickens classic, Oliver Twist. Oliver is a man grown now, a junior at the law firm of Gripwind and Biddle, with Jack Dawkins as his clerk. Oliver and Jack are sent to Throate Manor […]

Audible / Book Review: The Beekeeper’s Apprentice by Mary Russell c/o Laurie R King

I have read Ms Russell’s delightful Beekeeper’s Apprentice, and when I had the chance to snag an audible of it, I was thrilled. Ms Sterlin is a fabulous, creative narrator with a gift for voices. I particularly like Sherlock’s low drawl. I’m very picky about narrators, and happy that my favourite series has a most […]

Book Review: Meddling Kids by Edgar Cantero

***This book was reviewed for Random House/Doubleday via Edelweiss Cantero’s Meddling Kids was such a fun book! It’s a cheeky parody drawing on reminiscences of childhood classics like Scooby-Doo and The Three Investigators, with helpings of Lovecraft, King, and others added to taste. I could see echoes of 80s action shows peeking through as well. […]