October 2024

October in a Nutshell

That’s a Wrap! Happy Halloween! I’m thrilled to share that I’ve completed my Goodreads reading goal this month—100 books read and reviewed! With two months left in the year, everything I read now is a bonus. October found me deep in the pages of some truly disturbing thrillers—many of them by the talented Chris Carter. […]

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An Evil Mind Book Review

Title: AN EVIL MIND – Robert Hunter #6 Author: Chris Carter ISBN: 9781471132209 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 496 Source: Private Copy A freak accident in rural Wyoming leads the Sheriff’s Department to arrest a man for a possible double homicide, but further investigations suggest a much more horrifying discovery – a serial killer who

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The Other Mrs Book Review

Title: THE OTHER MRS Author: Mary Kubica ISBN: 9780778389354 Publisher: Harper Collins/Park Row Books Pages: 416 Source: Private Copy Sadie and Will Foust have only just moved their family from bustling Chicago to small-town Maine when their neighbor, Morgan Baines, is found dead in her home. The murder rocks their tiny coastal island, but no

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Iron Flame Book Review

Title: Iron Flame Author: Rebecca Yarros ISBN: 9781649374172 Publisher: Red Tower Books Pages: 640 Source: Review copy from Johnathan Ball Publishers Everyone expected Violet Sorrengail to die during her first year at Basgiath War College—Violet included. But Threshing was only the first impossible test meant to weed out the weak-willed, the unworthy, and the unlucky.

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Red on the River Book Review

Title: RED ON THE RIVER Author: Christine Feehan ISBN: 9780349432502 Publisher: Piatkus Books Pages: 448 Source: Private Copy Vienna Mortenson isn’t your typical gambler. She prefers to stay under the radar, using her poker winnings to support her family and her community, including the local search and rescue team, which she heads up. Out in

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One by One Book Review

Title: One by One (Robert Hunter #5) Author: Chris Carter ISBN: 9780857203090 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 512 Source: Private Copy ‘I need your help, Detective. Fire or water?’ Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD’s Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him to go to a specific web address – a private broadcast.

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Someone is Lying Book Review

Title: SOMEONE IS LYING Author: Heidi Perks ISBN: 9781804946473 Publisher: Penguin Pages: 384 Source: NetGalley ARC How do you find your daughter when no one believes she is missing?Single mother Jess and her daughter Issie have always shared an unbreakable bond. For the last seven years, it’s been just the two of them.That is, until

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Sweetpea Book Review

Title: SWEETPEA Author: C.J. Skuse ISBN: 9780008620080 Publisher: Harper Collins – HQ Pages: 432 Source: Private copy BUDDY READ The last person who called me ‘Sweetpea’ ended up dead… Rhiannon is your average girl next door, settled with her boyfriend and little dog…but she’s got a killer secret. By day her job as an editorial

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The Hunter Book Review

Title: THE HUNTER – Robert Hunter #0.5 Author: Chris Carter ISBN: 9781471128004 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pages: 80 Source: Private Copy Meet Robert Hunter, the youngest Homicide Detective the Los Angeles Police has ever recruited, on his first day. As a rookie, he is given a simple suicide investigation to cut his teeth on. But

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