For the Love of Books
That’s a Wrap! Am I the only one surprised that June has come and gone already? How are we halfway through the year? The first six months have flown by, mostly thanks to a busy schedule at work. While I love my day job, I have to admit—it tends to steal precious reading time. Like […]
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A Wrap-Up of Sam Holland’s Gritty Crime Series After finishing all of Sam Holland’s books, I can confidently say this: she’s a bold, fearless voice in the world of crime fiction—and her Major Crimes series is absolutely addictive. Dark, detailed, and deeply disturbing in all the best ways, this series dives into the minds of
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Title: THE TENANT Author: Freida McFadden ISBN: 9781464227318 Publisher: Poison Pen Press Pages: 368 Source: Private Copy There’s no place like home…Blake Porter is riding high until he’s not. Fired abruptly from his job as a VP of marketing and unable to make the mortgage payments on the new brownstone that he shares with his
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Title: THE HUNDREDTH MAN – Carson Ryder #01 Author: Jack Kerley ISBN: 9780007181582 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 518 Source: Library Book A body is found in the sweating heat of an Alabama night; headless, words inked on the skin. Detective Carson Ryder is good at this sort of thing – crazies and freaks. To his
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Title: Bully Author: Penelope Douglas ISBN: 9780451477101 Publisher: Intermix (Penguin Group (USA) LLC) Pages: 333 Source: Private copy My name is Tate. He doesn’t call me that, though. He would never refer to me so informally if he referred to me at all. No, he’ll barely even speak to me. But he still won’t leave
Now that I’ve officially read all of Harriet Tyce’s books, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on her thrilling, emotionally intense, and psychologically sharp body of work. From the legal world’s dark underbelly to the viciousness of playground politics, Tyce never fails to deliver complex women, morally grey choices, and a creeping sense
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Title: THE LIES YOUR TOLD Author: Harriet Tyce ISBN: 9781472252791 Publisher: Headline Pages: 354 Source: Private Copy In the playground it’s the law of the jungle. At the school gate, there are no rules at all…Life is hard for Sadie Roper. Her ex-husband is unkind and domineering, she’s struggling with her return to work as a
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Title: THE PUPPET MASTER – Major Crimes #03 Author: Sam Holland ISBN: 9780008615086 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 400 Source: Private Copy He watches your every move…We’ve all experienced it. That creeping sensation of eyes on your back, the faint echo of footsteps following yours.He controls you…Across the country, a madman is carefully choosing his victims.
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Title: PRETTY GIRLS Author: Karin Slaughter ISBN: 9780062340878 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 432 Source: Private Copy Twenty years ago Claire Scott’s eldest sister, Julia, went missing. No one knew where she went – no note, no body. It was a mystery that was never solved and it tore her family apart.Now another girl has disappeared,
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The Robert Hunter Addiction: A Chris Carter Series Wrap-Up If you know, you know: once you step into the twisted world of Robert Hunter, there’s no turning back. I’ve officially read every single book in Chris Carter’s Robert Hunter series, and I can honestly say—this is crime fiction at its finest. Brutal crimes, razor-sharp profiling,
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