Pretty Revenge by Emily Liebert is a riveting, compulsively readable novel that explores just how far someone will go for vengeance. When Kerrie O’Malley unexpectedly hears a voice from her past on the television, she abruptly moves her boring, unfulfilling life from Connecticut to New York City with one plan in mind: revenge. The woman…
The Cutting Room by Ashley Dyer is the second book in the Carver and Lake police procedural series, where the detectives must stop a serial killer whose victims are the centerpiece of his macabre works of art. When the host of Britain’s hit true-crime program Fact or Fable goes missing after an episode on the…
Finding Katarina M by Elisabeth Elo is about an American woman who travels to Russia to find her estranged grandmother, only to uncover dark family secrets and a dangerous international plot. When a mysterious young woman named Saldana Tarasova shows up at Dr. Natalie March’s office claiming to be her cousin, Natalie finds herself understandably…
The Unseeing by Anna Mazzola is a thrilling debut based on the real case of Sarah Gale—a tense novel of human frailty and fear and of the terrible consequences of jealousy and misunderstanding. Anna Mazzola’s debut novel, The Unseeing, spins a fictional tale around the historical 1837 murder of Hannah Brown, also referred to as the…
The Burial Society by Nina Sadowsky is a psychological thriller of obsession and betrayal that follows a woman running from a dark past and stumbling upon a tangled nest of seductions and secrets (available January 30, 2018). If the pretty cover and snappy title hadn’t already snagged my attention for Nina Sadowsky’s The Burial Society,…
The Eterna Solution by Leanna Renee Hieber is the climactic third installment of The Eterna Files series, delivering a delightful Gaslamp fantasy set in 19th-century New York and Washington D.C. that is rich with detail and embroidered with a cast of captivating characters. The coolest part about being a reviewer is getting to read books…
No Good Deed by Allison Brennan is the tenth Lucy Kincaid novel, where the FBI agent must stop a corrupt former DEA agent who is out for revenge. Allison Brennan’s tenth Lucy Kincaid novel, No Good Deed, starts out with a bang—well, machine-gun fire. Well, a villainy internal monologue and then machine-gun fire. Followed by…
To celebrate the upcoming release of J.D. Robb's 44th Eve Dallas mystery, Echoes in Death, we're taking a look back at every single book in the In Death series. Today, Meghan Harker reviews #35, Delusion in Death. There's no better way to unwind from a long day at the office than to kick back at a bar…
To celebrate the upcoming release of J.D. Robb's 44th Eve Dallas mystery, Echoes in Death, we're taking a look back at every single book in the In Death series. Today, Meghan Harker reviews #30, Fantasy in Death. Sometimes, escapism is all we’ve got. Departure from reality—immersing yourself in another world, in another self—can be a coping…
To celebrate the upcoming release of J.D. Robb's 44th Eve Dallas mystery, Echoes in Death, we're taking a look back at every single book in the In Death series. Today, Meghan Harker reviews #16, Portrait in Death. Though I’m getting better at reading outside my usual genres, I typically stick to historical settings, fantasy, or horror when…
