thriller

Glass Houses

Glass Houses, by Madeline Ashby, blends a lot of elements I like into a thriller, set (mostly) on a deserted…

3 months ago

Confessions on the 7:45

Confessions on the 7:45, by Lisa Unger, is a suspense novel, beginning with two seemingly-random women and two sets of…

6 months ago

The Sequel (to The Plot)

Pretty much any discussion of The Sequel is going to have spoilers for the first book, The Plot, so if…

10 months ago

Influencer Thriller in ‘You Will Never Be Me’

I was thrilled to get a copy of Jesse Q Sutanto's upcoming novel, You Will Never Be Me! You already know…

1 year ago

Dark Family Secrets in “Gone Tonight”

Gone Tonight, a new thriller by Sarah Pekkanen, is the story of a mother and daughter, and all their secrets.  Catherine…

2 years ago

In A Dark, Dark Wood

I enjoyed In A Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware, but it has a bit of a slow start, with…

2 years ago

White Ivy: What Did I Just Read?!?!?!?!

What did I just read? What even is this?! And I mean that in the best way. White Ivy by…

2 years ago

The Devotion of Suspect X

I got Keigo Higashino's The Devotion of Suspect X through Osusume Books. (Thank you!) Osusume Books promises to send carefully…

2 years ago

Shadowy Campus Mystery in “The Sixes”

I love a good school thriller, don't you? And  I love it even more when our protagonist is a professor,…

2 years ago

Unreliable Identity in “My Sweet Girl”

I got My Sweet Girl, by Amanda Jayatissa, because I just loved You're Invited. This is one of the times…

2 years ago

Ruth Ware’s ‘The It Girl’ (Spoiler-Free Reaction) #theitgirlreadalong

I was supposed to read The It Girl, by Ruth Ware as part of the Tandem Collective international readalong, but I…

2 years ago

“First Assignment” by Mary Snyder

In First Assignment, by Mary Snyder, rookie CIA analyst Alex Everett finds himself tapped for a "simple" assignment. He'll return…

3 years ago

Why I Wasn’t Into “The Soulmate” (Warning! Contains Spoilers!)

I absolutely loved The Good Sister and The Mother-in-Law. The reveals in a Sally Hepworth novel have made me literally…

3 years ago

Tandem Readalong: Girl, Forgotten

My latest readalong with Tandem Global was Karin Slaughter's new suspense novel, Girl Forgotten. It's the sequel to Pieces of…

3 years ago

The Kind Worth Killing / Crooked House

I really enjoyed Peter Swanson's mystery thriller All The Beautiful Lies, and one of my favorite parts was when bookseller Bill…

3 years ago

Pretty Things

Although I knew that Nina and Lachlan weren't really going to get in, get the money, and get out, as…

3 years ago

Never Saw Me Coming

Never Saw Me Coming, by Vera Kurian, is a new thriller about a group of known psychopaths at college, and…

4 years ago

Nice Girls

In the very beginning of Nice Girls, by Catherine Dang, Ivy League Mary gets expelled from Cornell when she slugs…

4 years ago

The Hunting Party

I heard about Lucy Foley's new novel The Hunting Party on the BritLit Podcast, and I just loved the two…

4 years ago

The Best Suspense Novels This Spring

This has been a pretty great season for page turners, hasn't it? It's almost hard to choose my favorites, but…

4 years ago

Who Is Maud Dixon?

It's almost impossible to review Who Is Maud Dixon? without letting some spoilers slip. Mostly mild spoilers, I mean, about…

4 years ago

Social Creature

Social Creature, by Tara Isabella Burton, is a dramatic thriller about an intense, twisted friendship and about how far someone…

4 years ago

Influence

When I heard about a new Sara Shepard book, I immediately wanted to read it. I love gossipy thrillers like…

5 years ago

Lock Every Door

Riley Sager's new thriller, Lock Every Door. is dedicated to Ira Levin, and as I read this twisty, dark novel…

5 years ago

The Majesties

Sections of the story are confusing, particularly the section introducing Bagatelle. I like artistic prose, but I also like knowing…

5 years ago