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Category Archives: Suspense
The Inheritance Games series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I sometimes find the book designation “YA” or “Young Adult” a bit confusing and limiting. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins was a breakout YA novel as was Twilight by Stephanie Meyer and more recently Leigh Bardugos’s Shadow and Bone series … Continue reading
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Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
When I read this book I kept wanting to put it down because it was getting too intense, but on the other hand I wanted to gut through it and finish it all as fast as I could to find … Continue reading
Nightshade by Michael Connelly
As you know I love Michael Connelly and have reviewed many of his books in the Bosch, Lincoln Lawyer, and Renée Ballard series. This book, introduces a new main character- Detective Stillwell- and the novel is set outside of the … Continue reading
The Fixer by Joseph Finder
I seem to be going back again and again to Joseph Finder’s books. He is so creative in dreaming up plot lines that put his characters in jeopardy and then makes them really work hard to get out of the … Continue reading
Blood and Ash Series by Jennifer Armentrout
I began this series after I finished another series by Armentrout. Sometimes what you really liked in one series by an author doesn’t translate into a different series, but once I started these books I couldn’t put them down! So … Continue reading
Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
“A classic whodunit with a twist, ” is the way I would describe this book. I absolutely loved the first book in this series, The Magpie Murders, which introduced the main character, Susan Ryeland the editor for the Atticus Pund … Continue reading
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Suspicion by Joseph Finder
Ever since the election I have been compulsively reading thrillers. There is something very satisfying when the bad guys get their comeuppance. (Even an armchair psychologist can see what is REALLY going on here, but enough said- after all this … Continue reading
The Family Remains by Lisa Jewell
It is so satisfying to read a book by an author who is clever in their plotting! This book was quite intricately and deftly written with three or four different plot lines, depending on how you count them, interwoven in … Continue reading
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Throne of Glass Series by Sarah J. Maas
It is always a delight to find a series, especially a a fantasy series, that you really enjoy! Recently, I am finding that I am getting more picky, or just not willing to commit to a fantasy series unless I … Continue reading
Kills Well with Others by Deanna Raybourn
The four senior citizen assassins from Killers of a Certain Age are called back into service and they are more than ready to be back in action. After all there is only so much yoga and watercolor classes a person … Continue reading
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