Category Archives: Psychological Mystery

One by One by Ruth Ware

Posted on July 30, 2021 by bseat

Ruth Ware has an ingeniously disturbed mind! The first book I read by Ware was In a Dark, Dark Wood. The title says it all and it kept me up at night.  The next book was, The Woman in Cabin … Continue reading →

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The Last Flight by Julie Clark (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 62)

Posted on June 4, 2021 by bseat

Claire is running away from her perfect life. Married to man from a rich and famous family with his own political aspirations, Claire knows the importance of looking perfect all the time. But behind the scenes, her husband is controlling, … Continue reading →

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The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 60)

Posted on May 21, 2021 by bseat

Spooky, ethereal, and unsettling are the words that come to mind about this book, but strangely this is not a syfi, fantasy or a horror novel, instead it is firmly based in reality. In the 1900’s three men stationed on … Continue reading →

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The King Of Lies by John Hart (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 34)

Posted on November 13, 2020 by bseat

John Hart keeps on surprising me! I recently read one of his books and now, here I am again reviewing another novel he wrote! Although The King of Lies initially seems like a straight forward murder mystery, Hart somehow manages … Continue reading →

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The Winter Soldier by Daniel Mason (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 25)

Posted on September 11, 2020 by bseat

Lucius Krzelewski is a disappointment to his prominent and wealthy family. Although of Polish descent, the Krzelewski family moved to Vienna in the late 1800’s where social and business connections could be made and family fortunes enhanced. But Lucius, unable to … Continue reading →

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The Hush by John Hart (Books to Read During a Pandemic, Part 24)

Posted on September 4, 2020 by bseat

John Hart is one of those authors that can’t quite be pigeonholed into some convenient genre. He writes thrillers and mysteries, detective stories, moody, haunted, events and about betrayal, broken dreams and love lost. Although The Hush, is a sequel to … Continue reading →

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Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Books To Read During a Pandemic, Part 21)

Posted on August 14, 2020 by bseat

Gillian Flynn rocketed to fame with her book Gone Girl, a twisty tale of love and madness. It would be very hard for any writer to duplicate that kind of success, but Flynn is a a great writer and she has … Continue reading →

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Inland by Téa Obreht (Books to Read During a Pandemic part 7)

Posted on May 1, 2020 by bseat

After six weeks of offering multiple books, genres and series to keep you occupied during a pandemic, today I am returning to my regular format of offering one book that I have read recently. I read Téa Obreht’s The Tiger … Continue reading →

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A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

Posted on December 27, 2019 by bseat

Did you get some money for Christmas that you are not sure what spend on? ? A gift card from Amazon? Do you have some time now with family and friends gone, to curl up with a good book?  Well, … Continue reading →

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Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Posted on November 22, 2019 by bseat

Deep in the marshes and bayous near Barkley Cove, North Carolina is where the “Marsh Girl” lived. The people of the town knew of her-the abandoned girl named Kya Clark, who lived in a ramshackle hut that was only accessible … Continue reading →

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