Category Archives: Psychological Mystery

The Murderer’s Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman

Posted on October 2, 2015 by bseat

Prolific authors can sometimes be intimidating, especially if they write a series. Although you might want to read their books it is hard not to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of books you will need to read!  Kellerman is … Continue reading →

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The Prophet by Michael Koryta

Posted on June 12, 2015 by bseat

Michael Koryta is one of a few writers who shifts from genre to genre even though it is considered career suicide to do so. Koryta however, seems to actually thrive on it!  Known as a crime/suspense novelist, Koryta shifted into … Continue reading →

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Her: A Novel by Harriet Lane

Posted on May 1, 2015 by bseat

Emma is consumed by her life as a mother and wife. With one small child and another on the way she decided to stay at home, but her husband’s job is insecure and they can’t afford to do things they … Continue reading →

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Malice by Keigo Higashino, Translated by Alexander O. Smith

Posted on April 3, 2015 by bseat

Higashino, who wrote the Devotion of Suspect X  is back again with a new mystery, Malice. Although written in 1996, it was not translated until 2014 when it became an Edgar Award Finalist. It is wonderful that Higashino is getting … Continue reading →

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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Posted on February 27, 2015 by bseat

Rachel is living a lie. Every day she leaves her friend’s home where she has been staying “until she can get back on her feet,”and takes the train into London.  Ostensibly she is going to work, but she lost her … Continue reading →

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Carthage by Joyce Carol Oates

Posted on November 7, 2014 by bseat

Early in the morning, Arlette fearfully wakes up her husband Zeno Mayfield and tells him that their daughter, Cressida, never came home. Her bed was not slept in and Juliet, her older sister, never heard her from her the night … Continue reading →

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Needful Things by Stephen King

Posted on October 31, 2014 by bseat

Stephen King, known as the master of horror, is truly masterful at scaring people!  His secret is that he takes ordinary, everyday things and turns them into things of nightmares-like a car in Christine, or a dog in Cujo, changing … Continue reading →

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Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarity

Posted on October 17, 2014 by bseat

From the author of The Husband’s Secret, comes another compelling story about everyday domestic life in a suburb outside of Sydney, Australia. Without wasting any time, Moriarity plunges us into the complicated lives of this small town by letting us … Continue reading →

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NIght Film by Marisha Pessl

Posted on August 29, 2014 by bseat

There is a fine line between obsession and the need to find the truth, but for journalist, Scott McGrath, the line is even more blurred, especially when it comes to the reclusive cult film director Stanislas Cordova.  A few years … Continue reading →

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Chance by Kem Nunn

Posted on May 30, 2014 by bseat

Dr. Eldon Chance is a forensic neuropsychiatrist working in LA, whose life, like many of his client’s lives, is slowly unraveling.  First there is his divorce and the money that will cost, then his daughter’s troubles at school and finally … Continue reading →

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