suspense

What The Wife Knew

In Darby Kane's newest novel, What the Wife Knew -- just like in her previous novel Pretty Little Wife -- Kane gives…

2 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…

5 months ago

Salem’s Lot

The classic horror novel Salem's Lot, by Stephen King, was written in the 1970s,  but is still popular and still a…

9 months ago

Dark Friendship in “I’m Not Done With You Yet”

After the perfectly good YA Well, That Was Unexpected, and the perfectly good cozy mystery Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For…

1 year ago

The Woman In The Library

The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill, is a thriller around a novelist, working on a thriller that might…

1 year ago

The Likeness

The premise of Tana French's The Likeness is almost too unbelievable: A murder victim is found who looks exactly like…

2 years ago

But Why Didn’t I Like “The Villa?”

The upcoming novel, The Villa, by Rachel Hawkins, is a dual-timeline story, with both stories involving frenemies creating art in…

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

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…

2 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…

2 years ago

My Best Summer Reading in 2022

I read constantly all year, of course, but here are some of my favorite reads from summer 2022. Most of…

2 years ago

Sea Life and Secrets in “The Love of My Life”

In The Love of My Life, by Rosie Walsh, Leo begins working on his wife Emma's bio (he's an obituary…

2 years ago

The Quarter Storm

In The Quarter Storm, by Veronica G Henry, Reina Dumond is a Haitian vodou priestess with water powers. She mostly…

2 years ago

Latin, Classics, and Drowned Secrets in “The Lake of Dead Languages”

In The Lake of Dead Languages, by Carol Goodman, Jane Hudson has returned to her old boarding school as a…

2 years ago

Things We Do In The Dark

Things We Do In The Dark, by Jennifer Hillier, is a twisty story where almost everyone's got a dark secret…

2 years ago

The Family Remains

The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell, ends with a solid resolution and then a dramatic cliffhanger at the very last…

2 years ago

Tandem Readalong: Watch Out For Her

I read Watch Out For Her, by Samantha M. Bailey, as part of a Tandem Collective readalong. This is a…

2 years ago

Last Tang Standing, by Lauren Ho

In Last Tang Standing, by Lauren Ho, Andrea's in her thirties, and she's just split up with her long-term boyfriend.…

3 years ago

Asgard Park: The Summer of 1991, by Ronald Simonar

Asgard Park: The Summer of 1991, by Ronald Simonar, is a mythic mystery thriller.  The opening of this novel is…

3 years ago

The Lies I Tell

The Lies I Tell, by Julie Clark, is a social manipulation thriller. This is exactly the kind of suspense novel…

3 years ago

Last Seen Wearing

Last Seen Wearing was written in the fifties, and set at a women's college in Massachusetts, a fictionalized Smith or…

3 years ago

The Paris Apartment

The Paris Apartment, by Lucy Foley, was one of my most anticipated reads this year. I tried to get it…

3 years ago

Unique Scifi Suspense in “We Have Always Been Here”

We Have Always Been Here, by Lena Nguyen, is a thoughtful scifi mystery about a colonization ship on a planet…

3 years ago

The Suspect

The Suspect, by Fiona Barton, tells the story of two missing British girls on a Thailand gap-year adventure. When teenage…

3 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