suspense

Fave New Author: Jesse Q Sutanto

In the pandemic lockdown, I've been reading even more than usual. Mostly suspense and international fiction, plus some books recommended…

4 years ago

The Family Upstairs

In The Family Upstairs, Libby has always known she was adopted, but on her twenty-fifth birthday, she discovers she's inherited…

4 years ago

All The Beautiful Lies

In All The Beautiful Lies, by Peter Swanson, bookseller and general mystery lover Bill Ackerman recommends The Secret History as…

4 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…

4 years ago

Modern Southern Gothic/Jane Eyre in “The Wife Upstairs”

In The Wife Upstairs, by Rachel Hawkins, Jane, a former foster kid, is a dog-walker for several families in the…

4 years ago

The Throne of Caesar

In the beginning of The Throne of Caesar, it's just before the Ides of March, 44 BCE. Gordianus the Finder…

4 years ago

The Two Mrs. Carlyles

The Two Mrs. Carlyles by Suzanne Rindell is a twisty historical thriller, with a deeply unreliable narrator. From childhood, Violet…

5 years ago

The Turn Of The Key

Ruth Ware's newest novel, The Turn Of The Key, blends the creepily invasive smarthome of The Girl Before with the highland…

5 years ago

The Girl Before

In The Girl Before by JP Delaney, the narration jumps between Emma and Jane, two tenants in One Folgate Street. I…

6 years ago

The Deceivers (Spoiler: No Mistletoe Stabbings)

When The Deceivers opens, young Brynn is skipping classes at her failing high school, and spending her days scamming rich kids…

6 years ago

An Anonymous Girl

An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, is an absorbing psychological thriller that begins with an ethics "study" and…

6 years ago

The Elizas

A couple of years ago, I got the four-book Pretty Little Liars collections as a library ebook. I started reading it…

7 years ago

The Dark Season Saga: The Final Harvest

The Dark Season Saga: The Final Harvest by Yehya H. Safwat tells a wide-ranging, epic story of the struggle for…

8 years ago

The Lost Daughter of Liverpool

It was not gritty, and it was not heartbreaking, but if you are waiting anxiously for the next Call The…

8 years ago