thrillers

The Midnight Feast, by Lucy Foley

The Midnight Feast, the newest thriller from Lucy Foley, takes place at the opening weekend of a luxe resort. Francesca…

12 hours ago

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

More Murder, More Secrets, and More Delicious Indonesian Food in ‘The New Girl’

Jesse Q Sutanto is back with more secrets, more murder, and more delicious Indonesian food in The New Girl. Teenage…

11 months ago

New Thriller “The Hike” by Lucy Clarke

The Hike, by Lucy Clarke, opens with the dramatically terrible news that one of the four women on this hiking…

1 year ago

Pretty Little Wife

I heard this one had Gone Girl vibes, and it sort of did, but I thought it was much closer…

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

Off The Grid

In the Hawaiian mystery novel Off The Grid, by Robert McCaw, an abandoned rural area in the shadow of a volcano…

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

Murder and Kidnapping in a Small Town in “Find Her” by Chris Patchell

In Find Her (The Lacey James Series Book 1), by Chris Patchell, Lacey James is a hardworking local cop in…

2 years ago

Gossip, Secrets, and Murder at an Upscale Wedding in “You’re Invited”

In You're Invited, by Amanda Jayatissa, Amaya feels strange about receiving her invitation to her ex-bestie Kaavi’s wedding. First, the…

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

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

Insta-Stalking in “Like Me” and “A Novel Obsession”

When it's done right, I love a thriller with a blend of polished Insta-perfection and offline dysfunction. I'm thinking specifically…

3 years ago

The Best Thrillers About Twisted Friendships

I love twisty thrillers, don't you? But I don't always buy the obsessive-love motivation.  Like, does our character not know…

3 years ago

“The Wedding Night” is Not a Thriller

The Wedding Night, by Harriet Walker, was not at all what I was expecting, but held some lovely scenes about…

4 years ago

Dark Matter

The beginning of Blake Crouch's Dark Matter shows family night in Jason Desson's Chicago home.  Then, the story travels in time,…

6 years ago

The Chef’s Secret

The beginning of The Chef's Secret starts a bit slowly, or maybe I was just disappointed that it wasn't set in ancient…

6 years ago