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My Midnight Feast.
Lucy Foley has a way with words, and this newest novel does not disappoint. Let’s take a trip to a Manor, with a forgotten legend, set...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


The Halloween Party
A Halloween Party turns deadly, as a thirteen year old girl brags about witnessing a murder. Being swept up in the Halloween...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Room For Rent
Room For Rent: This book was just creepy, and there is no better way to describe it…the weird roommate and the decrepit house he lives...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


There's Someone Inside Your House
My thoughts on "There's Someone Inside You House" by Stephanie Perkins. I wouldn’t necessarily call this one a thriller…it’s super...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


The Witch Elm
Tana French’s The Witch Elm is a very different kind of crime novel — less about detectives chasing answers and more about a man...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


One of Us
One of Us is a haunting, character-driven psychological thriller that explores the complex intersection of Reviews good and evil,...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Beautiful Ugly: Alice Feeney
This book was definitely a slow burn. That being said, the twists in the book really did take me by surprise. I felt that the initial...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Wicked Like A Wildfire
Wicked Like A Wildfire is a journey through one's senses. I have a difficult time leaving a review of this book, I did enjoy the book,...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


What Have You Done
In What Have You Done? , Shari Lapena brings her signature small-town suspense to a story that starts with a shock: a teenage girl found dead in a hayfield, and suddenly everyone in town becomes a suspect. The book moves fast, told through short, sharp chapters that make it hard to put down. Lapena captures the claustrophobic feel of a quiet place where everyone knows each other—and no one can be trusted. Every character seems to be hiding something, and the shifting points o

Lesley Goldthorpe
Oct 8, 20251 min read


Every Last Secret
A.R. Torre delivers a slick and simmering domestic thriller in Every Last Secret . Cat Winthorpe appears to have it all, to the outside...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Sep 15, 20251 min read


The Secret Market of the Dead
The Secret Market of the Dead is not merely a fantasy; it is a gothic descent into the cost of desire. De Feo invites us into a world...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Sep 12, 20251 min read


The Silent Bride: Shalini Boland
Think about your wedding day, as you stand at the end of the aisle ready to meet your groom. You have waited for this day your entire life; you start forward with your father…walking toward the man of your dreams. He turns to look at you and you stop dead in your tracks the man waiting for you at the alter isn’t your fiancée, but a total stranger. Everyone else in the church, including your family sees your fiance, but you see a stranger. This psychological thriller is tol

Lesley Goldthorpe
Sep 11, 20241 min read


Sometimes I Lie
This book was amazing, and I did not see the twists and turns that came. Told through the eyes or rather ears of a comatose woman, I was...

Lesley Goldthorpe
Jul 25, 20241 min read
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