St. Medard’s Bay, Alabama is known for its deadly hurricanes, the long-standing Rosalie Inn, and the infamous murder of Landon Fitzroy during Hurricane Marie in 1984, a crime that cemented Lo Bailey’s name in local legend. When true-crime writer August Fletcher arrives in town to revisit the case, inn owner Geneva Corliss hopes the attention…
Category: 3 Star Reads
No Road Home
Single father Toby Tucker has spent years shielding his queer son, Luca, from a cruel world but marrying into the powerful Wright family thrusts them directly into it. The Wrights are wealthy, deeply religious, and led by a notorious televangelist patriarch whose influence looms over everything. When a storm traps the family at their isolated…
A Box Full of Darkness
Violet, Vail, and Dodie return to the home they fled eighteen years earlier, summoned by the ghost of their long-missing brother, Ben, and his unsettling plea to “come home.” Fell, New York has always been a place where strange things happen: a mysterious drowning at the local motel, a young girl found dead by the…
Beast of the North Woods
When a local ice fisherman is brutally mauled to death in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, the only explanation offered is a hodag, a mythical creature long believed to be nothing more than a local hoax. The claim isn’t taken seriously by the townsfolk, especially since the hodag is deeply tied to the town’s identity and tourism. As…
Witches of Dubious Origin
When a mysterious black book with an unbreakable latch appears at the library where Zoe Ziakas works, she’s instantly drawn to it. Her search for answers leads her to the Museum of Literature which is home to the infamous “Books of Dubious Origin”. Zoe soon learns she’s descended from a long line of witches, the…
The Burning Library
Set against the stark beauty of Scotland’s Western Hebrides, The Burning Library begins with the discovery of Eleanor Bruton’s body on a cold, windswept shore. To her family, Eleanor was an unremarkable woman; quiet, helpful at church, fond of flowers but she carried a dark secret: a scrap of medieval embroidery linked to a centuries-old…
Haven’t Killed in Years
Marin Haggerty, now living under the name Gwen Tanner, has spent two decades hiding from her past as the daughter of a notorious serial killer. She’s managed to build a quiet, anonymous life until someone starts sending dismembered body parts to her doorstep with one chilling message: I Know Who You Are. To protect her…
I Know Who You Are
I Know Who You Are follows Aimee Sinclair, an actress on the brink of real fame whose life spirals out of control when her husband suddenly disappears. His phone and wallet are still at home, but he’s nowhere to be found and Aimee quickly becomes the prime suspect. As she tries to piece together what…
The Midnight Feast
The Midnight Feast takes us to the grand opening of a luxurious eco-resort on the Devon coast, a property built on land steeped in dark folklore and whispered legends. As wealthy guests gather for an exclusive weekend, old tensions flare, secrets resurface, and the haunting atmosphere of the setting makes it clear that not everyone…
The Hitchcock Hotel
The Hitchcock Hotel follows a tight-knit group of six friends who left college nearly fifteen years ago, only to be drawn back together by an unexpected occasion and some unresolved business that makes this reunion far from safe. The Hitchcock Hotel had a lot of promise, and for most of the story, I was really…