Lottie Jones has spent decades hiding in plain sight. Quiet nights, church bingo, and neighborhood gossip keeping her dark past firmly buried. Once a notorious serial killer, she’s reinvented herself as just another sweet old lady in a sleepy town. But when a persistent journalist shows up asking questions that hit too close to home,…
Category: 3 Star Reads
Still See You Everywhere
I’m a big Lisa Gardner fan, and I’ve absolutely loved the Frankie Elkin series so far. There’s something about a missing persons investigator who’s not a cop, not a PI, just stubborn and driven, that always pulls me in. That said… spoiler alert: this is my least favorite installment of the series so far. The…
Forget Me Not
Claire, a woman still grappling with her sister’s unsolved murder, as she’s drawn back into the mystery when another girl goes missing—with eerie similarities to her sister’s case. Through journal entries and flashbacks, the story slowly unravels layers of grief, trauma, and suspicion. It’s part introspective literary fiction, part psychological thriller. I liked the premise…
Dead Dead Girls
I really wanted to love this one. The concept had so much potential. A murder mystery set in 1920s Harlem with flapper vibes and a young Black woman at the center of it all? Yes, please. But unfortunately, the execution just didn’t work for me. The opening started strong: we meet a girl who survives…
The Shutouts
The Shutouts picks up in the wake of Yours for the Taking, plunging us back into a dystopian future unraveling under the weight of climate catastrophe, government betrayal, and identity politics. Though billed as “set in the same world,” make no mistake, this is a true sequel imo, and you’ll be lost without reading book…
The Starving Saints
Aymar Castle has been under siege for six months. Food has run out, the animals are gone, and desperation is sinking in. Just as all hope seems lost, a miracle arrives: the Constant Lady and her Saints, a mysterious trio offering food, healing, and salvation in exchange for worship. What follows is a feverish descent…
Evocation
The bestselling author of A Dowry of Blood, introduces us to David Aristarkhov, a Boston attorney who moonlights as a powerful medium for a secret society. But David’s life of high-powered law and secretive magic is threatened when the Devil himself comes to collect on an ancestral deal. Desperate, David turns to his ex-boyfriend and…
The Hunger of Crows
Another audiobook I never reviewed, but it’s finally time! The Hunger of Crows came out in November 2021, but I listened to it in October 2022. If a book—especially a mystery—is set in Alaska, I’m into it! I don’t know what it is, but I’m addicted to Alaskan thrillers. The Hunger of Crows starts with…
The Good Detective
In The Good Detective, John McMahon introduces readers to Detective P.T. Marsh—a once-promising cop now spiraling after the loss of his wife and son. When Marsh steps in to rough up an abuser one night, he wakes up to find that same man dead—and himself the prime suspect in a murder investigation. As he digs…
Famous Last Words
Gillian McAllister’s Famous Last Words is a tense and emotional thriller that explores how well we can ever truly know the people we love. On the longest day of the year, new mother Camilla prepares to return to work—until her husband, Luke, disappears, leaving behind only a note. As news of a hostage crisis breaks…