A Texas-sized Sweet Sixteen with a body count? Count me in. Party of Liars by Kelsey Cox is a fresh, twisty take on the locked-room whodunnit. The story kicks off at Sophie Matthews’s over-the-top birthday bash, hosted in her father’s newly renovated, maybe haunted, cliffside mansion in the Texas Hill Country. Just as the party…
Category: Texas
I Was a Teenage Slasher
Small town teenager Tolly Driver had all the potential, until he was cursed to become a Slasher in his small West Texas town and gets even with those that have treated him wrong. Told in a memoir format, Tolly gives us his perspective on going from a normal teenage in 1989 to a murderer in…
Not in Love
When the company Rue works for is being bought out, she’s determined to help the CEO (her close friend and mentor) figure out a way to stop the buyout. But when one of the auditors ends up being the one night stand, she can’t stop thinking about, Rue must figure out how to balance what…
The Rom-Commers
As a big Katherine Center fan, I’m never surprised to love her books. Her upcoming release The Rom-Commers, which comes out this summer, is going to be the perfect book to put into your pool/beach bag. Emma has put her dreams aside to care for her father after an accident that killed her mother. She’s…
Bless Your Heart
I don’t know what it is, but I’ve been reading lots of books set in the 90s lately. Add in that Bless Your Heart is set in Texas and it’s right up my alley. It’s 1999 and the Evans women have run the town funeral home for generations. They’re not just in charge of funeral…
Listen for the Lie
Lucy Chase hasn’t been back to her hometown in years, ever since the town deemed her guilty for the murder of her best friend Savannah. Lucy, now living in LA, has spent years putting her old life behind her but thanks to podcast Ben Owens, her life and Savannah’s murder are about to be brought…
The Last Close Call
Romantic Suspense is my jam and Laura Griffin is one of my favorite’s at writing these easy, fun, and thrilling reads. Rowan Healy is one of the best forensic genealogist in Austin. She’s used to tacking down criminals and also helps people find their families. After years of no leads, Jack Bruner, an Austin Detective,…
Shark Heart
What a weird and absolutely lovely story. Based on the description alone, I had my doubts I would enjoy this book. But a few other readers I trust said they loved this story, so I decided to give it a chance. Shark Heart follows Lewis and his wife, Wren, as they navigate Lewis’ transformation into…
Flight
The second in The Texas Murder Files series, Flight, takes us away from Austin and to the coast of Texas. Bailey’s sister, Miranda, needs a break and decides to head to Lost Beach to focus on her passion of being a wildlife photographer. While out shooting one morning, she stumbles upon two dead bodies. Joel…
Deep Tide
Deep Tide, the fourth installment of The Texas Murder Files, follows Owen and Joel’s sister Leyla Breda. When Leyla meets undercover FBI agent, Sean Moran, at her brother Joel’s wedding she is completely smitten but she refuses to even think about dating non-locals. When on of Leyla’s employees is murdered behind her coffee shop, she’s…