Well, you can’t win them all. Continuing to shape his narratives as homages to classic mystery writers, in this case Agatha Christie, instead of leaving the threads of correlation for the reader to parse together, the author allows everything to be rather obvious. Excruciatingly so. The result being something that feels like more of a contrivance than a compliment.
Read MoreAn exceptionally cleverly penned book that summons the plots of unsolved homicides from the greats of yesteryear to unravel its own whodunnit. Go ahead and unpack that!
Read MoreFinding this charming amateur detective mystery was a happy moment. I loved these women and their hilarious antics, and the author did an excellent job of keeping the reader guessing right until the ending. And as an added bonus the reader gets the inside scoop on how crossword puzzles are created. A smell a new hobby on the horizon!
Read MoreNick jolts awake a bit worse for wear, standing in the very place he stood at 5pm, but now its 4pm. Trying to clear the fog of his confusion, he remembers his dying friend handing him a bag and saying, “listen carefully, don’t let that bag out of your sight. He’s coming for you; he’s coming for your family.”
Read MoreThere is a wealth of extraordinary reading to be found outside of the big name authors and endlessly repetitive best of and highly anticipated lists. Where you might be asking yourself, well look no further! Assembled here for you dear reader are debut novels; past, present and future! Mark my words, you won’t regret reading any one of these gems. Or all…
Read MoreAs a voracious reader with decades of dedication to the cause of book loving under my belt, I love discovering contemporary authors brave enough to conquer the challenge of a retelling or reimagining of a long-known tale. Or a truth for that matter…
Read MoreImagine confronting all your demons, shaking the monkey on the back off for good and solving all the issues that may be plaguing your marriage in ten therapy sessions? You’d be crazy not to jump on board, right? Wrong. So, so wrong.
Read MoreA funhouse mirror of a book, your likely seeing something entirely different than what you think you are with every reflection. This author executes spectacular feats of misdirection at every turn!
Read MoreThis fan favourite feature is one that deserves a replay in case you missed it the first time around! If you delve deeply enough into the books we choose to read, more often than not you will reveal a connection to something recognizable. That in fact they capture contemporary narratives from the bones of centuries of storytelling. Mythologies, legends, classics and fairytales have all been plundered for plot in myriad of ways and a upon myriad of occasions that proves incalculable.
Read MoreAn exceptional character driven thriller that you will think you’ve got all figured out and then the author unfolds twists and snarls you will never see coming. Twenty years after Chloe’s father was convicted of killing six young women, someone seems to be marking the anniversary by copying the crimes. Or was he innocent all along?
Read MoreThis was a stellar deconstruction of the crimes that occurred, the man who committed them, and a mesmerizing examination on what makes people do such things. Leaving the reader to wonder how can bad so savagely devour good in certain individuals.
Read MoreA taut thriller that is also a searing story about the secrets we can never seem to leave behind. Every lie you tell, every secret you keep, is a fragile little thing that must be protected and accounted for. One misstep, one miscalculation, and your little prejuries can topple the perfect life you’ve built around them.
Read MoreOn a remote island, seven members of a mystery club have gathered, summoned there under inscrutable circumstances. Told in tandem by a club member who didn’t make the trip and those on the island, this is a brilliantly crafted mystery!
Read MoreDead Silene - S.A. Barnes
Salvaged - Madeline Roux
Savlvation Day - Kali Wallace
Luminous Dead - Caitlan Starling
Girl With All The Gifts - Mike Carey
The Deep - Alma Katsua
Burning Dark - Adam Christopher
Infected - Scott Sigler
Intercepts - T. J. Payne
Hail Mary - Andy Weir
Feed - Mira Grant
Cold Storage - David Koepp
Gideon The Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
We Have Always Been Here - Lena Nguyen
Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu
Fireman - Joe Hill
Six Wakes - Mur Lafferty
Andromedia Strain - Michael Crichton
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
The Stand - Stephen King
Leave The World Behind - Rumann Alam
Bird Box - Josh Malerman
The Passage - Justin Cronin
The Girl With All The Gifts - M.R. Carey
Parable Of The Sower - Octavia E. Butler
Severance - Ling Ma
Moon Of The Crusted Snow - Waubgeshig Rice
Afterland - Lauren Buekes
Book Of M - Peng Shepherd
Good Omens - Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett
The Fifth Season - N.K. Jemisin
The Phlebotomist - Chris Panatier
Riot Baby - Tochi Onyebuchi
Lakewood - Megan Giddings
Songs For The End Of The World - Saleema Nawaz
The Warehouse - Rob Hart
Company Town - Madeline Ashby
Trail Of Lightning - Rebecca Roanhorse
Imagine you are out for a walk with your spouse and as you stand at the edge of a cliff enjoying a spectacular view, all the irritations of day-to-day life flood in and you give them a push. Upon your return home, a newfound spring in your step, there they are. All the pieces put together again.
Read MoreA dark and macabre story full of sinister families, all of whom are willing to sacrifice their own children in order to hold on to the last bit of powerful magic in their world. Come on, horrible people behaving horribly? What more could you ask for?
Read MoreCan you imagine, as a parent, asking yourself if you are scared for your child, or of them? Even as she picks up her son at the prison gates on the day of his release after serving a sentence for murdering his high school sweetheart, it’s still unimaginable to Thea that they ended up here.
Read MoreMolly loves her job, bringing the rooms of the Regency Grand Hotel back to a state of perfection each and every day. But on the day she discovers a guest dead in his bed she finds herself in a very messy situation indeed. Buckle up readers, Molly makes for an utterly unique and charming unreliable narrator.
Read MoreWhen a young man is found gruesomely murdered, it triggers questions about who wished him dead. The reader is introduced to three very disparate women, each of whom might be seeking vengeance for a wrong committed against them. The very essence of this mystery is, what can we in fact believe? And who…
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