Not the best thriller ever. It becomes fairly clear early on that the narrator is a narcissistic psychopath, and from there it’s a very short mental stroll to guess he has murder in mind when he takes his wife away for a kid free weekend at their lake house. Spending time in his company is […]
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Wilde Lake by Laura Lippmann
Consider this: a gracious and wise lawyer raising a generally beloved son and tomboy daughter after the death of their mother. A cantankerous housekeeper who is presumably African-American rules the home. The daughter can read before she goes to school and gets in trouble from her teachers for showing off about it. The boy befriends […]
White Bodies by Jane Robbins
Spending time with the protagonist in this novel – Callie- is a fairly uncomfortable experience. As a child Callie used to eat her sister’s teeth and hair. As an adult she eats her lipsticks. It goes without saying that Callie is rather unhealthily obsessed with her sister and when her sister meets Felix, Callie becomes convinced […]
The Stepmother by Claire Seeber
A woman, deeply damaged by the neglect she suffered in her poverty stricken childhood, marries a wealthy man she’s only known for six months, and tried to fit right in with the big house and the surly teenage twins. What could possibly go wrong?? A potentially interesting little thriller spoiled by one too many endings.
The Fifth Letter by Nicola Moriarty
Yes the author is Lianne Moriarty’s sister and you may think this will plug a gaping hole in your life between Liane’s last book and her next one but unfortunately, you will be disappointed. The Fifth Letter is workaday chick lit with a tight plot but very little depth. The chopping back and forth in time quickly […]
Say Nothing by Brad Parks
The six year old twins of a US Federal court judge are kidnapped and he is told he will have his children’s body parts returned to him one by one if he contacts the police or the FBI. Pretty horrifying stuff. His only chance to get his children back is to deliver the verdict dictated […]
Behind her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
A wacky but worthwhile thriller. Something is dreadfully wrong in the marriage between David, a harddrinking psychiatrist, and Adele, a beauty who is not half as fragile as she seems. The protagonist Louise slips into their marriage by way of an incredibly ill advised affair with David, who is also her boss. Louise is never […]
The Dark Rose by Erin Kelly
Erin Kelly’s getting into her groove in The Dark Rose; she creates engaging characters then drops them in dire situations and watches them squirm. She’s a writer after my own heart. This one concerns a girl’s first love with a messed up musician that ends in tragedy and a boy’s dangerous friendship with a ne’er do well […]