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“Sisterhood is knowing someone fully and loving them anyway.” Nicole “Nic” Monroe is in a rut. At twenty-four, she lives alone in a dinky apartment in her hometown of Mishawaka, Indiana, she’s just gotten a DWI, and she works the same dead-end job she’s been working since high school, a job she only has because… Continue reading The Missing Half by Ashley Flowers
Kristen Perrin delivers an even stronger mystery in How to Seal Your Own Fate, the second book in her Castle Knoll series. This one hooked me from the start—and I ended up liking it even more than the first. Right away, the story sets an eerie tone when fortune teller Peony Lane gives Annie Adams… Continue reading How to Seal Your Own Fate by Kristen Perrin
“Of course, I’m not offended that you’d accuse me of murder. I’m offended you’d think I’d be bad at it.” The bridge is out. The phones are down. And the most famous mystery writer in the world just disappeared out of a locked room three days before Christmas.Meet Maggie Chase and Ethan Wyatt:She’s the new… Continue reading The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter
“It’s so easy to take your life for granted. So simple to ignore the rumblings of reality, to become complacent, to think things will never change. Of course, they do, and almost always when you least expect it.” A great writer knows when to deliver a juicy plot twist. But for one author, the biggest… Continue reading A Very Bad Thing by J.T. Ellison
This is a cozy mystery that reminded me of The Thursday Murder Club. I always like a good book about a cooky older gal who goes against the norm. Put the kettle on, there’s a mystery brewing…Tea-shop owner. Matchmaker. Detective? Sixty-year-old self-proclaimed tea expert Vera Wong enjoys nothing more than sipping a good cup of… Continue reading Vera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice For Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutano
This was a murder mystery told in dual timelines. I love dual timelines and discovering things while the current story is taking place. I think this is for fans of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None & Richard Osman's Thursday Murder Club. Frances Adams spends her life trying to prevent/solve her own murder. In 1965… Continue reading How To Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin
The Frozen River is a historical fiction that you don't want to miss! This is based on a true story and I love it when the Author's note is also so interesting and informative. This one is based on the true story of Martha Ballard. This takes place in Maine is 1789. Martha is called… Continue reading The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
“I think we regular people may have forgotten a basic truth—we don’t really have the right to judge anyone else.” After calling off her engagement in wake of a tragic revelation, Yuko Moriguchi had nothing to live for except her only child, four year old, Manami. Now, following an accident on the grounds of the… Continue reading Confessions by Kanae Minato
This is my favorite Lisa Jewell so far! None Of This Is True is a great suspenseful ride that will have you on the edge of your seat! Popular podcaster, Alix Summers, celebrates her birthday at a local restaurant when she runs into another person celebrating her birthday also, Josie Fair. Days later, the ladies… Continue reading None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell
If you are looking for a cozy Whodunit mystery this is for you! This wasn't really a thriller, but more of a nice, comfortable ride to find out who the bad guy was with your family members who you love, but don't always like. In the heartwarming tale of "Mother-Daughter Murder Night," we're introduced to… Continue reading Mother -Daughter Murder Night by Nina Simon