"Anticipation is always worse than reality. Always." Emma Carpenter lives in isolation with her golden retriever Laika, house-sitting an old beachfront home on the rainy Washington coast. Her only human contact is her enigmatic old neighbor, Deek, and (via text) the house’s owner, Jules. One day, she reads a poorly written, but gruesome, horror novel… Continue reading The Last Word by Taylor Adams
Genre: Fiction / Thrillers / Crime
The Chain by Adrian McKinty
"In the future, it won’t be the state that keeps tabs on everyone by extensive use of surveillance; it will be the people. They’ll do the state’s work for it by constantly uploading their locations, interests, food preferences, restaurant choices, political ideas, and hobbies to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other social media sites." Rachel Klein… Continue reading The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera
Are you looking for a great thriller that you CAN'T put down?!? This is going to be the one to read this summer! What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter? Lucy & Savvy became best friends after coming back… Continue reading Listen For The Lie by Amy Tintera
Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham
This is the third book from Stacy Willingham that I have read and I think this is the one I have liked the least. This is a slow burn where all the action happened in the last 1/8 of the book. This was a drawn out version of Pretty Little Liars meets Heathers. I think… Continue reading Only If You’re Lucky by Stacy Willingham
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Bright Young Women is based off of a real life story of a serial killer who targeted a sorority in Seattle. The story follows two girls who's lives were impacted by this ordinary man in ways that were unforgettable. The story is told from both perspectives until their stories diverge. This felt like a true… Continue reading Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
“No matter what happened to you, no matter what horrors you endured when you were taken away, you will always be my pretty little girl.” In 1991 Julia Carroll disappeared. Her body was never found. In the following years the family coped in very different ways. The mother while forever quietly grieving, moved on and… Continue reading Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Eyeshot by Taylor Adams
"Be polite, be courteous, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.” James and Elle Eversman are a young couple travelling through the Mojave Desert on their way to a new life. When their car mysteriously breaks down, they are stranded in the middle of nowhere without much water and no cell-phone reception. A… Continue reading Eyeshot by Taylor Adams
The Collective by Alison Gaylin
“None of these monsters are evil. It’s the evil of others that makes them powerful. Beaten down by the world, shunned, robbed of what they love, they don’t curl up and die. They don’t apologize. They fight back. They get bigger, stronger, more terrifying. You are a monster. We all are. Be grateful for THAT.”… Continue reading The Collective by Alison Gaylin
Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
“Nothing is more satisfying to humans than watching another person fail. Especially when it’s someone who has everything you don’t.” This is the story of three best friends: one who was murdered, one who went to prison, and one who's been searching for the truth all these years . . . When she was sixteen… Continue reading Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier
A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham
“It’s the realization of how many hidden bodies could be buried beneath my feet at any point in time, the world above them completely oblivious to their existence.” When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as… Continue reading A Flicker In The Dark by Stacy Willingham