The Book: Catch Me (Detective D.D. Warren #6) by Lisa GardnerPublished: February 2012 by Penguin Torrie’s Rating: ★★★ The Plot (Goodreads): Charlene Grant believes she is…
Reviews with Spoilers
Ruth Ware | In a Dark, Dark Wood
The Book: In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth WarePublished: July 2015 by Harvill Secker/Scout Press Torrie’s Rating: ★★★ The Plot (Goodreads): What should be…
Jane Shemilt | The Patient
The Book: The Patient by Jane ShemiltPublished May 3, 2022 by William Morrow & CompanyDate read: December 6, 2022 The Characters: Rachel The Plot (from…
Catherine Steadman | The Family Game
The Plot (from Goodreads): Harry is a novelist on the brink of stardom; Edward, her husband-to-be, is seemingly perfect. In love and freshly engaged, their…
Megan Miranda | The Last To Vanish
The Plot (from Goodreads): Ten years ago, Abigail Lovett fell into a job she loves, managing The Passage Inn, a cozy, upscale resort nestled in…
Stephen Amidon | Locust Lane
The Plot (from Goodreads): On the surface, Emerson, Massachusetts, is just like any other affluent New England suburb. But when a young woman is found…
Karin Slaughter | A Faint Cold Fear (Grant County #3)
The Plot (from Goodreads): Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local…
Anna Bailey | Where The Truth Lies
The Plot (from Goodreads): The town of Whistling Ridge guards its secrets. When seventeen-year-old Abigail goes missing, her best friend Emma, compelled by the guilt…
Adam Hamdy | The Other Side of Night
The Plot (from Goodreads): The Other Side of Night begins with a man named David Asha writing about his biggest regret: his sudden separation from…
Bradeigh Godfrey | Imposter
The Plot (from Goodreads): Two sisters, a lifetime of secrets Lilian and Rosie were once the closest of sisters, but the untimely death of their…
Sarah Bonner | Her Perfect Twin
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Megan discovers photographs of her estranged identical twin sister on her husband’s phone, she wants answers. Leah already has everything…
Lisa Gardner | Live to Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #4)
The Book: Live to Tell (Detective D.D. Warren #4) by Lisa GardnerPublished: July 2010 by Bantam Books Torrie’s Rating: ★★★★ The Plot (Lisa Gardner’s Website): On…
Karin Slaughter | Kisscut (Grant County #2)
The Plot (from Goodreads): Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long…
Ashley Flowers | All Good People Here
The Plot (from Goodreads): Everyone from Wakarusa, Indiana, remembers the case of January Jacobs, who was found dead in a ditch hours after her family…
Lisa Scottoline | One Perfect Lie
The Book: One Perfect Lie by Lisa ScottolinePublished: 2017 by St. Martin’s Press Torrie’s Rating: ★★ The Plot (Goodreads): A handsome stranger moves to the small…
Karin Slaughter | Blindsighted (Grant County #1)
The Plot (from Goodreads): A small Georgia town erupts in panic when Sibyl Adams, a young college professor, is found brutally mutilated in the local…
Jessica Strawser | Almost Missed You
The Book: Almost Missed You by Jessica StrawserPublished: March 2017 by St. Martin’s Press Almost Missed You is actually how I found “How Did That…
Megan Goldin | Stay Awake
The Plot (from Goodreads): Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there….
Lisa Gardner | The Neighbor (Detective D.D. Warren #3)
The Book: The Neighbor (Detective D.D. Warren #3) by Lisa GardnerPublished: June 4, 2009 by Bantam Books Torrie’s Rating: ★★★★ The Plot (Goodreads): From a master…
Elaine Murphy | Look What You Made Me Do (#1)
The Plot (from Goodreads): Carrie wants a normal life. Carrie Lawrence doesn’t need a happily ever after. She’ll just settle for “after.” After a decade…
Megan Collins | The Family Plot
The Plot (from Goodreads): At twenty-six, Dahlia Lighthouse has a lot to learn when it comes to the real world. Raised in a secluded island…
Darcey Bell | All I Want
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Emma’s husband, Ben, falls in love with a large Victorian mansion for sale in upstate New York, he swears to…
SC Lalli | Are You Sara?
The Plot (from Goodreads): Two women named Sara each get into a rideshare. . . but only one makes it home alive. Which Sara was…
Melanie Gideon | Did I Say You Could Go
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Ruth, a wealthy divorcée, offers to host the Hillside Academy kindergarten meet-and-greet, she hopes this will be a fresh start…
Peter Swanson | The Kind Worth Killing
The Plot (from Goodreads): On a night flight from London to Boston, Ted Severson meets the stunning and mysterious Lily Kintner. Sharing one too many…
Lisa Gardner | Hide (Detective D.D. Warren #2)
The Book: Hide (Detective D.D. Warren #2) by Lisa GardnerPublished: January 30, 2007 by Bantam Books Torrie’s Rating: ★★★★ The Plot (Goodreads): You have good reason…
Dervla McTiernan | The Murder Rule
The Plot (from Goodreads): First Rule: Make them like you. Second Rule: Make them need you. Third Rule: Make them pay. They think I’m a…
Jennifer Hillier | Things We Do In The Dark
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Paris Peralta is arrested in her own bathroom—covered in blood, holding a straight razor, her celebrity husband dead in the…
Amanda Jayatissa | You’re Invited
The Plot (from Goodreads): When Amaya is invited to Kaavi’s over-the-top wedding in Sri Lanka, she is surprised and a little hurt to hear from…
Allie Reynolds | The Swell
The Book: The Swell by Allie ReynoldsPublished July 19th 2022 by G.P. Putnam’s SonsDate read: July 9, 2022 The Characters: MikkiKenna Buy it on Bookshop.org…
Stuart Turton | The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
The Plot (from Goodreads): Aiden Bishop knows the rules. Evelyn Hardcastle will die every day until he can identify her killer and break the cycle….
Gillian McAllister | Wrong Place Wrong Time
The Plot (from Goodreads): Can you stop a murder after it’s already happened? Late October. After midnight. You’re waiting up for your seventeen-year-old son. He’s…
Kiersten Modglin | The Atonement
Don’t remember what happened in the first book? Click here for spoilers for The Arrangement. The Plot (from Goodreads): First, there was THE ARRANGEMENT—a scandalous…
Sandie Jones | The Blame Game
The Plot (from Goodreads): Games can be dangerous. But blame can be deadly. As a psychologist specializing in domestic abuse, Naomi has found it hard…
Karin Slaughter | Girl, Forgotten (Andrea Oliver #2)
The Plot (from Goodreads): A small town hides a big secret… Who killed Emily Vaughn? Prom Night. Longbill Beach, 1982. Emily Vaughn dresses carefully for…
Amanda Eyre Ward | The Lifeguards
The Plot (from Goodreads): Austin’s Zilker Park neighborhood is a wonderland of greenbelt trails, live music, and moms who drink a few too many margaritas….
Barbara Graham | What Jonah Knew
The Book: What Jonah Knew by Barbara GrahamPublished July 5th 2022 by Harper PaperbacksDate read: July 6th, 2022 The Characters: Helen and Henry BirdLucie, Matt,…
Tessa Wegert | Dead Wind
The Plot (from Goodreads): The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, arriving on…
Jason Rekulak | Hidden Pictures
The Plot (from Goodreads): Fresh out of rehab, Mallory Quinn takes a job in the affluent suburb of Spring Brook, New Jersey as a babysitter…
May Cobb | My Summer Darlings
The Plot (from Goodreads): A woman in the forest thinks she’s going to die. I know he’s coming back for me. Jen Hansen, Kittie Spears,…
Carola Lovering | Can’t Look Away
The Plot (from Goodreads): In 2013, twenty-three-year old Molly Diamond is a barista, dreaming of becoming a writer. One night at a concert in East…
Lucy Clarke | One Of The Girls
The Plot (from Goodreads): It was supposed to be the perfect weekend away. Six very different women travel to a sun-soaked Greek island for a…
Kerry Lonsdale | No More Lies
The “No More” Series by Kerry Lonsdale books in order: No More WordsNo More LiesNo More Secrets The Plot (from Goodreads): Jenna Mason’s life seems…
Debbie Babitt | First Victim
The Plot (from Goodreads): The line between justice and revenge blurs when a judge takes the law into her own hands. The Honorable Alice D….
Karin Slaughter | Pieces of Her (Andrea Oliver #1)
The Plot (from Goodreads): Andrea Cooper knows everything about her mother, Laura. She knows she’s spent her whole life in the small beachside town of…
Alex Finlay | The Night Shift
The Plot (from Goodreads): How do you survive the death of a child? It’s New Year’s Eve 1999. Y2K is expected to end in chaos:…
Riley Sager | The House Across The Lake
The Plot (from Goodreads): Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet…
Taylor Adams | Hairpin Bridge
The Plot (from Goodreads): Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge sixty miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and…
Nora Murphy | The Favor
The Plot (from Goodreads): Staying is dangerous. Leaving could be worse. Leah and McKenna have never met, though they have parallel lives. They don’t—ever—find themselves…
David Bell | Kill All Your Darlings
The Plot (from Goodreads): After years of struggling to write following the deaths of his wife and son, English professor Connor Nye publishes his first…