Category: Mystery

MY KILLER VACATION BY TESSA BAILEY

7/6/2022

I wanted to love My Killer Vacation but I just couldn't get into it. Everything was too quick and it felt a little forced for me.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: June 6, 2022
Genre: Romcom and Mystery
Series: None
Pages: 296 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Purchased.

An all-new, spicy murder mystery from Tessa Bailey, #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Happened One Summer...

It was supposed to be a relaxing vacation in sweet, sunny Cape Cod—just me and my beloved brother—but discovering a corpse in our rental house really throws a wrench into our tanning schedule. Now a rude, crude bounty hunter has arrived on the back of his motorcycle to catch the killer and refuses to believe I can be helpful, despite countless hours of true crime podcast listening. Not to mention a fulfilling teaching career of wrangling second graders.

A brash bounty hunter and an energetic elementary schoolteacher: the murder-solving team no one asked for, but thanks to these pesky attempts on my life, we’re stuck together, come hell or high tide.

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THE DINNER GUESTS BY KIERSTEN MODGLIN

6/15/2022

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The Dinner Guests is another fast faced mystery by one of my favorite authors, Kiersten Modglin! If you enjoy a locked room mystery then I recommend checking this one out!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: May 1, 2022
Genre: Mystery and Thriller
Series: None
Pages: 263 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Kindle Unlimited.

Six friends.
A lifetime of secrets.
One terrifying game.
When a group of friends receives unexpected invitations to a dinner party, they see it as a chance to finally meet the bizarre and reclusive new neighbor whose home is enshrouded in layers of security.

As the drinks are poured and dinner is served, the group begins to realize things are not what they seem. What starts out as an innocent night of fun soon becomes a seemingly calculated game filled with cryptic messages and chilling revelations.

With no way out, the guests are forced to play along in hopes of escape. Friendships fray, loyalties are tested, and the secrets they've kept from each other are revealed one by one.

Six friends walk into the house that night. Will six friends make it out?

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THE HOMEWRECKERS BY MARY KAY ANDREWS

5/14/2022

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I've been a longtime fan of Mary Kay Andrews and haven't been disappointed with her books ever! She writes amazing beach reads and they always have their own little twists!

Rating: ★★★★★
Release Date: May 3, 2022
Genre: Women's Fiction. Mystery.
Series: None.
Pages: 442 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Publisher.

Summer begins with Mary Kay Andrews, in this delightful summer read about flipping houses, and finding true love.

Hattie Kavanaugh went to work restoring homes for Kavanaugh & Son Restorations at eighteen, married the boss’s son at twenty, and became a widow at twenty-five. Now, she’s passionate about her work, but that’s the only passion in her life. “Never love something that can’t love you back,” is advice her father-in-law gives her, but Hattie doesn’t follow it and falls head-over-heels for a money pit of a house. She’s determined to make it work, but disaster after disaster occurs, and Hattie’s dream might cost Kavanaugh & Son their livelihood. Hattie needs money, and fast.

When a slick Hollywood producer shows up in her hometown of Savannah, Georgia, she gets a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: star in a beach house renovation reality show called The Homewreckers, cast against a male lead who may be a love

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THE SHADOW HOUSE BY ANNA DOWNES

4/8/2022

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The Shadow House by Anna Downes is a thriller that has it all! Creepiness, major twists and turns, and an underlying message that really rounds up the book well.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: April 5, 2022
Genre: Domestic Suspense. Thriller. Mystery.
Series: None.
Pages: 367 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Publisher.

Extraordinarily tense and deliciously mysterious, Anna Downes's The Shadow House follows one woman's desperate journey to protect her children at any cost, in a remote place where not everything is as it seems.

A HOUSE WITH DEADLY SECRETS.

A MOTHER WHO'LL RISK EVERYTHING TO BRING THEM TO LIGHT.

Alex, a single mother-of-two, is determined to make a fresh start for her and her children. In an effort to escape her troubled past, she seeks refuge in a rural community. Pine Ridge is idyllic; the surrounding forests are beautiful and the locals welcoming. Mostly.

But Alex finds that she may have disturbed barely hidden secrets in her new home. As a chain of bizarre events is set off, events eerily

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THE SANATORIUM BY SARAH PEARSE

4/2/2022

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If you enjoy a more claustrophobic, gothic thriller then The Sanatorium would be a great book to try! While some parts were a little slow, the buildup of tension was fantastic.

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: February 2, 2021
Genre: Gothic Thriller. Murder Mystery.
Series: Detective Elin Warner #1
Pages: 400 pages
Format: Paperback. Source: Purchased.

You won't want to leave. . . until you can't.

Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.

An imposing, isolated getaway spot high up in the Swiss Alps is the last place Elin Warner wants to be. But Elin's taken time off from her job as a detective, so when her estranged brother, Isaac, and his fiancée, Laure, invite her to celebrate their engagement at the hotel, Elin really has no reason not to accept.

Arriving in the midst of a threatening storm, Elin immediately feels on edge--there's something about the hotel that makes her nervous. And when they wake the following morning to discover Laure is missing, Elin must trust her instincts if they hope to find her.

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THE REUNION BY KIERSTEN MODGLIN

3/2/2022

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The Reunion is a well written who-dun-it by one of my (new) favorite thriller authors, Kiersten Modglin! I recommend this one if you enjoy mysteries and suspense!

Rating: ★★★★
Release Date: December 28, 2021
Genre: Mystery/Suspense
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 348 pages
Format: eBook. Source: Kindle Unlimited.

Hotel Lilith holds terrible memories for Cait Du Bois.
The darkest night of her life happened within its walls.

Once, she vowed never to return to the place that reminds her of the horror she experienced. But when the hotel is chosen as the location for her high school reunion, Cait finds herself unable to resist the appeal of showing off her new life to the people who once made her existence miserable.

Cait is no stranger to being noticed in public, especially as a bestselling author with an enthusiastic fan base, but back at Hotel Lilith, she was once recognized for a completely different reason. With all eyes on her as she returns to the town she’s spent years running from, Cait finds it increasingly difficult to discern between her fans and foes.

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THE WISH THEY WERE US BY JESSICA GOODMAN

2/13/2022

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I read this authors sophomore novel during the summer (They’ll Never Catch Us) and was really excited to read this one because I enjoyed that one. Unfortunately, this one just didn’t hit the mark.

Rating: ★★★
Release Date: August 4, 2020
Genre: Young Adult Mystery/Thriller
Series: None. Complete standalone.
Pages: 335 pages
Format: Hardcover. Source: Purchased.

“A pristine infusion of Gossip Girl and Netflix's Elite, this prep-school thriller has it all: plaid skirts, secret societies, and a gripping murder mystery, but paired with an adept critique of the powers and privileges that goeth before the fall.” – Elle

In Gold Coast, Long Island, everything from the expensive downtown shops to the manicured beaches, to the pressed uniforms of Jill Newman and her friends, looks perfect. But as Jill found out three years ago, nothing is as it seems.

Freshman year Jill's best friend, the brilliant, dazzling Shaila Arnold, was killed by her boyfriend. After that dark night on the beach, Graham confessed, the case was closed, and Jill tried to move on.

Now, it's Jill's senior year and she's determined to make it her best yet. After all, she's a senior and a Player--a member of Gold Coast Prep's exclusive, not-so-secret secret society. Senior Players have

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MY KILLER VACATION BY TESSA BAILEY

THE DINNER GUESTS BY KIERSTEN MODGLIN

THE HOMEWRECKERS BY MARY KAY ANDREWS

THE SHADOW HOUSE BY ANNA DOWNES

THE SANATORIUM BY SARAH PEARSE

THE REUNION BY KIERSTEN MODGLIN

THE WISH THEY WERE US BY JESSICA GOODMAN

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