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Review: Murder by Cheesecake (Golden Girls #1) by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

April 15, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Murder by Cheesecake by Rachel Ekstrom Courage

Synopsis When Dorothy’s obnoxious date is found dead in a hotel freezer, it not only ruins a gorgeous cheesecake but threatens the elaborate St. Olaf–themed wedding Rose is hosting. Things are heating up, and not just because of Blanche’s hot flashes. Rose’s cousin is eloping to Miami, and Rose is playing host. If she can’t […]

Filed Under: Humorous, Mystery, Reviews, TV Series Tagged With: Blanche, Cheesecake, Cozy, Dorothy, Golden Girls, Hyperion Avenue, Mystery, NetGalley, Nostalgia, Rose, Sophia

Review: The Bloodstained Doll by John Everson

April 10, 2025 by Frasier Armitage Leave a Comment

Synopsis When her Mum dies unexpectedly, Allyson thinks her world has hit rock bottom — until she goes to live with her estranged Uncle Otto at his country mansion in Germany. The gardener and the housekeeper make her feel anything but welcome, and her cousin Martin gives her the creeps. Then, after a child’s empty […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Mystery, Reviews, Slasher, Thriller Tagged With: Flame Tree

Review: Dream of Death City by P.J. Nwosu

February 14, 2025 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Chilling, dark fantasy with a heavy dose of Sherlock Holmes in this new series of twisty mysteries in fantasy worlds. Pale moths haunt an icy frontier. Beneath the shadow of a drowned death god, a frozen body is unearthed from the snow.  Investigators arrive to a superstitious island to solve a brutal crime. Among […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: #DreamofDeathCity, #P.J.Nwosu, #RedKingdom

Review: A Pale Box on the Distant Shore by P.J. Nwosu

February 13, 2025 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis A silent killer stalks the slum towers of Death City. In the shadow of a drowned death god, a young soldier risks his life to solve a violent crime. To catch a killer, Soldier Honnan Skyin carves a bloody trail over the behemoth bones of a dead giant and through the deepest forest of a […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery, Novella, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: #APaleBoxontheDistantShore, #P.J.Nwosu, #RedKingdom

Review: Pyres in the Long Night by P.J. Nwosu

February 12, 2025 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis A vast, rotting city set aflame by Purge House. A crowd gathers in the shadow of the Red Palace to watch the pyres burn. A bitter ex-soldier infiltrates the city’s greatest gold house, determined to locate the slave he seeks.  Diem Lakein might not like what he finds. Welcome to the Red Kingdom. Pyres […]

Filed Under: Dark Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery, Reviews, Short Stories, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: #P.J.Nwosu, #PyresintheLongNight, #RedKingdom, #ShortStory

Book Review: Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris

October 18, 2024 by Andy Peloquin Leave a Comment

TL;DR Review: Sherlock Holmes meets the League of Extraordinary Gentlewomen. A gothic mystery that sucks you in, with marvelous characters that keep you coming back for more. Synopsis: In this fresh-yet-familiar gothic tale—part historical fantasy, part puzzle-box mystery—the worlds of Dracula and Sherlock Holmes collide in a thrilling exploration of feminine power. At the dawn […]

Filed Under: Action & Adventure, Gaslamp, Mystery, Paranormal Fantasy, Supernatural Tagged With: Book Review, Books, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy Books

Review: And He Shall Appear by Kate Van Der Borgh

September 30, 2024 by Eleni A.E. Leave a Comment

And He Shall Appear is very much a spec-fic character and psychology study, with few and unexpected answers, beautiful if at times self-indulgent prose (which fits perfectly in context) and very lyrical narration carried out by an unreliable and (very cleverly) unnamed narrator.

Filed Under: Fear For All, Fiction, Ghosts, Grief, Mystery, Reviews Tagged With: And He Shall Appear, Kate Van Der Borgh, Union Square and Co

Review: Under Her Care by Lucinda Berry

September 6, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis From the bestselling author of The Perfect Child comes a shocking thriller about the disturbing complexities of a mother’s love and the deadly consequences of unravelling family secrets. On a humid summer day in Alabama, a mayor’s wife turns up brutally murdered under a railroad bridge. Standing next to her body is fourteen-year-old Mason Hill, the […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Mystery, Psychological, Reviews Tagged With: #Amazon, #LucindaBerry, #Thomas&Mercer, #UnderHerCare

Review: Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

September 5, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis The author of sales sensation If We Were Villains returns with a story about a ragtag group of night shift workers who meet in the local cemetery to unearth the secrets lurking in an open grave. Every night, in the college’s ancient cemetery, five people cross paths as they work the late shift: a bartender, a […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Gothic, Medical Horror, Mystery, Novella, Reviews Tagged With: #FlatironBooks, #GraveyardShift, #MacmillanAudio, #MLRio, #Netgalley

Review: A Killer and A King by Tom Dumbrell

June 17, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) Leave a Comment

Synopsis Cadreal is the capital of Fermantia and the centre of the realm’s power, an empire to strike fear into the heart of opposing nations—but could a motivated killer bring the giant to its knees? Prince Leander is frustrated with his present position, always keeping one eye on the future. He’s never short of grand […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Mystery, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: #AKillerandaKing, #MurderMystery, #TomDumbrell

Review: Cut & Thirst by Margaret Atwood

May 27, 2024 by C. J. Daley (CJDsCurrentRead) 2 Comments

Synopsis Three women scheme to avenge an old friend in a darkly witty short story about loyalty, ambition, and delicious retribution by Margaret Atwood, the #1 bestselling author of The Handmaid’s Tale. Myrna, Leonie, and Chrissy meet every Thursday to sample fine cheeses, to reminisce about their former lives as professors, and lately, to muse about […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Mystery, Reviews, Short Stories, Thriller Tagged With: #AmazonOriginal, #AmazonOriginalStories, #Cut&Thirst, #MargaretAtwood

Review: Sledge vs The Labyrinth by Nick Horvath

April 29, 2024 by Tom Bookbeard Leave a Comment

Hands down one of the most cathartic and bloody books you’re going to read.

Filed Under: Fear For All, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Tagged With: Nick Horvath, Self Published, Sledge, Sledge vs. The Labyrinth, Thriller

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