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Review: Who Will Find Her? by Ryan Young

July 5, 2025 by Molly Leave a Comment

Synopsis: It’s been one year since the disappearance of beloved high school track star Melody Anderson. The small town of Hawksboro, North Carolina, has only started to recover from the media frenzy that’s being fueled by a self-serving news anchor. As the case goes eerily cold, her suspected captor, a known predator with a history […]

Filed Under: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Reviews, Thriller Tagged With: Book Review

Review: Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman

July 1, 2025 by Will Swardstrom Leave a Comment

Death on the Caldera by Emily Paxman

Synopsis: It’s Murder on the Orient Express with witches, for fans of VE Schwab, Leigh Bardugo, Courtney Smyth, as well as Agatha Christie. A blend of fantasy and Golden Age crime, set in an unforgiving landscape that steams with sulphur and bubbles with lava. The Linde siblings—Kellen, Davina, and Morel—are anxious to return to the […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery, Reviews, Science Fantasy Tagged With: Agatha Christie, Death on the Caldera, Emily Paxman, Mystery, witches

Review: King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby

June 20, 2025 by Michael Hicks Leave a Comment

Synopsis: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Pick up the novel everyone will be talking about.” —The Atlantic“Dark, riveting, and accomplished.” —Washington Post“Propulsive and powerful. . . A gripping roller coaster ride of escalating danger.” —New York Times Book Review Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes, a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. When eldest […]

Filed Under: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, Thriller Tagged With: Book Review, Flatiron Books, Noir

Review: Stranger In The Mind (The Umbra 1) by J. R. Berrywood & S. L. Aspen

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

Synopsis Mystery and murder swirl around a dangerous doctor. One detective vows to unravel the truth. A supernatural thriller blending history, mystery, and the unexplainable. Liverpool, 1920. Detective Amelia Dei uncovers a string of unexplained comas in Liverpool’s most notorious workhouse infirmary. As she digs deeper, she faces a sinister psychiatrist and a truth darker […]

Filed Under: Fear For All, Historical, Mystery, Occult, Reviews, Supernatural, Thriller Tagged With: #Aspen&BerrywoodBooks, #JRBerrywood, #SLAspen, #StrangerintheMind, #TheUmbra

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

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