Tag: mystery

Book Review: Savage Appetites

Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe Honestly, I’m not sure if I’m a true crime fan or not. Let me get one thing straight: I hate serial killers. They are gross and disgusting and I think it’s seriously messed up that people treat them like celebrities. If I …

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Book Review: We Are All the Same in the Dark

We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin On the surface, this book is a standard police procedural, but a few unusual twists and good writing make it memorable. It takes place in a small Texas town, depicted exactingly in its hot, backwards, narrow minded glory. Odette is a young cop, the …

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Book Review: Last Girl Ghost

Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger In the grand tradition of “books with the word ‘girl’ in the title” this is a psychological thriller centered around independent but vulnerable women and mysterious dangerous men. Wren is young, beautiful, and wealthy, living in a Brooklyn brownstone and writing a popular advice column called “Dear Birdie.” Since …

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Book Review: Gideon the Ninth

Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir The vibe of this book is a dark, non-misogynistic version of the Chronicles of Amber. It’s fantasy, but it’s also on distant planets. It’s got clear characters, but the details felt loosely sketched in. It’s the first book I’ve read in a long time where I encountered words I …

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Book Review: The Trespasser

The Trespasser by Tana French I think this is the best and strongest book in the entire excellent Dublin Murder Squad series, and the worst thing I can say about it is that I’m sad it’s over. Conway and Moran are the main characters in this, though this time Conway’s the point of view character. …

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