Voice-Driven Reviews + Nerdy Extras
When strange letters begin appearing in her refrigerator, Mullory Prudence finds herself swept into a deadly inheritance game at an enchanted estate in the Hamptons. With magical parties, family secrets, illusion magic, and a murder mystery at its heart, Mystery Royale delivers a delightfully atmospheric YA fantasy mystery full of twists, suspects, and surprises.
Twenty-five years after a murder shattered his family, one man goes back to the lake to find out what really happened.
A peaceful society. A murdered mother. A brother condemned for the crime. When Rose begins searching for the truth, she discovers that life in Noah’s Valley may not be as perfect as it seems.
A misty island, a perfect-looking marriage, and a ravine that may or may not be hiding a murder, The Ravine is psychological suspense that tightens like a noose.
Wolf Hour is the kind of noir thriller that tightens its grip one chapter at a time, until suddenly it’s 2 a.m. and you’ve accepted that sleep is cancelled.
This week’s Nerd’s Sunday Tarot pull was the 8 of Wands, which basically means: buckle up, because things are about to happen fast. Which is wildly fitting, because I’m currently reading Wolf Hour by Jo Nesbø and it already feels like one of those thrillers where the tension doesn’t creep, it pounces.
A fugitive, a corrupt town, and a killer hiding in the redwood shadows, The Reckoning throws you into the eighties with a heroine who refuses to stay quiet or small.
Raven’s past has teeth, and The Wind Witch Murders sinks them in from page one.
When girls start disappearing in her quiet Yorkshire town, twelve-year-old Miv decides the only way to stop her world from falling apart is to solve the murders herself, even if the biggest secret waiting to be uncovered is hiding in her own home.
There is something magical about a great opening line, and this Saturday I am digging into the first line of Fabric of Lies.