Ours Is a Tale of Murder
*CRACK* That is the sound of Nora Murphy hitting it out of the ballpark with Ours Is a Tale of Murder!!!!! This is the second book I have read by Nora Murphy, and she is going on my “must read” list moving forward. This book is seriously good! So well thought out! So riveting and so wonderfully written!! Three homes/families in one neighborhood with a murder thrown in made for a fabulous reading experience!!!!! Go into this book as blind as possible. I love how the book is told through the POVs of various characters. Each has their own story; their own life experience if you will. Each live on this quiet street and each will be bound by murder! This book might have you looking at your neighbors a little differently. No one ever knows what goes on behind closed doors – or do they????? I loved the tension, the twist, the I’m-not-quite-sure-what-is-happening feeling, the diabolical characters, the tension, and the increasing unease in this book. There were characters I felt for, characters I didn’t care for, and characters I was wary of. I loved how the author kept me fully invested and turning the pages. So well done. I loved how everything came together, and the author left me reeling in the best way possible. Highly Recommend! Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Her Cold Justice
Gripping, mysterious, well thought out, and riveting! Her Cold Justice is the third book in the Keera Duggan series. It will work well as a stand-alone but do yourself and favor and read the first two books in the series – Her Deadly Game and Beyond Reasonable Doubt as they are fantastic books as well. Robert Dugoni does an impressive job blending the captivating courtroom scenes with Keera Duggan’s personal life. Her family members are in this book as well, which makes this book and Keera’s character feel more real and relatable. Robert Dugoni got my attention from the very first page and it never wavered. In Her Cold Justice, former Chess Champion and attorney is defending a man accussed in the double murder of a drug dealer and his girlfriend. The case becomes more difficult by the day at prison informants take the stand. If you have ever read a book by Dugoni, you know how wonderfully written, well thought out and captivating they are. I loved the court room scenes, the cross examinations, and how the plot unfolded. There are some twists, some turns, some reveals, and lots of tension. Her Cold Justice was a great addition to the series, and I can’t wait to read what comes next! Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
First Sign Of Danger
Gripping, tense, chilling, thrilling and pulse pounding!!!!!! Kelley Armstrong had delivered yet another riveting and addictive book in her Haven’s Rock series!!!!!!First Sign of Danger grabbed my attention from the very first page and never let go! This is the fourth book in this wonderful series and while it could be read as a stand-alone, I highly encourage readers to begin with the first book in the series to get backstories, history, and to learn more about the off the grid community of Haven’s Rock in the Canadian Yukon. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, have a six-month-old baby now and are still adjusting to life as new parents while doing their best to keep their community safe. While out in the woods, they come across hikers close to the border of their private community. It raises some red flags and the next day when one of the hikers is found dead, they know something is terribly wrong and work diligently to get to the bottom of who killed the one hiker and what they were really doing in the Yukon so far from civilization. Whew! Kelley Armstrong put me and her characters through the ringer. Safety and secrecy are highly important to the residents of Haven’s Rock. They have joined this secretive community to get away from things and to live a simpler life. This is a tight knit community, and I have enjoyed getting to know many of the characters through reading the first three books in this series. I have enjoyed the character development and the ways the characters have become more like a found family to each other than just residents in the same community. Casey and Eric have their hands full in this book and then some. They have more than one mystery to solve while doing their best to keep themselves, their baby, and the residents safe. I enjoyed the tension, the chilling moments, the pulse pounding moments, and the moments spent investigating the case. I love how they work as a team and bounce ideas off each other as to who may be a suspect and why. I enjoy the dynamics of the town and the desire of the residents to live a quieter life. This book is not only full of amazing characters, but also of secrets, deceptions, and some scary encounters. I loved the setting and could feel the chill in the air as the snow fell. This book is brimming with atmosphere, intriguing characters, a well thought out plot, wonderful writing, intense scenes, and a great mystery. I look forward to the next book in the series. The author made mention of the next book in the series, and I was left with my mouth hanging open. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press | Minotaur Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Quiet Neighbor
What a tangled web we weave! Gripping, shocking, twist filled, dark, and deadly! J.D. Barker, along with Adam Roach, has delivered once again with The Quiet Neighbor! As the saying goes “It’s always the quiet ones” but which quiet ones??? I enjoyed the premise of a mother trying to save her child but had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up this book. Secrets, lies, trauma, and family secrets are the name of the game in The Quiet Neighbor! How well do we know those in our lives? hmmmm…… Cynthia Burrows has a picture-perfect life. She has a job she loves, a wonderful husband and daughter, but everything is shattered in her life when her eighteen-year-old daughter, Tori, vanishes. Her school shows her as being excused but by who? Who was the older man she was seen leaving with? When Cynthia hears the name, Alexander Beaufort, the chills go up and down her spine. She knows that name. It is the name of a serial killer who killed her best friend years ago!!!!! This book proved to be a fast and intriguing read. I enjoyed the tension, the mounting sense of dread, danger, and suspense. I loved how J.D. Barker slowly unraveled the events of the past while unfolding the chilling events of the present. It becomes a race against time as Cynthia tries to locate her daughter before it’s too late! This book kept me on my toes with many twists and reveals. Cynthia learns some hard truths about her daughter while searching for her. Her husband also learned some hard truths about Cynthia as well. Again, there are a lot of secrets and lies jumping from the pages! There were sometimes I shook my head at some of the things that Cynthia did while searching for her daughter. Thrilling, chilling, gripping, dark, and full of twists! Thank you to J.D. Barker and Hampton Creek Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Wind Witch Murders
Secrets are blowing in the wind in The Wind Witch Murders! Raven’s mother, Deanne, was imprisoned for the murder of two boys. She denied she killed the boys, but no one believed Deanne who was believed to be a witch. Raven was raised by her maternal grandmother and remembers very little of her time with her mother on the mountain. When her mother dies, someone leaves a feather on her casket and Raven decides it’s time to learn more about her mother. This book was full of secrets and lies. The premise was intriguing. A woman with the ability to heal, a cult living on a mountain, and a young woman searching for answers about not only her past but her mother’s past as well. I thought the author did a great job showing Raven’s desire to learn about her mother while grappling with her grandmother’s rules. Raven is walking the tightrope between being a teenager and an adult. She wants the truth but where the truth takes her may be darker than the claims made against her mother. While this book was intriguing and had very interesting elements, it also felt slow at times. While Raven was one of the main characters, I wanted to know more about her and feel that we were only told what was going on around her. I also wanted to know why she did not retain her memory of the time with her mother. The Wind Witch Murders also left me wanting to know more about Deanne and the cult. I was hoping this book would be darker and more menacing. That is not the author’s fault as it was my expectation going into this book. There were a few twists and a reveal at the end. They were all okay but missed the mark a little for me. There was just a little bit of oomph missing which would have pushed my rating higher. Thank you to Severn House and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Confession
Gripping and captivating, The Confession proved to be a fast and shocking read! Thirty years ago, Abbey’s thirteen-year-old sister was murdered. Since she wasn’t able to help her sister, Abbey has dedicated her life, working as a criminologist to help those who have been wrongly convicted to appeal their sentences. Abbey provided the testimony that put her sister’s killer behind bars. When Abbey beings receiving messages threatening to expose her and her secrets and lies, Abbey is caught in a cat-and-mouse search for the truth! Abbey will need to come face to face with the ghosts of the past to find out who is behind the taunts and to uncover their motive. But Abbey will the truth set her free, or will it be her downfall. You will need to read it to find out. I enjoyed the pacing of this book and the mounting sense of danger and dread. This is also a fair amount of tension and twists which kept me turning the pages. I enjoyed the Abbey prided herself on being able to read people but wasn’t a fan of others reading her. I enjoyed the search for the truth and how the author got readers to the final reveal. The Confession is a well thought out psychological thriller which was equal parts riveting and chilling. This is the eighth book I have read by M.A. Hunter, and I look forward to reading more of this author’s work. Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Ours Is a Tale of Murder
*CRACK* That is the sound of Nora Murphy hitting it out of the ballpark with Ours Is a Tale of Murder!!!!! This is the second book I have read by Nora Murphy, and she is going on my “must read” list moving forward. This book is seriously good! So well thought out! So riveting and so wonderfully written!! Three homes/families in one neighborhood with a murder thrown in made for a fabulous reading experience!!!!! Go into this book as blind as possible. I love how the book is told through the POVs of various characters. Each has their own story; their own life experience if you will. Each live on this quiet street and each will be bound by murder! This book might have you looking at your neighbors a little differently. No one ever knows what goes on behind closed doors – or do they????? I loved the tension, the twist, the I’m-not-quite-sure-what-is-happening feeling, the diabolical characters, the tension, and the increasing unease in this book. There were characters I felt for, characters I didn’t care for, and characters I was wary of. I loved how the author kept me fully invested and turning the pages. So well done. I loved how everything came together, and the author left me reeling in the best way possible. Highly Recommend! Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Her Cold Justice
Gripping, mysterious, well thought out, and riveting! Her Cold Justice is the third book in the Keera Duggan series. It will work well as a stand-alone but do yourself and favor and read the first two books in the series – Her Deadly Game and Beyond Reasonable Doubt as they are fantastic books as well. Robert Dugoni does an impressive job blending the captivating courtroom scenes with Keera Duggan’s personal life. Her family members are in this book as well, which makes this book and Keera’s character feel more real and relatable. Robert Dugoni got my attention from the very first page and it never wavered. In Her Cold Justice, former Chess Champion and attorney is defending a man accussed in the double murder of a drug dealer and his girlfriend. The case becomes more difficult by the day at prison informants take the stand. If you have ever read a book by Dugoni, you know how wonderfully written, well thought out and captivating they are. I loved the court room scenes, the cross examinations, and how the plot unfolded. There are some twists, some turns, some reveals, and lots of tension. Her Cold Justice was a great addition to the series, and I can’t wait to read what comes next! Thank you to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
First Sign Of Danger
Gripping, tense, chilling, thrilling and pulse pounding!!!!!! Kelley Armstrong had delivered yet another riveting and addictive book in her Haven’s Rock series!!!!!!First Sign of Danger grabbed my attention from the very first page and never let go! This is the fourth book in this wonderful series and while it could be read as a stand-alone, I highly encourage readers to begin with the first book in the series to get backstories, history, and to learn more about the off the grid community of Haven’s Rock in the Canadian Yukon. Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, have a six-month-old baby now and are still adjusting to life as new parents while doing their best to keep their community safe. While out in the woods, they come across hikers close to the border of their private community. It raises some red flags and the next day when one of the hikers is found dead, they know something is terribly wrong and work diligently to get to the bottom of who killed the one hiker and what they were really doing in the Yukon so far from civilization. Whew! Kelley Armstrong put me and her characters through the ringer. Safety and secrecy are highly important to the residents of Haven’s Rock. They have joined this secretive community to get away from things and to live a simpler life. This is a tight knit community, and I have enjoyed getting to know many of the characters through reading the first three books in this series. I have enjoyed the character development and the ways the characters have become more like a found family to each other than just residents in the same community. Casey and Eric have their hands full in this book and then some. They have more than one mystery to solve while doing their best to keep themselves, their baby, and the residents safe. I enjoyed the tension, the chilling moments, the pulse pounding moments, and the moments spent investigating the case. I love how they work as a team and bounce ideas off each other as to who may be a suspect and why. I enjoy the dynamics of the town and the desire of the residents to live a quieter life. This book is not only full of amazing characters, but also of secrets, deceptions, and some scary encounters. I loved the setting and could feel the chill in the air as the snow fell. This book is brimming with atmosphere, intriguing characters, a well thought out plot, wonderful writing, intense scenes, and a great mystery. I look forward to the next book in the series. The author made mention of the next book in the series, and I was left with my mouth hanging open. Thank you to St. Martin’s Press | Minotaur Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Quiet Neighbor
What a tangled web we weave! Gripping, shocking, twist filled, dark, and deadly! J.D. Barker, along with Adam Roach, has delivered once again with The Quiet Neighbor! As the saying goes “It’s always the quiet ones” but which quiet ones??? I enjoyed the premise of a mother trying to save her child but had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up this book. Secrets, lies, trauma, and family secrets are the name of the game in The Quiet Neighbor! How well do we know those in our lives? hmmmm…… Cynthia Burrows has a picture-perfect life. She has a job she loves, a wonderful husband and daughter, but everything is shattered in her life when her eighteen-year-old daughter, Tori, vanishes. Her school shows her as being excused but by who? Who was the older man she was seen leaving with? When Cynthia hears the name, Alexander Beaufort, the chills go up and down her spine. She knows that name. It is the name of a serial killer who killed her best friend years ago!!!!! This book proved to be a fast and intriguing read. I enjoyed the tension, the mounting sense of dread, danger, and suspense. I loved how J.D. Barker slowly unraveled the events of the past while unfolding the chilling events of the present. It becomes a race against time as Cynthia tries to locate her daughter before it’s too late! This book kept me on my toes with many twists and reveals. Cynthia learns some hard truths about her daughter while searching for her. Her husband also learned some hard truths about Cynthia as well. Again, there are a lot of secrets and lies jumping from the pages! There were sometimes I shook my head at some of the things that Cynthia did while searching for her daughter. Thrilling, chilling, gripping, dark, and full of twists! Thank you to J.D. Barker and Hampton Creek Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Wind Witch Murders
Secrets are blowing in the wind in The Wind Witch Murders! Raven’s mother, Deanne, was imprisoned for the murder of two boys. She denied she killed the boys, but no one believed Deanne who was believed to be a witch. Raven was raised by her maternal grandmother and remembers very little of her time with her mother on the mountain. When her mother dies, someone leaves a feather on her casket and Raven decides it’s time to learn more about her mother. This book was full of secrets and lies. The premise was intriguing. A woman with the ability to heal, a cult living on a mountain, and a young woman searching for answers about not only her past but her mother’s past as well. I thought the author did a great job showing Raven’s desire to learn about her mother while grappling with her grandmother’s rules. Raven is walking the tightrope between being a teenager and an adult. She wants the truth but where the truth takes her may be darker than the claims made against her mother. While this book was intriguing and had very interesting elements, it also felt slow at times. While Raven was one of the main characters, I wanted to know more about her and feel that we were only told what was going on around her. I also wanted to know why she did not retain her memory of the time with her mother. The Wind Witch Murders also left me wanting to know more about Deanne and the cult. I was hoping this book would be darker and more menacing. That is not the author’s fault as it was my expectation going into this book. There were a few twists and a reveal at the end. They were all okay but missed the mark a little for me. There was just a little bit of oomph missing which would have pushed my rating higher. Thank you to Severn House and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Confession
Gripping and captivating, The Confession proved to be a fast and shocking read! Thirty years ago, Abbey’s thirteen-year-old sister was murdered. Since she wasn’t able to help her sister, Abbey has dedicated her life, working as a criminologist to help those who have been wrongly convicted to appeal their sentences. Abbey provided the testimony that put her sister’s killer behind bars. When Abbey beings receiving messages threatening to expose her and her secrets and lies, Abbey is caught in a cat-and-mouse search for the truth! Abbey will need to come face to face with the ghosts of the past to find out who is behind the taunts and to uncover their motive. But Abbey will the truth set her free, or will it be her downfall. You will need to read it to find out. I enjoyed the pacing of this book and the mounting sense of danger and dread. This is also a fair amount of tension and twists which kept me turning the pages. I enjoyed the Abbey prided herself on being able to read people but wasn’t a fan of others reading her. I enjoyed the search for the truth and how the author got readers to the final reveal. The Confession is a well thought out psychological thriller which was equal parts riveting and chilling. This is the eighth book I have read by M.A. Hunter, and I look forward to reading more of this author’s work. Thank you to Boldwood Books and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
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