What do you get when you combine 1930s New York, Macy’s, a death threat and Santa Claus? A really fun holiday mystery! I received the audiobook ALC (advanced listener copy) of Murder on 34th Street by Mariah Fredericks from Minotaur Books in exchange for an honest review. First and foremost, thank you so much for sending this my way! Set in 1932, this book takes us behind the scenes at Macy’s, where Grace works to keep the famous department store running smoothly. Just days

I finished 5 Louise Penny books and somehow haven’t posted any reviews yet. So I decided the best way was to put all my thoughts into one post! Books 5–9 of the Chief Inspector Gamache series were a bit of a rollercoaster. #5 - The Brutal Telling The peace typically found within the Village of Three Pines has been shattered once again, with the discovery of a body in the local bistro. Olivier and Gabri’s bistro. Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are once again brought in t

Riley Sager, I officially reached the beginning 👀 My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My thoughts on Final Girls: I'll be honest: I didn't head-over-heels love this one quite as much as some of Sager's later books. Survive the Night, Home Before Dark, Lock Every Door, and The Only One Left all had me more invested. But there were some moments in this psychological thriller that absolutely worked for me, and the ending? SO GOOD. I genuinely didn't see everything coming, and I love when a thr

In Sophie Hannah’s The Opposite of Murder, what starts as a seemingly straightforward murder investigation quickly becomes something much more complicated, with secrets, twists and plenty of questions about who can actually be trusted. And, as you’d expect from most of the books I read, things are definitely not always what they seem. I had the opportunity to read The Opposite of Murder early as an ARC, so thank you to Poisoned Pen Press for the book in exchange for my honest

“If my sister hadn’t been beautiful, none of it would have happened.” Well… THAT got my attention. Ruby Cooper is 16 when something horrible happens — something that ultimately tears her family apart. And the further Ruby and her sister Erin travel down their own paths, the more impossible it seems that their family will ever be put back together. And let me tell you… the things some of these characters DO. My jaw literally dropped several times while reading this. The sheer

With the authorities closing in and more lives on the line, there’s only one way out, for himself and the people he cares about: revenge. In Hollywood Payback by Jon Lindstrom, Jake Ferguson threw his life away more than two decades ago, and he’s done his time behind bars. Now, as he re-enters society, he realizes the world has changed vastly since he was last free. And now, all he wants to do is settle into a quiet life. It’s just too bad that other people have alternate pla