Some things run in the blood… especially when your parent is a serial killer. Now, plenty of people have lousy parents, but Nicola’s father was just convicted of killing five women, including her best friend. Then her life goes to shit, she loses her teaching job, she’s about to lose her house… it’s bad. But then she’s extended an invitation to join the Death Row Club, a club with membership exclusive to those who are the adult children of serial killers. This club is havin

Tess and Allie have been best friends since childhood. Allie is a self-made travel influencer, and Tess is a legal assistant trying to put herself through law school and working for Allie part-time. Allie and Tess go caving one day, but as they start descending into this cave, they realize they’re not alone. And when this person follows them down, what was supposed to be a fun day has turned into a race for survival. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My thoughts about Her Last Breath: As

Slasher season has officially arrived with E. L. Chen’s new book! When small-town Cedar Lake Falls plans to tear down the infamous cabin where “Slasher” was filmed, a group of friends decides to rent it out for one last hurrah to soak in all the movie memories. At first, the friends take the creepy happenings as funny pranks. But when it becomes clear that the group is being stalked by an unknown assailant, maybe the group is getting a little too close to the events of the mo

This Story Might Save Your Life follows two podcasters, Joy and Benny, and their podcast that discusses “against all odds” survival stories from around the world and makes them funny. The pair have found great success in recent years and are now working on a memoir. But along with the success comes a lot of BS, and all of that is starting to unravel, especially when Joy and her husband go missing. My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My Thoughts Tiffany Crum has written an awesome story! I th

Now, what can I say about Wolf Hour that won’t give too much away? Let’s stick to five things: This is a story set in 2016 Minneapolis, but also in 2022. Gang violence, mysterious murderers, and a very clear suspect. Cops… some great, some not so great, and one who is suspended but doesn’t really listen to that. The murderer and another main character share a tragic past. Taxidermy. That’s all I’ll say on that. My rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My thoughts I thought the story was great! Th

When Rain Winter was 12, she and her friends experienced something horrific: she was nearly abducted by a deranged man, and when he couldn’t get her, he took her friends. Then, after the abductor is released from prison, someone murders him. Many years later, Rain is living a nice suburban life with her husband and daughter, when another man is murdered—a man who may or may not have “deserved” his ending. Rain, who is now a journalist, is drawn to the story for some unexplain

Sam is returning to her family’s lakefront property on Lake Ontario for a month in the summer. That sounds pretty nice, right? Well, not so much. Her grandfather, whom she considered to be a jerk for most of her life, just died, and as a stipulation in his will, Sam needs to return to this family property to confront her past. A past that had her accusing her father of murdering a child on that same property 14 years earlier. And she hasn’t been back to the property since the

We have a set-in-Canada debut thriller from Emma White that features four friends/book club besties who are about to go out for a little reading retreat on a beautiful lake, in a secluded cabin. This weekend is all about getting trashed on rosé and reading and talking about books, but one morning, a member of their group is found dead on the shore. But what really happened? These women are all hiding many, many secrets, but how far will they go to cover it all up? I had the c

Take a trip back in time with me! Where are we going? Maine, U.S.A. When are we travelling back to? 1789 Whom are we visiting? Martha Ballard and the residents of Hallowell What’s happening? It’s winter, the river is frozen, and what comes out of its depths shocks the people of the little village—a body. Was it a murder? Was it accidental? Martha begins investigating to find the truth about what happened, in addition to her roles as a midwife, a mother, a wife, a friend, and,

Gowns. Champagne. Murder. Hollywood… but make it French, for 12 days straight. Yes, I’m talking about the Cannes Film Festival, because that’s the setting of the book I’m reviewing today! Three young, ambitious, talented women are the focal point of this novel, but sadly, they can’t seem to climb the ladder and make it big in this industry. Now that they’re in Cannes, they see it as the perfect opportunity to bring their talents into the spotlight. But then a multi-million-do

We’re seeing Kirby Cornell in two different parts of her life: when she’s 29 and a reporter for a small, local newspaper and living with roommates in a crappy flat with a crappy landlord in a town known for some horrific murders that happened in the 90s, and suddenly, a new roommate shows up one day. Then, we also have her a year later, and she’s now 30, she hasn’t been back to the small town of Crowhurst in 12 months because of the events that happened back then. The story l

A much beloved mother/wife/sister disappears, and the entire condo building turns into a potential crime scene. What happened to her? Is she still alive? Is she actually dead? If so, where is she? How could a potential murderer get her out of the building without anyone seeing it? How could her perfect life end in such an imperfect way? That’s what we need to figure out! My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 My Thoughts I have mixed feelings about this one. But regardless, I’m always going to

It’s been 5 years since Lily and her best friend Mary Louise moved from Montana to Paris. Both women moved with the goal of becoming great artists, but these five years have not been kind to them or their friendship. When Mary Louise decides to move out of their shared apartment, leaving Lily on her own, Lily realizes she needs to get her act together. Lily is hired on at the American Library in Paris (ALP), a place she’s heard about all her life from an elderly neighbour in