A family vacation gone wrong. Two dead bodies. One missing girl. Or is it two missing girls? One mother/aunt who is suspicious of everything and everyone. When Courtney, her family and her brother’s family all head out to a small resort on a small-town lake for a nice summer vacation, things turn out to be the furthest thing from nice you can get. Soon, her niece is missing, she’s keeping a close eye on three other children, and her husband is making choices that have her on

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

Chief Inspector Gamache and his wife, Reine-Marie, are headed off for a little getaway to celebrate their wedding anniversary. Right before Canada Day, the pair make their way to the Manoir Bellechasse, in the thick of Quebec’s beautiful natural landscape, and find that there’s also a family reunion happening at the Manoir at the same time. Shockingly—or maybe not, since this is a Gamache book—there is a murder, and Gamache calls in his team in order to solve it. But how do t

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

One train, no stops. We’re headed for a deadly game of survival and revenge, all set in motion by the young and beautiful Anna Matheson. This has been a plan 12 years in the making, and her only goal is to get the small group of people she’s gathered on this historic train to confess to the crimes they committed against her family. But things will quickly derail in this story. My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My thoughts This is definitely a locked room (locked train?) mystery, but I don’

“As so many fairytales point out, sometimes to slay a monster you become one, too…” Aria Stokes is living a pretty good life. She works in a bookshop—yes please!—and she’s dating a cute guy named Jasper who likes books and seems to really like her as well. On Valentine’s Day, Jasper takes Aria to an exclusive, after-dark tour of the famous Daedalus Library, a place known for its dark, haunting past. Except it’s the very last place Aria wants to be. When the power is cut and t

Welcome to “The Dominion”, where secrets lurk behind every door. It’s 1929, and The Dominion Hotel has opened on Front Street in Toronto (does that sound familiar?). Rosie Ryan has her heart set on becoming a chambermaid, and when she’s just trying make enough money to get out of her current living situation, things start to go awry. Then we have Bridget in Toronto 2024, a building inspector overseeing renovations happening at The Dominion. When she finds mysterious boxes, se

One solitary woman. One suspicious wife. One questionable husband. One business partner. One sly brother. One house full of criminals. One horrible event from the past. One murder victim. A bunch of different alibis... but that doesn't mean they're all true. And all of this comes from Ashley Elston's 2026 novel, Anatomy of an Alibi . Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ My thoughts Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston was good and had a bunch of different plot lines running around the central ch