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

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

In City of the Muse by Kate Hilton, a female researcher/papyrologist named Helen arrives in Egypt to join an excavation crew in the early 1900s, and though she is thrilled to be a part of the team, she learns that the only reason she is there is because her predecessor disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Then, in Toronto in 2019, a different female researcher named Maddie is feeling like her whole career has hit a dead end/stalled out, you name it. But in a weird way,