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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Compound by Aisling Rawle
An exciting premise with dark turns Aisling Rawle is an ex-bookseller from Leitrim in the West of Ireland, and now works as a secondary-school English and music teacher in Dublin. The Compound is her first novel. I don’t watch a lot of reality TV (except anything real-estate related), but I…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: What Kind of Paradise by Janelle Brown
Filled with tension! Janelle Brown is the New York Times bestselling author of PRETTY THINGS, WATCH ME DISAPPEAR, ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS EVERYTHING and THIS IS WHERE WE LIVE. Her work has been translated into nineteen languages, and her journalism has appeared in publications such as Vogue, The New…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Ghostwriter by Julie Clark
Emotionally taut with twisty reveals. Julie Clark is the New York Times bestselling author of The Ones We Choose and The Last Flight, which was also a #1 international bestseller and has been translated into more than twenty languages. She lives in Los Angeles with her family and a golden…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Tell Them You lied by Laura Leffler
I couldn’t put this down! Laura Leffler is a writer and art historian who builds stories within the gorgeous, strange, and sometimes terrifying art world. After receiving a master’s degree in post-war and contemporary art, she spent more than a decade working in commercial galleries, doing everything from art fair…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Serial Killer Games by Kate Posey
Dark humor paired with romantic suspense. Apart from all the darlings. Kate Posey lives in Canada where she burns the midnight oil on Scrivener after everyone goes to bed. She writes darkly funny, escapist romcoms for her fellow dead-hearted millennials who find true crime less suspicious than true love. SERIAL…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: See How They Fall by Rachel Paris
Propulsive and gut-wrenching! Before Rachel Paris came to writing, she was a finance lawyer for many years, but as a child, she wanted to be a writer or a detective, “so I guess I’ve taken the long way around and finally tried out both.” She currently lives in Auckland, New…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Death of Us by Abigail Dean
Dark and filled with suspense. Abigail Dean was born in Manchester and grew up in the Peak District. She was formerly a Waterstones bookseller and a lawyer for Google. Her first novel, GIRL A, was a New York Times and Sunday Times top ten bestseller and a Kindle number 1…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Tell: A Memoir by Amy Griffin
Terrifying and utterly heartbreaking! Amy Griffin lives in New York City with her husband, John, and their four children. She is the founder of the investment firm G9 Ventures. Published March 11th, 2025. This memoir had me by the throat. The premise alone triggered a deep rooted fear that my…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: All Fours by Miranda July
The most surprising book I’ve read this year! Miranda July is a filmmaker, artist, and writer. Her books include It Chooses You, The First Bad Man, and No One Belongs Here More Than You (winner of the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award). July’s fiction has been published in twenty-three…

