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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…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Saltwater by Katy Hays
A twisty and satisfying thriller! Katy Hays is a writer and adjunct art history professor in California, where she teaches rural students from Truckee to Tecopa. She holds an MA in art history from Williams College and pursued her PhD at UC Berkeley. Having previously worked at major art institutions,…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Killer Potential by Hanna Deitch
Thelma and Louise but make it a love story! Hannah Deitch is a former SAT tutor with an M.A. in English from UC Irvine, where she studied Marxist theory and contemporary pop culture. A former arts magazine editor, she holds an M.A. in journalism from USC. Her work has appeared…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Claire, Darling by Callie Kazumi
Not the ending I expected! Callie Kazumi is a British-Japanese writer who started work on her first book after being gifted Stephen King’s On Writing by her father. She lives in London with her husband and their Bichon Frisé, Betsy. Cuckoo / Claire, Darling is her debut novel. Claire, Darling…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Creep by Emma van Straaten
An ominous, steady burn. Emma van Straaten is a writer of British Mauritian heritage living in London with her husband and two children. In 2021, she won the inaugural Women’s Prize Discoveries Award with an early partial draft of Creep. This is her first novel; it will also be published…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Head Cases by John McMahon
Action packed and fast paced! John McMahon studied Creative Writing at The University of Arizona. In his role as an ad agency creative director, his work has won a Gold Clio for Fiat, and he’s written a Superbowl spot for Alfa Romeo. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his…
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