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Continue reading →: Book Review: Man’s Best Friend by Alana B. Lytle
Slow burning suspense. Alana B. Lytle is a screenwriter whose recent credits include Netflix’s Brand New Cherry and Peacock’s A Friend of the Family. Her short fiction has been published in Guernica. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and sausage-shaped dog. Man’s Best Friend is her debut novel. Published May 14th, 2024. The first chapter…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: While We Were Burning by Sara Koffi
A thought provoking page turner! Sara Koffi is a writer and editor from Memphis, Tennessee, with a B.A. in English from Whittier College. As a writer, she strives to explore the nuances of “unlikable female characters” and humanize Black women by giving them space on the page to breathe. While We Were…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Mind of a Murderer by Michael Wood
A chilling read! Michael Wood is the author of the bestselling crime fiction series featuring DCI Matilda Darke and the new psychological thriller series featuring Dr Olivia Winter. As of 2024 there are twelve books in the Matilda Darke series and one Olivia Winter, with more planned for next year.…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: What Happened to Nina? by Dervla McTiernan
Filled with suspense! Dervla McTiernan’s debut novel, The Rúin, is a critically acclaimed international bestseller published around the world. The Rúin won the Ned Kelly, Davitt and Barry Awards and was shortlisted for numerous others. It was on the Amazon US Best Book of the Year list 2018 and screen…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Pardon My Psychosis: To the Edge of Insanity and Back by James Coast
Disturbing and dark. At age 40, James was diagnosed with type 1 bipolar disorder after a sudden psychotic break. The life-altering experience has led him to pursue his passion for writing to inform, inspire, and provide hope to those navigating a mental illness or know someone who is. He is…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Finding Sophie by Imran Mahmood
Slow-burn domestic suspense. Imran Mahmood is a practising criminal barrister in England and Wales. His debut novel You Don’t Know Me was chosen by Simon Mayo as a BBC Radio 2 Book Club Choice for 2017 and longlisted for multiple awards. Finding Sophie is his fourth novel and will be…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Invisible Hotel by Yeji Y. Ham
Literary horror in a gothic tradition that will creep you out. Yeji Y. Ham is a Korean Canadian writer. She graduated from the University of British Columbia and went on to receive her MFA from Brown University. The Invisible Hotel is her first novel. Published March 5th, 2024. I was hooked by the…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown
If you found a book that allowed you to travel anywhere, where would you go? Gareth Brown wanted to be a writer from a very young age, and he completed his first novel as a teenager. For the last twenty years he has worked in the UK Civil Service and the…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Heartfelt, beautiful, and compelling. Rebecca Serle is the New York Times bestselling author of Expiration Dates, One Italian Summer, In Five Years, The Dinner List, and the young adult novels The Edge of Falling and When You Were Mine. Serle also developed the hit TV adaptation Famous in Love, based…
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Continue reading →: Book Review: Where You End by Abbott Kahler
Filled with slow burning suspense. Abbott Kahler (formerly Karen Abbott) is the author of four New York Times bestselling works of narrative nonfiction. Her debut novel, Where You End, is inspired by a true story of identical twins and amnesia, and will be out next January. Abbott is a native of Philadelphia, where she…

