Sometimes the Most Dangerous Monsters of All Lurk ‘Right Behind You’ [REVIEW]

Brother and sister
A secret haunts two siblings’ every waking moment in Lisa Gardner’s Right Behind You. (Photo by Vilmos Vincze, Flickr)

She thought she knew him. She thought he saved her. But now the brother she once trusted as a hero may very well turn out to be a monster. All she knows is that he’s back, and if you don’t watch your back, he might be lurking Right Behind You in Lisa Gardner’s latest novel. Continue reading “Sometimes the Most Dangerous Monsters of All Lurk ‘Right Behind You’ [REVIEW]”

Iain Reid’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Is Seriously Creepy [REVIEW]

Farmhouse in winter
In Iain Reid’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things, a ramshackle farmhouse in the middle of nowhere may be the creepiest home since Norman Bates took up residence at the top of the hill in Psycho. (Photo by Teresa Alexander-Arab, Flickr)

Have you ever read a book that was brilliantly written, and yet so shocking in its denouement, it left you feeling so ponderous you simply had to talk about it with friends to make sense of it all? Iain Reid’s debut novel, I’m Thinking of Ending Things, is one such book. Continue reading “Iain Reid’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ Is Seriously Creepy [REVIEW]”

Lisa Gardner’s ‘Find Her’ Will Have You Looking Over Your Shoulder [REVIEW]

Lost
Kidnapped and trapped in a coffin-sized pine box, Flora Dane discovers the meaning of fear in Lisa Gardner’s FIND HER.
(Photo by Johannes Winger-Lang, Flickr)

Flora Dane’s worst fears are realized when she is kidnapped and thrust into a pine box specifically built for her. Trapped in total darkness, she claws her way toward survival, never giving up hope that she’ll be saved. Thus begins Lisa Gardner’s latest novel, Find Her, as it blasts out of the gate at breakneck speed, deftly putting us inside Dane’s personal terror and craftily holding readers hostage until the very last page.  Continue reading “Lisa Gardner’s ‘Find Her’ Will Have You Looking Over Your Shoulder [REVIEW]”

Ruth Ware’s ‘In A Dark, Dark Wood’ Is A Truly Twisted Thriller [REVIEW]

Woman running through dark forest
‘In A Dark, Dark Wood’ is a twisted thriller. (Photo courtesy Satchmo-, Flickr)

Ruth Ware’s debut novel, In A Dark, Dark Wood, is a meticulously crafted suspense thriller. Ware draws the reader into the story with well-honed emotional manipulation. Some readers may call the book clever, while others may feel betrayed. Continue reading “Ruth Ware’s ‘In A Dark, Dark Wood’ Is A Truly Twisted Thriller [REVIEW]”