Pros: Keeps the reader guessing! Cons: Slow start Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Sam Stone’s Posing for Picasso is a thriller/horror novel that absolutely delighted me. Painter Avgustin Juniper is accused of killing and mutilating his girlfriend and model, Annabel.…
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“Weird Thriller” Storybundle
I’m never going to catch up on all these books, but I’m not complaining! There’s a new storybundle, of weird thrillers. Only up for another 20 days, so get it while it’s hot!
Review: “The Cabin at the End of the World,” Paul Tremblay
Pros: This story broke my brain Cons: Truly bizarre perspective/PoV switching Rating: 5 out of 5 Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel introduces us to little girl Wen and her Daddy Eric and Daddy…
Review: “The Silent Corner,” Dean Koontz
Pros: Detailed world-building; tension Cons: Too depressing for me right now; starts out a bit slow and rambling Rating: 4 out of 5 I’d heard of Dean Koontz’s Jane Hawk novels, and I am overall a fan of his work,…
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Review: “Singularity,” Bill DeSmedt
Pros: Fascinating premise that goes to even more fascinating places Cons: Very talky; didn’t convince me to read the next book Rating: 4 out of 5 Bill DeSmedt’s Singularity (The Archon Sequence Book 1) starts with the Tunguska event–a seeming…
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Review: “Leverage in Death,” J.D. Robb
Pros: The usual fun world and characters; an interesting mystery Cons: So. Much. Talking. Rating: 3 out of 5 J.D. Robb’s (Nora Roberts’s) Leverage in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death, Book 47) is not her best work. In…
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Review: “Day 9,” Robert Jeschonek
Pros: Vivid and original Cons: Pointlessly bizarre; plot holes; unlikable characters Rating: 2.5 out of 5 Robert Jeschonek’s Day 9: A Novel is certainly… original. There are two parallel narratives going on. In one, an author named Dunne has teamed…
Review: “The New Neighbors,” Simon Lelic
Pros: Interesting mystery Cons: Structurally odd Rating: 4 out of 5 Simon Lelic’s The New Neighbors largely takes the form of a manuscript written alternately by Sydney and Jack, a couple who recently bought an old house stuffed with creepy…
Review: “The Broken Girls,” Simone St. James
Pros: Fascinating story Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Uncorrected proof provided by publisher for review. In Simone St. James’s The Broken Girls, the time period switches back and forth between 1950 and 2014, in the small town of…
Short Take: “Lullaby Road,” James Anderson
Pros: Fascinating little desert town Cons: Ending loses its mooring a bit Rating: 4 out of 5 Lullaby Road, by James Anderson, centers around truck driver and somewhat-thug Ben. He becomes babysitter for a day when someone leaves a child…