It’s Cody’s first day of high school. When her sister won’t let her sit with the cool kids, she is stuck at the loser’s table. There she meets Faye, a girl in a witch hat with similar life skills. Faye’s a witch—but not a Witch for Hire—at least not yet…Continue Reading
What’s up with the title, The Joy of Being Selfish? Well…sometimes you need to just say no. For your own mental health. If you never get any me time because you are constantly fulfilling the needs of others, this is a book you MUST read. Admittedly, if you are aContinue Reading
Author Guest Post Britain had a successful and active codebreaking organization in World War I run by the Royal Navy. Known by its address of Room 40 in the Admiralty, this organization was only partially disbursed after the war. In 1938, when war appeared all by inevitable, Admiral Sinclair ofContinue Reading
In Danger at the Cove, Evie and her sister Margot are renovating an Art Deco hotel on Tregarrick Island off the Cornish coast of England. When Margot invites her old Hollywood friend, Louise, to the still-a-construction-zone hotel to help with marketing, the dead bodies start piling up. And what’s withContinue Reading
It was supposed to be the ultimate girl’s trip. Hiking into the Grand Canyon in the off-season to reunite two adult sisters with their best friend from high school. It was the perfect Getaway. But then some of their supplies go missing. They suspect someone might be following them intoContinue Reading
Dahlia grew up on Blackburn Island with her twin Andy, older sister Tate, and oldest brother Charlie. All were homeschooled in true crime by their weird, serial killer-obsessed mother. At sixteen, Andy runs away from home. Ten years later, when their taciturn father dies, the three remaining children return homeContinue Reading
The Darkness Knows the best thing about this book. Usually, I love Nordic noir. However, this book is so slow paced. Glacier-speed slow. In the 1700s. So, what is the best thing about it? It has solved my insomnia. I read three chapters and then zzzzz… Konrad is a retiredContinue Reading
“It may be time we start taking this seriously.”—from Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead Vol 3 Akira Tendo is still trying to finish his list of a hundred (more or less) things he wants to do before becoming a zombie. But first, he and his friend, Kencho, mustContinue Reading
It started with The Noise. “A ringing. First faint, barely audible, but steadily growing. A single tone gaining strength, joined by others, shrill, louder. Hungry. Ugly. There was a pressure, too. As if her head were filling with water and didn’t have enough room. Cold sweat trickled down the backContinue Reading
Death by drone with an arsenal of seafood shells? That really would be One for the Hooks (eh, books). The Tarzana Hookers are not what you think. They are a club of crocheters that meet in a local bookstore. Molly is an assistant manager in the bookstore and an activeContinue Reading
In BRZRKR #1, Berzerker is an immortal who has lived for thousands of years. He has a penchant for violence. But now, he is tired and wants to die. The US government agrees to help him achieve his goal. In exchange, he takes on brutal missions that no ordinary manContinue Reading
My Review Hayley and Nathan are finally off on their honeymoon in Scotland. Unfortunately, Nathan’s mother and one elderly neighbor have invited themselves along. A man is murdered and one of the “guests” is suspected of the crime. Hayley, her mother-in-law, and her neighbor decide to find the killer inContinue Reading
In the Substitute, Chrissie Tate is a wife to Michael and a mother to their three-year-old, Holly. She is also a drama queen. Chrissie’s marriage is happy. But she can’t stop grieving for her dead mother. Even though years have passed. She frantically worries about protecting her young daughter—from falls,Continue Reading
How many books do we need about a seemingly perfect family hiding a spider’s nest of secrets behind their flawless, but fragile, facade? At least one more. The Perfect Family gets the trope right. The less you know about the plot, the bigger the twists! Thomas and Viv are livingContinue Reading
“One day, just months after she turns seventeen, your daughter disappears. You’re told by the police that sometimes this happens. Sometimes people just disappear. Especially teenage girls. Then, almost a year later, the first text comes in. Two text messages. The first text says, mom. The second text says, pleaseContinue Reading
It is always a pleasure to dip into Meg, Michael, and the (now twelve-year-old!) twins’ wacky world. Murder Most Fowl is the twenty-ninth book in the series. It’s full of the usual fun relative-filled hijinks—along with murder, attempted murder, theft, vandalism, racism, The Scottish Play, actors, and reenactors. Oh, andContinue Reading