In Death by Beach Read, librarian Lucy and her boyfriend Mayor Connor are fixing up their recently purchased beach house. The house is rumored to be haunted but it is a real corpse that Lucy finds on their kitchen floor. Death by Beach Read is my least favorite book inContinue Reading
I picked up this book because I was looking for something different than my usual domestic suspense or cozy mysteries. Imagine my surprise when I discovered Little Bird is a darkly humorous cozy horror tale (or maybe fantasy or even magical realism—it’s hard to categorize and that is part ofContinue Reading
What if you took the plot of Strangers on a Train but removed the train and added spousal abuse and copious alcohol? You would have The Favor. While the plot is familiar, it moves at a good pace. I read it in one sitting. I was expecting a bit moreContinue Reading
Black Tide begins with a romance that quickly turns into an apocalyptic horror tale. Beth and Mike meet over their garden wall and quickly get drunk together. When Beth wakes up alone in Mike’s bed, she has dreamed of an alien invasion. However, it turns out it is not justContinue Reading