You Better Watch Out combines a slasher movie “why me?” atmosphere with a classic locked room mystery that will have fans of both cheering. Seriously, I loved it! Greg wakes up in a strange 1950s version of a town with no memories of how he got there. He quickly findsContinue Reading
Despite being about two serial killers’ exploits, The Serial Killer Guide to San Francisco is actually a very pleasant cozy mystery. Its setting in San Francisco is used almost like another main character so it is part travelogue too. Capri owns a small business running tours featuring famous movie sitesContinue Reading
Sleep Tight is labeled as a horror thriller. However, it reads more like a psychological thriller featuring a serial killer with a bit of police procedural thrown in for spice. I liked it but was expecting a more supernatural vibe that just wasn’t there. The renowned serial killer nicknamed FatherContinue Reading
Carmen Sanchez is a Department of Homeland Security investigator whose sister Selina is attacked. She takes leave from her job to investigate. She pulls in a college professor, Jake Heron who is an expert hacker, to help her find the attacker. Jake and Carmen have a history. Carmen and SalinaContinue Reading
Kitty is a lot of things. She is young, rich and beautiful. She is an influencer with over a million followers. And she knows How to Kill Men and Get Away With It. Not just any men…only those cads that treat women like dirt or worse. You know, like herContinue Reading
Maeve Fly is the type of character that quickly divides readers into lovers and haters. Beware what is lurking behind a theme park princess’ facade! Maeve plays a Southern California theme park princess during the day. But at night she lets her freak flag fly in the clubs of LosContinue Reading
Three newborn identical triplets are found abandoned in a roadside rest stop. The girls are split up by the government and grow up in multiple foster and group homes with only occasional visits with each other. Moody, Iris and Sissy reunite at eighteen. When one’s relationship goes horribly awry, theContinue Reading
Alex North, the author of the brilliant The Whisper Man, is back with the complex, enthralling new thriller, The Angel Maker. The book has not one, not two, but three crazed killers running around! Don’t miss it! High schooler Katie decides to have an after-school tryst rather than walk homeContinue Reading
Sacred Lamb is a place where serial killer survivors are placed by witness protection. If a gang of undead serial killers is looking for a challenge, I’m thinking this town is the perfect location for their next party. I’m not sure if this graphic novel is an homage to myContinue Reading
Suzuki just began working for a criminal enterprise. He quit his middle school mathematics teaching job to try and enact revenge for his wife’s death. The son of the enterprise’s owner killed Suzuki’s wife in a hit-and-run accident. However, the son is soon murdered by a private assassin, The Pusher,Continue Reading
I audibly gasped at the first plot twist in the Last House on Needless Street. Then, there were a series of other hard turns of plot. All were completely unforeseen—at least by me. The book is definitely the work of a master craftsperson. The plot is so great, I can’tContinue 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
Beth’s husband, Tom, has been arrested for murder. It’s been eight years since his ex-girlfriend, Katie, went missing. Now, with the media branding Beth as The Serial Killer’s Wife, her life, small business and reputation have all been ruined. What will become of Beth and her young daughter, Poppy, ifContinue Reading
Michael finds a nude, lifeless girl in his bathtub. He calls the police. They arrest him for the crime. He denies ever seeing the girl before. The police show Michael pictures found in her apartment of him with the dead girl. They show him his personal items in the girl’sContinue Reading
Is a serial killer at work in a poor rural town? How has he (or she) Hid from Our Eyes for so long? Someone is killing young girls and leaving them in the middle of rural route 137 in the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. The girls are dressedContinue Reading
Within the first chapter, the author explains what happened in the prior two books in this series. It’s a humdinger! Rowan and her family’s lives have been intertwined with infamous serial killer, Julian Addington, and his family for literally decades. Her mother had a “relationship” with him. Not to mentionContinue Reading