Hello everyone, It is four months since I wrote a discussion post, which for me is just way too long! I guess that I have just been really busy lately, but I am excited for this one as I feel like I have plenty to say here. Discussion posts can be long, but they are … Continue reading Discussion – The Pros and Cons of Thrillers
Pages: 378Published: 19th March 2020Genre: Mystery/Thriller On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom a rising television star. The bride a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine in a remote location. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and … Continue reading Book Review – The Guest List by Lucy Foley
Pages: 430Published: 8th January 2019Genre: Domestic ThrillerContent warnings: Drugs, suicide references Seeking women ages 18 - 32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed. When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her … Continue reading Book Review – An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
Pages: 376Published: 5th March 2018Genre: Domestic ThrillerContent warnings: Suicide, child death Beth has always known there was something strange about her daughter, Hannah. The lack of emotion, the disturbing behaviour, the apparent delight in hurting others… sometimes Beth is scared of her, and what she could be capable of. Luke comes from the perfect family, with the perfect parents. … Continue reading Book Review – The Lies We Told by Camilla Way
Pages: 403Published: 19th September 2016Genre: Thriller Kate returns from a post break-up holiday with her girlfriends to news of a serial killer in her home town – and his victims all look like her. It could, of course, be a simple coincidence. Or maybe not. She becomes convinced she is being watched, followed even. Is she next? … Continue reading Book Review – Killing Kate by Alex Lake
Pages: 272Published: 5th May 2016Genre: Young Adult Thriller Skye is looking for an escape from the reality of last summer when her sister died in a tragic accident. Her parents think that a camp for troubled teenagers might help her process her grief. All of the kids at the summer camp have lost someone close, but is … Continue reading Book Review – Lying About Last Summer by Sue Wallman
Pages: 283Published: September 2016Genre: Thriller The truth will set you free. Can lies do the same? Within minutes of arriving in the exotic, enigmatic, sweltering city of Marrakech, renowned author Jaspar Wills is kidnapped, blindfolded, bound, and beaten. As Wills struggles to survive the ordeal, he recounts his rise to fame and the tragic events … Continue reading Book Review – Set Free by Anthony Bidulka
Pages: 320Published: 2nd March 2017Genre: Young Adult Thriller Mae feels lucky to have grown up at Hummingbird Creek, an elite wellnessretreat where rich teens with psychological problems canget the help they need from her father, a prominent psychiatrist. The Creek has world-class cuisine, a state-of-the-art sports centreand the latest spa treatments. Every aspect of daily life is … Continue reading Book Review – See How They Lie by Sue Wallman
Pages: 336Published: 6th April 2017Genre: Psychological Thriller What Is It About? Narrator Zoe Morley and her husband Ollie have an adopted daughter called Evie, and a young son named Ben. They live a mostly comfortable and happy life, but then Evie begins to receive gifts from somebody purporting to be her real father. Zoe is … Continue reading Book Review – The Stolen Child by Sanjida Kay
Pages: 368Published: 7th January 2016Genre: Thriller One word to describe this book? Wow. I picked it up almost randomly from a library one day, thinking that it simply looked like the kind of book that I normally like to read. It turned out (for me, at least), to be the very definition of a thriller; … Continue reading Book Review – Dead Secret by Ava McCarthy
