There’s something about old Southern mansions that just screams “haunted,” isn’t there? The crumbling paint, the overgrown gardens, the secrets lurking behind every locked door. Del Sandeen’s debut novel “This Cursed House” taps into that delicious Southern gothic vibe and cranks it up to eleven. Picture this: It’s 1962, and Jemma Barker is desperate to […]
You know that feeling when you’re trying to pull off a white lie, but it snowballs into an avalanche of complications? Well, buckle up, folks, because Elena Armas’s latest rom-com, “The Fiance Dilemma,” takes that concept and runs with it straight into the heart of small-town America. As a follow-up to her hit debut “The […]
Picture this: You’re lounging on a pristine beach, crystal-clear waters lapping at your feet, not a care in the world. Sounds like paradise, right? Well, not if you’re Brandt Savage and Kira Sunlight, the protagonists of James Patterson and Brian Sitts’ latest thriller, “Murder Island.” This tropical getaway is about to turn into a nightmare […]
You know that feeling when you’re working on a jigsaw puzzle and you just can’t find that one piece? The one that’ll make everything click into place? Now imagine that frustration cranked up to eleven, with deadly stakes and centuries-old secrets on the line. That’s the world Danielle Trussoni drops us into with “The Puzzle […]
You know that feeling when you’re swimming in a lake, and suddenly the water beneath your feet turns ice-cold? That’s the sensation Sarah Sawyer’s debut novel “The Undercurrent” left me with—a chill that starts in your toes and creeps up your spine, leaving you unsettled long after you’ve dried off on the shore. A Slow […]
Ever had that eerie feeling of déjà vu, like you’ve lived a moment before? C.J. Cooke’s latest spine-tingler, “The Book of Witching,” will have you questioning reality, history, and the very fabric of time itself. Set against the windswept backdrop of Scotland’s Orkney Islands, this genre-bending masterpiece weaves together strands of historical fiction, supernatural horror, […]
Have you ever wished you could turn back time and undo a terrible mistake? To erase one awful moment that shattered your relationship with someone you love? Frank Szatowski would give anything for that chance with his estranged daughter Maggie. So when she suddenly calls after three years of silence to invite him to her […]
A Chilling Portrait of Modern Authoritarianism In the shadowy corridors of power that crisscross our globalized world, a new beast is stirring. It’s not the cartoon villain of Cold War propaganda, twirling a mustache while plotting world domination. No, this monster is far more insidious – a hydra-headed network of kleptocrats, propagandists, and security services […]
Your Biggest Fan by Jeremy Rosenholtz Genre: Literary Fiction / Humor ISBN: 9798988180920 Print Length: 228 pages Publisher: Demersal Publishing Buy from Amazon Buy from Bookshop Reviewed by John M. Murray A self-referential funhouse mirror of creators and their audience A series of letters written to pop star Taylor Swift chronicles the compelling, horrifying psychological […]
We live in an age of anxiety. Climate change, political instability, pandemics—it sometimes feels like we’re teetering on the brink of catastrophe. T J Newman taps into these fears with surgical precision in her latest white-knuckle thriller “Worst Case Scenario,” imagining a perfect storm of disaster that threatens to wipe an entire region off the […]