The Bequest is an atmospheric dark academia thriller, but it will not appeal to everyone. Isabel Henley just arrived in Scotland to begin her Ph.D. under the…
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Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
Lonely Castle in the Mirror is a touching magical realism story about mental health and friendships. The thought of returning to school makes Kokoro sick to her
A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson
A Dowry of Blood is a dark and delicious story of Dracula and his first bride, Constanta, spread across centuries. Constanta lies in the mud on the brink of…
Malice House by Megan Shepherd
Malice House is a well-written dark mystery where things go bump in the night. After leaving her marriage, with nowhere else to go, Haven Marbury moves into
A Familiar Stranger by A. R. Torre
A Familiar Stranger is a bumpy ride to say the least. Lillian Smith lives a boring life; she repeatedly says so herself. Lillian used to write obituaries for…
Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout
Elizabeth Strout returns with her sparse but beautiful prose in Lucy by the Sea, book four in the Amgash series. It’s the early days of 2020 when COVID-19 was
The Darkness of Others by Cate Holahan
The Darkness of Others is a slow-burn thriller set in the early days of the pandemic in NYC. It opens with the gruesome death of a famed movie director.
The Guest House by Robin Morgan-Bentley
The Guest House is a compulsively readable thriller but veers into OTT territory for much of the book. Victoria and Jamie are spending a weekend away at a remot
The House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper
This trilogy gets better with each book. The House with the Golden Door returns to Pompeii in 75 AD, four years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and follo
The American Roommate Experiment by Elena Armas
The American Roommate Experiment has plenty of tropes that are common in romance but still manages to give all the feels. This is the author’s follow-up novel
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