Category Archives: Spoilers

Book Reviews (Listed Alphabetically by Title)

A Flicker in the Dark: Recap & Summary

Prologue May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 Prologue In the prologue, the narrator discusses learning to fear when she was 12 years old. May 2018 Chapters 1 – 3 Chloe is psychiatrist. She meets with a 15-year-old patient, Lacey Deckler, and talks about Lacey’s self-harming associated with her father leaving them. Chloe is understanding. Chloe …

A Flicker in the Dark

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham is a mystery-thriller from a debut author that was released today. I infrequently read advance copies of mystery-thrillers from debut authors since I like to see how the review shake out before investing time reading these types of books. However, I was drawn in by the premise …

The Maid

The Maid by Nita Prose first caught my eye a few months ago because an author I follow on twitter had read an early copy of it and recommended it. I was immediately drawn to it’s colorful book trailer (see the video embedded above) and the premise of a cozy murder mystery set in a …

Rock Paper Scissors

Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney passed me by when it was released a month ago, but I’ve heard good things about it. Then, when I heard that Richard Armitage was narrating parts of the audiobook, it jumped straight to the top of my to-read (or to-listen, I suppose) list. (You might know him as …

Rock Paper Scissors: Recap & Summary

(The section headings aren’t in the book, I added them to make this summary easier to navigate.) On the Way to Blackwater Chapel In February 2020, Amelia is in the car with her husband Adam Wright, on their way to a weekend getaway in Scotland. Their marriage counselor Pamela had suggested the trip, so they …