Category Archives: Spoilers

Book Reviews (Listed Alphabetically by Title)

The Teacher

The Teacher by Frieda McFadden wasn’t really on my radar before it came out earlier this month, but early reviews have been pretty positive. I was thinking about going see a friend’s band perform at a bar nearby tonight, but it’s been rainy and overcast this weekend, so I thought this could be a good …

The Paris Apartment: Recap & Summary

Prologue (Friday) Three Hours Later Saturday Thirty Hours Earlier Sunday Seventy-Two Hours Earlier Monday A Week Later Epilogue Prologue (Friday) Benjamin Daniels, a journalist, is at his Parisian apartment — at Number 12, Rue des Amants, third floor — working on a story he believes will make his name. His half-sister Jess Hadley is (inconveniently) …

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 …