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The Hunter

The Hunter by Tana French is a taut crime novel about a smooth-talking, disreputable man, Johnny Reddy, who comes back into his small mountain town of Ardnakelty with big plans and a big idea to make himself and everyone else rich. I’ve only read one of Tana French’s novels in the past, but I’ve been …

Apples Never Fall

Apples Never Fall is the newest release from Liane Moriarty, a family drama with a little mystery woven in. Liane Moriarty has been a big name lately with the success of the adaptations of Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers. Apples Never Fall opens after the matriarch of the Delaney family has seemingly gone …

Malibu Rising

Malibu Rising is Taylor Jenkins Reid’s newest novel, released a few days ago on June 1st. Continuing Reid’s trend of writing about famous, gorgeous people, Malibu Rising is about a set of famous, attractive siblings that throw the trendiest party of the year … where someone starts the fire that culminates in the Malibu fire …

The Good Sister

The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth is a family drama slash mystery novel that’s narrated from the point of view of two twin sisters, Rose and Fern Castle, who were raised by an unstable mother. When the book opens, they are both adults in their late twenties, and Rose is having difficulty conceiving a child. …

A Spark of Light

I was originally started reading A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult when it first came out, but then I got distracted by other books. However, after reading A Book of Two Ways, I’ve been wanting to revisit Picoult’s works. Even though I had mixed feelings about Two Ways, the writing was solid enough that …