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
The Paris Apartment is the latest release from mystery-thriller author Lucy Foley. I’d previously read her book The Guest List which was imperfect, but promising enough that I’d been looking forward to her next release. Unfortunately — there’s no point in sugarcoating this — this book is pretty underwhelming and not particularly fun to read. …
The Man Who Died Twice
The Man Who Died Twice (Thursday Murder Club #2), released in September 2021, is the second novel in Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club cozy mystery series. The series follows a group of retirees as they come across murder and mayhem. The first novel was a pretty big hit in the UK, and I really …
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 …