Book Reviews & Recommendations
Karin Slaughter’s After That Night is a relentless, emotionally charged thriller that drags readers back into the darkest corners of trauma, justice, and survival. With over seventy thousand ratings and a Goodreads score of 4.24, it is clear that Slaughter continues to […]
Genre: Crime Thriller, Mystery, SuspenseRating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Karin Slaughter’s Girl, Forgotten is a gripping and emotionally layered follow-up to Pieces of Her, bringing back Andrea Oliver in a story that blends a decades-old murder mystery with present-day danger and psychological depth. This […]
Genre: Literary Suspense, Crime FictionRating: ★★★★★ (4.5/5) Danya Kukafka’s Notes on an Execution is a haunting, poetic, and unflinchingly intelligent novel that reshapes how we view crime, punishment, and empathy. This isn’t your typical serial killer story. It’s a quiet storm that […]
Chris Bohjalian, the acclaimed author of The Flight Attendant, returns with The Skydivers, a short thriller that explores the fragile bond between brothers, the weight of inheritance, and the moral ambiguity that comes with loss. Set against the quiet rural backdrop of […]
J.M. Dalgliesh returns with another installment in his beloved D.I. Duncan McAdam series, and this time the mystery is as haunting as the windswept cliffs of Skye itself. Death at Neist Point opens with a chilling discovery: the battered body of a […]
Wanda M. Morris’s Small Things is a short but powerful story that lingers long after the final line. At only thirty-six pages, it may be the briefest entry in Amazon’s Alibis collection, but it’s also among the most emotionally resonant. Beneath its […]
Benjamin Stevenson’s Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect is a witty, self-aware sequel that takes the classic locked-room mystery and gleefully flips it inside out. Set aboard Australia’s legendary Ghan train, this is a story where every passenger is a potential […]
Gregg Olsen’s Out of the Woods: A Girl, a Killer, and a Lifelong Struggle to Find the Way Home is one of the most unsettling and emotionally raw true crime books of recent years. It revisits the notorious 2005 Groene family murders […]
David Lagercrantz, best known for continuing Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, returns with False Note, a dark and unsettling short story that explores the destructive bond between father and son. Translated from Swedish by Elizabeth DeNoma, this entry in Amazon’s Alibis collection examines […]
Two masters of modern thrillers, Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado, unite again to deliver The Grave Artist, a pulse-pounding, psychologically chilling novel that cements their reputation as one of the most dynamic writing duos in crime fiction today. This second installment in […]