Book Reviews & Recommendations
Rating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5) Stephen King has long treated the novella as his secret weapon, a length that lets him build tension, burrow into character, and still land a knockout ending. If It Bleeds collects four of those long stories, and together they […]
Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3/5) Alaina Urquhart’s The Butcher and the Wren enters the crowded field of true crime–inspired thrillers with a premise that promises chills and forensic authenticity. As the co-host of the popular Morbid podcast, Urquhart brings her real-life experience as an […]
Clémence Michallon’s The Quiet Tenant is a dark, unsettling debut that dares to crawl inside the mind of a serial killer and the women trapped in his orbit. This is not an easy read. It’s haunting, suffocating, and emotionally raw, yet profoundly […]
In Heather Gudenkauf’s The Overnight Guest, isolation becomes both a refuge and a nightmare. Set against the merciless backdrop of a deadly blizzard, this psychological thriller grips you from the first page and refuses to let go until the chilling final scene. […]
Liann Zhang’s debut novel Julie Chan Is Dead is a wickedly sharp and unhinged thriller that dives headfirst into the glittering, grotesque world of social media fame. Equal parts satire and psychological suspense, it’s a story about envy, deception, and the dangerous […]
Rating: ★★★★½ (4.5/5) Few authors can blend psychological terror with razor-sharp plotting quite like A.R. Torre. In The Last Party, she delivers one of her most unsettling and brilliantly constructed thrillers to date a slow-burning psychological storm that explores the darkest corners […]
Kate Alice Marshall’s What Lies in the Woods is a haunting, beautifully layered thriller that examines childhood trauma, buried secrets, and the heavy cost of truth. It is both a mystery and a meditation on memory, guilt, and the scars both visible […]
Sarah Pekkanen returns with The Locked Ward, a chilling psychological thriller that explores the darkest corners of sisterhood, family secrets, and the fragile line between sanity and manipulation. With her signature mix of emotional depth and suspense, Pekkanen crafts a story that […]
Ashley Audrain’s debut is the kind of novel you start for the thrills and finish with your heart in your throat. The Push is a psychological drama that interrogates the myths of motherhood, the ache of being dismissed, and the uneasy line […]
John Marrs, known for his dark psychological thrillers like The Good Samaritan and The One, returns with Keep It in the Family, a chilling domestic suspense novel that dives deep into obsession, trauma, and the unsettling secrets that hide behind closed doors. […]