Book Reviews & Recommendations
Saratoga Schaefer’s Serial Killer Support Group takes a wild, darkly humorous idea and turns it into a biting feminist thriller about vengeance, morality, and the thin line between justice and obsession. Part The Final Girl Support Group, part My Sister, the Serial […]
Eliza Clark’s Boy Parts is a ferocious debut that stares straight into the tangle of power, desire, and performance in the twenty-first century. Told in an electrifying first person voice, the novel follows Irina, a fetish photographer in Newcastle who scouts so […]
Adam Kay, best known for his witty and heartfelt memoir This Is Going to Hurt, ventures into fiction with A Particularly Nasty Case, a darkly comic medical thriller that examines the fine line between sanity, suspicion, and satire. It’s a murder mystery […]
Sarah Gailey’s Spread Me is a taut, claustrophobic slice of desert-set sci fi horror that flirts with body horror, tilts into erotic dread, and asks unnerving questions about consent, desire, and control. At a remote research outpost, team lead Kinsey breaks quarantine […]
Andrew Joseph White’s You Weren’t Meant to Be Human is not just a horror novel. It is a searing scream of pain and defiance carved into flesh and ink. In his adult debut, White takes readers to the festering heart of Appalachia […]
John Boyne’s The Elements is a powerful, deeply affecting novel that cements his reputation as one of the most fearless and emotionally intelligent writers of contemporary fiction. With poetic prose and unsettling honesty, Boyne takes readers into the darkest corners of human […]
Shari Lapena, often dubbed the “queen of the one-sit read,” returns with What Have You Done?, a small-town murder mystery that perfectly captures the tension, paranoia, and secrets simmering beneath quiet suburban life. Set in Fairhill, Vermont, this novel explores what happens […]
Kelsey Cox’s debut blends a glossy Texas Hill Country backdrop with a claustrophobic one-night mystery, inviting readers to a black-tie Sweet Sixteen that spirals into tragedy when a body plummets from a balcony. Marketed as a twisty locked-room whodunnit, Party of Liars […]
J.T. Ellison has long been a master of psychological suspense, and her latest thriller Last Seen is no exception. Twisty, unsettling, and emotionally charged, this novel digs deep into the fragile bonds of family and the blurred lines between memory and truth. […]
William Kent Krueger’s Apostle’s Cove, the 21st installment in the Cork O’Connor Mystery series, is a masterclass in atmospheric suspense, blending small-town intrigue, Ojibwe lore, and a haunting exploration of justice. Fans of the series will feel right at home, while newcomers […]