This authors use of language settles on the readers heart and mind in the way a delightful morsel of food would upon the tongue. Rich, exquisite, delectable and tempting images that create a sensory circus.
Read MoreIn a genre with dozens of new offerings each month its almost inconceivable that something will stand out, but this one does. f you are a self-proclaimed sleuth who prides themselves are figuring out the whodunnit early on…prepare to fail!
Read MoreIt all started with a spreadsheet. The dawn and meteoric rise of a sprawling criminal empire. Headed by the biggest criminal you’ve never heard of.
Read MoreShakespeare unknowingly defined one of the key elements of noir the best, “I will tell lies like the truth.” This kind of ambiguity can be found in each version of the story laid out by our three narrators; a father, a daughter and a mother.
Read MoreWhile web browsing, a young woman catches a glimpse of an ad for a live-in nanny and in short order discovers how good an opportunity it is. Too good probably. Too good to be true as it would turn out.
Read MoreNew Podcast Discoveries! Some educational, enlightening, and entertaining listens for your fun in the sun! Not a murder anywhere in sight!
Read MoreMany of these stories leave the ending to the readers discretion, which if you are a horror devotee, may be worse than anything written on the page. “What if it’s him at the door. What if it’s not?” Go ahead, finish that, I dare you!
Read MoreThis isn’t your run of the mill mystery trope; we have a backdrop that explores the powerful relationships of parents and children. And the lengths that they will go to protect each other, and to lie to each other.
Read MoreYour phone rings. You glance at the screen and it says, “Unknown Caller”. I really wouldn’t pick that up. If you read this book you will certainly think twice.
Read MoreSome mystery novels move at a breakneck speed, grabbing you from the first page and not letting up on the action until the last. This book is more of a slow burn, an invitation to stick around for the outcome. Totally worth the wait, it’s rather unexpected!
Read MoreAt times the unspooling of a story in your head can be much more frightening than what’s actually on the page. A stellar showcase of what is known in the book world as an unreliable narrator.
Read MoreMind. Blown. This tightrope of a novel accomplishes one of the things that I love the most. It plucks you up from the humdrum banality of your day to day life and drops you smack into a big ol world of what the f*ck is happening and where the f&ck am I?
Read MoreIt should go without saying that Canada has an amazing array of writers within our beautiful borders. We can also state with pride that its diversity is unparalleled in any other nation!
Read MoreHallelujah! Finally, a thriller that’s not about murderous spouses. I was beginning to worry about all my married friends. Law of averages and all that!
Read MoreSpoiler Alert! Nobody dies in this book. But if words were weapons…This book is a gem, charming in its tangents as much as its ruminations.
Read MoreThis book is the story of a slave who stands accused of murdering her employers. Exquisitely written at every turn, this is no mere lament to the horrors of slavery.
Read MoreA struggling writer finally gets his big break when a famous editor takes on his book. That individual being none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
Read MoreIf you’ve listened to their wildly popular podcast, My Favorite Murder, it won’t come as a surprise that these ladies are swift with the snappy turn of phrase. You will try to resist laughing out loud at what seems like a hugely inappropriate topic, but resistance is futile!
Read MoreThis book chronicles the turbulent life of Yasuko Thanh, from her early childhood living in a poor neighborhood, thru her teen years which included drug abuse and dealing, as well as sex work, to her emergence as an author. One of the poignant disclosures is that craving love can make you a target. You will definitlely see evidence of that in this work.
Read MoreBaked has more than one principal meaning in my life, when paired the result can be quite delightful! I LOVE sweet baked treats, but fully admit I prefer to be baked for rather than make any attempt whatsoever to do the baking. I am effusive in my gratitude for anyone that serves me up a yummy sweet.
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