Category: Suspense / Thriller
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Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay
Linwood Barclay is my new favorite suspense novelist, and Too Close to Home is the spookiest, most disturbing Barclay book I’ve read so far. In Too Close to Home, teenager Derek Cutter is at his best friend Adam Langley’s house telling the family goodbye before they go on a week-long…
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No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
The synopsis of No Time for Goodbye is simply irresistible (and I love Linwood Barclay). In short, a 14-year-old girl wakes up one day to find that her parents and older brother have vanished forever without saying good-bye. In May 1983, 14-year-old Cynthia Bigge goes out with her boyfriend on…
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A Catch in Time by Dalia Roddy
A Catch in Time is about a group of people who band together after the majority of the global population dies from a mysterious blackout. For three minutes, everyone in the world falls unconscious during the blackout, except a few who are enlightened with visions that help them grasp and…
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Fear the Worst by Linwood Barclay
I was browsing “best of” book lists on Pinterest when I saw Linwood Barclay’s name for the first time. Trust Your Eyes was recommended as one of the “best thrillers that you can’t stop reading.” Trust Your Eyes wasn’t in stock at my local bookstore, but Fear the Worst was,…
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Echo Burning by Lee Child
Echo Burning is the 5th novel in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. I’m obsessed with this series! Somewhere in Texas, in the middle of the scorching summer, Jack Reacher is hitchhiking along a deserted stretch of highway. Reacher isn’t expecting anyone to pick him up, considering his intimidating…
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Dearest by Peter Loughran
I found Dearest by Peter Loughran literally by accident at my local bookstore—it slipped out and fell on the floor while browsing horror novels by Bentley Little. Its front cover is creepy and its back cover blurb convinced me to give it a try. The book’s synopsis reads: “He was…
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Cries of the Children by Clare McNally
Cries of the Children is vintage horror at its finest. I was a big fan of Clare McNally in the early 90s and read everything she had out back then. This story focuses on three young children who are confused, abandoned, and alone in various parts of the country. There’s…
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Running Blind by Lee Child
Running Blind is the 4th novel in the Jack Reacher series by Lee Child. This series is amazing! In Running Blind, former military cop Jack Reacher is arrested for being the top suspect in a case where former military women are being murdered. All victims had been sexually harassed while…
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The Burning Air by Erin Kelly
I received a copy of The Burning Air for review about a month ago, and I feel bad about letting it sit unread for that long because it was REALLY GOOD! It was a fun and thrilling read. The synopsis on the book’s back cover made me think it would…