Monthly Wrap Up April 2025
April was a very hectic month for me. I started out the month on the couch during the days, so that I could be close to my mother. Since I live with her, I am often the one who does a lot of helping around the house as […]
Fool Me Once By Harlan Coben
Fool Me Once Former special ops pilot Maya, home from the war, sees an unthinkable image captured by her nanny cam while she is at work: her two-year-old daughter playing with Maya’s husband, Joe—who had been brutally murdered two weeks earlier. The provocative question at the heart of […]
Unnatural Exposure By Patricia Cornwell
Unnatural Exposure Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That’s what the panicked public thinks, thanks to a local TV reporter […]
The Frozen River By Ariel Lawhon
The Frozen River Thank you to libro.fm and Random House Audio for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal […]
The Other Mothers By Katherine Faulkner
The Other Mothers Thank you to libro.fm for providing me with an ALC of this audiobook. I am offering my honest opinion voluntarily. When a young nanny is found dead in mysterious circumstances, new mom, Tash, is intrigued. She has been searching for a story to launch her […]
Foxglove By Adalyn Grace
Foxglove Thank you to YA Books Central and Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. You can find my YA Books Central review here. CONTENT WARNING: murder, blood, grief, gore It’s said that foxglove is […]
If You Tell: A True Story Of Murder, Family Secrets, And The Unbreakable Bond Of Sisterhood
If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood CONTENT WARNING: mention of addiction, child abandonment, death of a parent, graphic and violent child abuse, graphic violence, depictions of torture, murder, blood, gaslighting, emotional abuse, forced drugging, fatphobic comments, suicide attempt, […]
Locust Lane
Locust Lane Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: harm to an animal (unintentional), murder, gore, substance use, addiction, death, sexual assault, misogyny, self-harm For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane […]
The Villa
The Villa Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of death of a child, grief, murder, mention of suicide, mention of drugs, violence, blood From New York Times bestselling author Rachel […]
Ten Years Gone
Ten Years Gone Thank you to the author for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: Holocaust flashbacks, trauma, grief, murder, violence, blood, discussion of war, murder of children, gore, attempted sexual assault On the dusty streets of post-war […]
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