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Turn of the Key, The

“People do go mad, you know, if you stop them from sleeping for long enough...” Author: Ruth Ware It looks like she murdered the child. She had the opportunity and motive, but she swore in her novel length letter to her lawyer that she didn’t do it. Yes, she treated the children badly. Yes, she lied. Yes, she was there under false pretenses. But no, no, she never hurt them. That’s how The Turn of the Key begins, and, as Rowan Caine writes from prison, begging this famous lawyer to take her case, she slowly unravels the strange tale of Heatherbrae [...]

2025-12-15T12:27:38-07:00December 15th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , , |

Hidden, The

Monsters in the Mirror Author: Sarah Pinborough What does a house full of mutilated bodies, broken mirrors, and occult symbols have to do with one children’s book editor, happily sleeping in her cozy apartment? Everything . . . Rachel Wright gets up from a night of bad dreams, goes to the bathroom, and sees something soul shattering in the mirror. When she wakes up in the hospital, she has no memory of it, or of her previous life. The twist? Rachel likes her amnesia. Going around her apartment, she finds her old sensible clothes boring, her job as a children’s book [...]

2025-12-14T12:40:23-07:00December 14th, 2025|Tags: , , , |

Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases

A Collection of Miscellaneous Cases  Author: Ann Rule Fatal Friends, Deadly Neighbors and Other True Cases is a very loosely themed collection composed mostly of cold cases and random rape / murder stories. The idea, ostensibly, is to focus on cases that hit close to home, but the reality is more of a hodge-podge of tales that fit more under a “miscellaneous” heading than anything else. The first two chapters are novella length, taking up most of the real estate in the book. Neither, however, are especially satisfying, leaving more unanswered and speculated upon than revealed. The first chapter concentrates on [...]

2025-12-12T20:58:29-07:00December 12th, 2025|Tags: , , , , , |
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