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Whispers and Lies

Secrets and Lies and Loneliness Author: Joy Fielding Terry Painter is a quiet, unassuming person. She works by day as a nurse at a facility dedicated to caring for elderly, terminal patients. She lives in the house she inherited from her mother, covered in floral prints and filled with a collection of antique lady’s head vases. She works holidays and weekends. She is alone and lonely, a caring soul, forty-years old, still looking for a place in the world to call her own. She’s the perfect victim. The first time Terry rented out the separate guesthouse to a young woman named [...]

2026-07-27T20:01:31-07:00July 27th, 2026|Tags: , , , , , |

Hypnotist’s Love Story, The

"You weren't meant to admit, even to yourself, how badly you wanted love." Author: Liane Moriarty Ellen O’Farrell lives in the beautiful, glass-lined sea house she inherited from her grandparents. As a practicing hypnotherapist, she understands that location is everything. She has seen how the light playing across the wall, how the gentle sight and sound of the ocean helps her clients open to their own inner knowledge. There’s just one thing missing from this idyllic life: another person to share it with. She thinks she may have found that in Patrick. It’s early days yet, but something about their dates [...]

2026-07-26T16:24:49-07:00July 26th, 2026|Tags: , , , , , |

Off Season

“Fighting for your life is a fucking ball. As long as you didn’t get slaughtered.” Author: Jack Ketchum It’s been a rough season for me personally, and I needed some comfort reading. So, I did what any sensible horror hound would do – turned to raging cannibal hillbillies. The premise of Off Season is simple enough – straight forward even. A woman (Carla) who appears to be our main protagonist has rented a cabin in a rural part of Maine during the offseason. She intends to get a little writing done, away from the distractions of the rat race. But first, [...]

2026-07-19T18:08:39-07:00July 19th, 2026|Tags: , , , , , |
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