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Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

Secrets in the Blood Author: Lisa Unger I’m going to be honest. I bought this book for its amazing title. Something about it is just sonorous, hinting at dark woods, buried secrets, never-ending nights of fear and betrayal. That’s just a horror hound / mystery lovers insidious dream, all pulled together in a nice binding. The title, however, is the best part of the book, and the theme of bickering couples stranded in the woods soon falls prey to stereotypes, messy storytelling, and unlikable characters. Oh, and you’re not even in the cabin or the Georgia woods that much either. It [...]

2023-02-11T20:04:00-07:00February 11th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

Daisy Darker

One By One They Die Author: Alice Feeney In an isolated ocean mansion cut off from land by high tide, 80 clocks are chiming on the wall and one old woman lies murdered beneath a cryptic poem about her dysfunctional family. Her family has gathered around her on this Halloween night, her 80th birthday. They all hoped to inherit. They all had reason, opportunity, and motive. As the clocks chime each hour, another family member goes missing, another family member dies. Someone is culling the heirs; someone is willing to do anything for Nana’s money. Slowly, lines are crossed out on [...]

2023-02-06T20:54:41-07:00February 6th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

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Science, Sincerity, and the Super Humans Author: Blake Crouch Logan Ramsay’s mom was a brilliant scientist, but she caused worldwide starvation and the deaths of 10s of thousands. Logan remembers helping her with her research – the genetic modifications that should have created a planet of plenty, but instead went awry. He remembers helping to release the insects that caused it. And now, as an adult, he lives under this cloud. Logan has spent his entire life avoiding science, trying to make up for what his mother did. He isn’t the smart one anyway, the one with the genius intellect. And [...]

2023-01-23T18:36:29-07:00January 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |
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