"The Failock Sea spoke gently." - ch1 opening
Category: Review
Review: “Hunting Game (Embla Nyström #1)” by Helene Tursten
"After nine rock-hard rounds, the sweat was dripping from both combatants and their movements were noticeably slower." pg 1 opening
Review: “Dead to Her” by Sarah Pinborough
"The candle burns. Crisp paper. A pen. WHAT HAPPENED TO JONNY? Envelope. Seal. Whisper. Wait." ch 1 opening
Review: “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides
"July 14 I don't know why I'm writing this. That's not true. Maybe I do know and just don't want to admit it to myself." Ch 1 opening
Review: “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware
"Dear Mr. Wrexham, I know you don't know me but please, please please you have to help me." Ch 1 opening
Review: “Red Hands” by Christopher Golden
"Later, Maeve Sinclair will think of the girl with the pink balloon, and her heart will ache with a sting unlike anything she's felt before." - Ch1 opening
Review: “Frankenstein” by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
"You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil foreboding." - Letter 1
Blog Tour Review: “The Meeting Point” by Olivia Lara
"The story goes like this. Thirty-year-old Bartholomew von Coffenberg comes out of Madison Square Park Tower's underground garage in his red Corvette." Ch 1 opening
Review: “Three Perfect Liars” by Heidi Perks
"It had taken seven minutes for the first of the fire engines to screech to a halt outside the offices of Morris and Wood, but even by then anyone could have seen it was too late." Ch 1 opening
Re-read Review: “The Reckless Oath We Made” by Bryn Greenwood (Revisiting a Favorite!)
"People talk about having an angel on one shoulder and a devil on the other. I have a pair of imaginary bill collectors, so no matter which way I turned, there was somebody to remind me I needed money." Ch 1
Review: “They Never Learn” by Layne Fargo
"I'll know it's working when he starts to scream." Ch1 opening
Review: “The Hunting Wives” by May Cobb
"I keep seeing her face, upturned in the pool. Her long hair darkened by the water, stringy and tangled and noodling around her neck. Her eyes are closed, her body floating. Her lips are parted just slightly, and it looks as if she's resting, tranquil and at peace." Ch1 opening
Review: “The Lost Apothecary” by Sarah Penner
"She would come at daybreak - the woman whose letter I held in my hands, the woman whose name I did not yet know." Ch1 opening
Mini Review: “The Push” by Ashley Audrain
"Your house glows at night like everything inside is on fire." Ch1 opening
Review: “Too Good To Be True” by Carola Lovering
"Something is going on with Burke this morning. I can tell because he asks me three times how I want my eggs." - Ch1 opening