BOOK REVIEW: IT WAS HER HOUSE FIRST

It Was Her House First by Cherie Priest Poisoned Pen Press July 22, 2025 Cherie Priest's It Was Her House First has all the bones for a great ghost story. An old house with a dark past meets a grieving sister who simply wants to renovate the place. The fate of the...

Kill Your Darlings by Peter Swanson

Peter Swanson is a shifty guy. Readers familiar with any of his previous eleven novels (and one novella), know that Swanson spins his already twisted, tangled characters like clothes in a demented dryer. The deceitful men and women who inhabit his realm of betrayal and sexual intrigue, inflict all manner of pain on both themselves and each other.

BOOK REVIEW: JULIE TUDOR IS NOT A PSYCHOPATH

The title of Jennifer Holdich’s darkly funny Julie Tudor is Not a Psychopath is as delusional as its main character. 49-year-old Julie Tudor is, plainly, a psychopath, and her utter lack of self-awareness make this character study in insanity often very...

Dying to Meet You by Sarina Bowen

This is the kind of thriller that doesn’t scream for your attention, it whispers. But the deeper you go, the harder it is to stop. Dying to Meet You is a slow-burn mystery with a touch of the supernatural and a whole lot of tension.