MadelineThe Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires starts in the quite town of Mount Pleasant in South Carolina. No one locks their doors. Southern hospitality is a must in any household. The women meet …
The Secret History: An Unusual Murder and Greek Lessons
The Secret History has the scent of late 1950s or early 1960s literature. It is a bit of an epic story of a young man looking at a tricky situation and the characters who surround …
Apples Never Fall: The Truth About Joy’s Disappearance
Apples Never Fall starts with a waitress at a diner overhearing a group of four people talking about their mother’s disappearance. They cannot believe she disappeared without letting anyone know. All she left was a …
Firekeeper’s Daughter: Hockey, Meth And Love
The Firekeeper’s Daughter is one of those surprising books. It appeared to be one thing and ended up being a completely different thing that was very unexpected. As the book unfolds, we meet a biracial …
A Slow Fire Burning: Three Strange Women And A Murder
A Slow Fire Burning starts with the dead body of Daniel. The body was found on a house boat in a canal in London. The story then highlights the life and the interactions with three …
TripTych: First of Many Crimes In This Wonderful Series
The Will Trent, novels by Karin Slaughter, has become one of my favorite series of all times and TripTych is the first of many crimes in the series. I started with a non Will Trent …
You Can’t Catch Me: Who Is The Criminal Now?
In the beginning, You Can’t Catch Me, the book, there is a crime. In the end of the book, there is a crime. And in the middle, as guessed, there is another crime. After reading …
4 True Crime Books That Will Make You Cringe
My interest in True Crime books started with Podcasts and, surely enough, made its way into all the other content types I absorb such as books. Because reading before bed is part of my routine …
Deacon King Kong: No Good Murder, Drugs, and Church
Deacon King Kong starts with a no good murder of a drug dealer. The book title implies ties to the church, so what does a murder of a drug dealer have to do with the …
Lolita: The Daring Story Of A Dirty Old Man
The book Lolita has come across my lap about five million times; however, I have been very hesitant to read this daring story. When I read My Dark Vanessa, where Lolita was referenced again and …