BOOK REVIEWS
Y is for Yesterday (by Sue Grafton)
I started Sue Grafton’s Alphabet series in 2017 after seeing her in conversation with John Grisham. A few months later, she was gone. This year I finally reached the last book she wrote, Y Is for Yesterday—and I didn’t care much for it. Too many threads, too few people to root for, and a sharp turn from the Kinsey novels I liked best. I finished it anyway. Here’s why.
Her Last Breath (by Taylor Adams)
After loving No Exit, I grabbed Taylor Adams’s Her Last Breath as soon as it hit Libby. The cave scenes are uniquely frightening—I’ll be sticking to Mammoth Cave—but I could see the ending coming. Well written. I just wished I liked it more.
We Will Be Watching (by Ruth Ware)
Leaving Instagram meant losing author updates—until newsletters. Signing up for Ruth Ware’s list got me a free copy of her unpublished short story “We Will Be Watching,” a tense escape-room thriller I loved. Review + how to read it inside.
Dear Debbie (by Freida McFadden)
I’m such a Freida McFadden fan. Her books reliably deliver the kind of twisty, bingeable entertainment I crave, and I only wish I could catch up on her new releases and dive into the…
It Could Have Been Her (by Lisa Jewell)
Lisa Jewell has such a long backlist of titles, which means I have a lot of great books by her still ahead of me. I fell in love with her storytelling through her suspenseful thrillers, though I’ve also…
Mad Mabel (by Sally Hepworth)
I've been wanting to read Sally Hepworth's suspenseful thrillers for a while. When Mad Mabel became available on Libby, I jumped on the opportunity to finally read one of her novels and…
The Summer Guests (by Tess Gerritsen)
I was truly sold on the Martini Club series when I “met” Tess Gerritsen during a Back Room author event. She was discussing The Summer Guests, the second book in the series, and I was…
City of Dreams (by Don Winslow)
It was entertaining to be back with Danny Ryan and his crew in City of Dreams, part two of the trilogy by Don Winslow. Danny, on the losing side of a bloody East Coast gang war in…
Out of the Dark (by Gregg Hurwitz)
It was such a pleasure to dive into the next installment of Gregg Hurwitz’s Orphan X series. Out of the Dark, the fourth novel, continues the high-octane story of Evan Smoak—once a child…
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