mystery

  • Black History Month is a powerful reminder to be intentional about the stories we read — but let’s be honest: these books deserve a spot on your shelves year-round. If you’ve already dipped into literary and speculative stories this month and are craving tension that grabs you by the throat, this collection of thrillers and…

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  • In Never Have I Ever, a seemingly harmless neighborhood book club game takes a sharp turn when a mysterious newcomer, Roux, arrives and steers the evening into dangerous territory. Amy Whey—devoted mom, pillar of her community, and keeper of a carefully buried past—quickly realizes Roux knows more than she should. What begins as uncomfortable party…

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  • Set in a seemingly quiet Southern town, We Are All Guilty Here follows the aftermath of a violent crime that forces a community to confront its own secrets. As the investigation unfolds, long-buried truths come to light, revealing how deeply denial, fear, and complicity run among the people meant to protect one another. This is a story…

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  • Early February is already showing its teeth. This week’s releases aren’t playing it safe—they’re sharp, emotionally loaded, and ready to take over your reading time if you let them. If you’re craving something new and still buzzing with release‑week energy, these are the titles that deserve a spot on your radar. 🔥 Thrillers & Psychological…

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  • 🔪 For fans of crime fiction who like their thrillers sharp, dark, and emotionally unflinching. Some books whisper. Karin Slaughter’s After That Night grabs you by the collar, pulls you into the shadows, and doesn’t let go until it’s dragged every buried emotion to the surface. This isn’t your cozy mystery read—it’s crime fiction with…

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  • It’s Whodunnit Wednesday, the midweek moment where we dive into the dark, the twisty, and the absolutely unputdownable. And this week’s pick? One that still haunts me in the best way: 🎬 Night Film by Marisha PesslGenre: Psychological thriller / noir mystery with a meta twistVibe: Think David Fincher meets Donna Tartt, then throws you…

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  • Review: The Persephone Code

    Beneath the hills of the Buckinghamshire countryside, a secret society meets. A playground for the idle rich to live out their debauchery, the Hellfire Club is infamous for its elite members. But when their warden, Anthony Pennington, is murdered, it becomes clear just how unethical this club really is. With Pennington gone, it’s up to…

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  • Review: No One Can Know

    Emma hasn’t been home in ages. She hasn’t talked to her sisters in 14 years. Not since the night her parents were murdered at their home. But now, Emma and her husband, Nathan, find themselves in need of a place to stay. It’s time to go back home. But doing so raises old suspicions, unanswered…

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  • The Book of Speculation

    We carry our families like anchors, rooting us in storms, making sure we never drift from where and who we are. We carry our families within us the way we carry our breath underwater, keeping us afloat, keeping us alive. I’ve been lifting anchors since eighteen. I’ve been holding my breath since before I was…

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  • I’ve been a little lax in my reading habits lately and I’m trying to rectify that. But I just have so many books I want to read and I’m trying to do it all at once. Obviously, it isn’t working. A woman seeks the assistances of Sherlock Holmes to discover where the man she loves…

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