Category: Mystery
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The Perfect Marriage
Book: 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 Audiobook: 🌟🌟🌟🌟💫 Violence: 🔪 by Jeneva Rose: I had wanted to read this psychological thriller for a long time and was thrilled when @across.the.pond.book.club chose it as our January book. It grabs you from the first page. I won’t share too much about the plot because the less you know, the better. But…
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The Maid
Book: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Audiobook: 🌟🌟 💫 Spice: N/A by Nita Prose This book had been on my physical TBR for almost a year, and I’m so glad I finally had time to read it. It is a quick murder mystery with a unique neurodivergent main character in Molly the Maid. Molly may struggle with social skills…
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First Lie Wins
Book: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 💫 Audiobook: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 💫 Spice: Closed Door By Ashley Elston (@ashleyelston) What an unexpected delight to have this book be my last read of 2023! It is a unique psychological thriller! Evie Porter is a sweet southern girl who, after a whirlwind romance, has fallen in love with Ryan Sumner, and they are…
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The Fury
Book: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Audiobook: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 💫 by Alex Michaelides Books by Michaelides always feel like, and I mean this as a huge compliment, a throwback to classic British mystery shows on BBC. They take me back to my youth, just discovering a passion for mysteries. The Fury is a murder mystery on the private island of…
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Argylle
Book: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Audiobook: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Spice: N/A by Elly Conway It has been a long time since I’ve read a rip-roaring, action-packed espionage thriller, and this one was an excellent read. This book takes you on a global journey with the CIA to find a missing treasure. Starting with a downed CIA plane, the action is…
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The Daughters of Block Island
Book: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 Audiobook: 🌟🌟🌟 🌟💫 by Christa Carmen I love books integrate characters acknowledging when plot elements are typical for the genre. This thrilling book, full of classic gothic novel references and elements, goes so far as to have two characters laughing while discussing their rules for navigating a gothic novel – many of which…
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