Crime

Death’s Daughter (Children of the Old Ones, #1) by S. A. Barnes

This was a fun, fluffy urban paranormal fantasy that features the daughter of Death, Jocasta, just trying to be normal at college. She’s got great friends and a complicated relationship with a TA, Carter. Instead of killing people she feeds on their disappointments, failures, and rejections. All is going well until a sexy guy named Devon, a descendant of Lust—shows up on campus because Death just named Jo as his successor, making her a powerful ally and a massive target. When a friend of Jo’s is murdered, Jo becomes the number 1 suspect. As the body count rises, and Jo does everything she can to protect those she loves, she tests the limits of her power and doesn’t know who to trust.

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July 4, 2026 0

Rumors & Whiskey (The Whiskey Women, #1) by Victoria Wilder

I love the world the author built for this series. The MFC’s intimidating family, the small town characters, the mysterious secrets, the small town cops – this book has everything you could want in a romantic suspense. I listened to the book and the narrators did a fantastic job. They infused plenty of suspicion, snark, hesitation, and steam into their voices to bring the book alive. Samantha Brentmoor’s voice is so versatile that you can easily recognize all the various characters. Connor Crais is smooth as whiskey (see what I did there? lol) and sexy AF. You can feel the heat pouring off him when he interacts with Wyn. I highly recommend you listen to the audio of this book.

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July 3, 2026 0

The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

I will never get tired of reading books about messed up rich people doing messed up things. I didn’t really know what to expect with this book and it exceeded my expectations. It revolves around the Button family. The father is a crazy rich guy who adopts 5 children (heirs) and experiments on them using his “Button Method”. He’s testing whether nature or nurture will decide the future of people. The children are immediately emersed in a grinding lifestyle of non-stop training and education by the world’s top experts to train the kids to become prodigies in 5 distinct categories. He succeeds in 4 of the 5 children.

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May 24, 2026 0

Marion by Leah Rowan

4.5 stars (release date June 2, 2026)

I loved the feminine rage and girlpower in this book. It’s a twist on Psycho where Marion fights back and Norman ends up dead in the bathroom. That’s just the beginning of Marion’s journey as she tries to help her sister who’s in an abusive relationship. I loved the bond the sisters had and loved women protecting women.

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May 24, 2026 0

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

I absolutely loved this book. I listened to the audio and the narrators did a fantastic job. They instilled the perfect mixture of sweet, snarky, and sarcastic into their voices to bring Elsie/Mabel to life. The story is told in two storylines, present day and Mabel as a young girl. In present day the main character goes by Elsie and as a young girl, she goes by Mabel. Elsie is 81 years old and has lived on her street for over 60 years. She’s the neighborhood curmudgeon that has an opinion about everything and everyone. Her peace is disrupted by the appearance of a little girl named Persephone who relentlessly inserts herself into Elsie’s life.

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May 6, 2026 0

A Ghastly Catastrophe (Veronica Speedwell #10) by Deanna Raybourn

It’s hard to believe this is already book 10 in this entertaining historical fiction mystery series and it still provides plenty of twists, turns, and creative cases. This time the mystery involves a young man entirely drained of blood in a carriage next to a cemetery. He’s got two small holes in his neck a la Dracula. Another young man dies in an apparent suicide. The two are connected by a mysterious society that’s existence is only mentioned once in society.

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March 31, 2026 0

Here Lie All the Boys Who Broke My Heart by Emma Simmerman

This was a fun and twisty mystery/thriller set during the FMC’s senior year of college. Sloan is a pretty good student and has a close group of friends. Her relationship history is not so great and she frequently gets her heart broken. To cope, she writes a fake eulogy in her journal about the boy to put to rest the relationship.

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March 31, 2026 0

Most Likely to Murder by Lish McBride

This is a pretty good YA mystery/thriller about an alleged yearbook prank gone terribly wrong. Best friends Rick and Martina are outcasts and they’re ok with that. Labeled by the Principal as troubled for previous pranks they’ve pulled, when yearbook pictures are labeled with gruesome titles like Homecoming’s Cutest Corpses, he immediately tries to pin it on them. But they didn’t do it (this time) and their pranks have never been gruesome or cruel. When a guidance counselor is found dead in the same manner as his new yearbook label, police name Rick and Martina as their prime suspects. When another body turns up, the duo realize they need to find the killer before they spend the rest of their lives behind bars.

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March 27, 2026 0

When I Kill You by B.A. Paris

This is a twisty mystery thriller about a very private woman living in London that feels like someone is following her. And they are – and planning to kill her.

Nell has a secret past that she changed her name to hide. She limits her social circle and holds back her secrets from her new partner Alex. Nell can’t shake the feeling that someone is following her and she wonders if it has something to do with her past. Before she was Nell, she was Elle. She witnessed a student entering a strangers car who later turned up dead. She was convinced she knew whose car the girl entered and was obsessed with proving to the police, and herself, that she was right. Her obsession turned dangerous and she fled that life to escape her decisions.

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February 8, 2026 0