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The Secret History by Donna Tartt
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! Addition: Paperback, borrowed from friend Genre: Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 Synopsis: A misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. But his new friends have a horrific secret. When blackmail and violence threaten to blow their [...]
Share on FacebookInterview with Dr Laurence B. Brown
Dr Laurence B. Brown has released a book based around the Dead Sea Scrolls – a book that has been compared to Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code for its excellency and get story-telling. Synopsis: Stirring the flames of age-old controversies, The Eighth Scroll by Laurence B. Brown draws on the three Abrahamic faiths of [...]
Share on FacebookThe Woods by Harlan Coben
Addition: Paperback Genre: Mystery and suspense Rating: 5 out of 5 Synopsis: Twenty years ago, four teenagers at summer camp walked into the woods at night. Two were found murdered, and the others were never seen again. Four families had their lives changed forever. Now, two decades later, they are about to change again. For [...]
Share on FacebookTherapy by Sebastian Fitzek
Addition: Borrowed, paperback Genre: Thriller Rating: 5/5 Synopsis: No witnesses, no evidence, no body: Star psychologist Viktor Larenz’s twelve-year-old daughter, Josy, who had suffered from an inexplicable illness, has vanished under mysterious circumstances during a visit to her doctor, and the investigation into her disappearance has brought no results. Four years later, Viktor remains a [...]
Share on FacebookThe Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Synopsis: High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. [...]
Share on FacebookThe Mermaid’s Purse by Katy Gardner
Waterstone’s Synopsis: Cass Bainbridge is being stalked. New job, new home, new life. Cass has moved to Brighton to start over as a lecturer at the university. But she’s already acquired some unwanted baggage. Someone’s watching her & they’ve even taken photos. She’s being followed, too. And then there are the anonymous and threatening emails [...]
Share on FacebookAn Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris
Synopsis from Amazon: Harper Connelly was struck by lightning as a teenager, and now she can find the dead. In her third case, Harper and Tolliver, her stepbrother, are hired to find a missing grandson. But the truth is far worse than a single dead child, for numerous teenage boys, all unlikely runaways, have disappeared [...]
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