Book Review: Pine by Francine Toon ‘Pine’ by Francine Toon was published in YEAR. It is a creepy thriller novel which follows a young girl called Lauren, whose mum went missing when she was a baby. I am not the most avid of thriller readers, but a friend bought this book for me years agoContinueContinue reading
Category Archives: Thriller Fiction
Book Review: The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones ‘The Only Good Indians’ by Stephen Graham Jones was released in 2020. It is one of his more recent works of fiction. The book is Own Voices, and follows a group of men who killed a group of elk in the lead-up to Thanksgiving tenContinueContinue reading
Book Review: The Reappearance Of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson ‘The Reappearance Of Rachel Price’ by Holly Jackson was released in 2024. It is another one of Jackson’s stand-alone novels. This story follows Bel Price, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a woman who mysteriously vanished, abandoning her toddler in the backseat of her car. Sixteen yearsContinueContinue reading
Book Review: The Changing Man by Tomi Oyemakinde ‘The Changing Man’ was released in 2023, it was author, Tomi Oyemakinde’s debut novel and explores the truth behind an urban legend, and the importance of having friends to support you through hard times. The story follows Ife, who has been at her new prestigious boarding schoolContinueContinue reading
Book Review: You Aren’t Supposed To Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron ‘You’re Not Supposed To Die Tonight’ by Kalynn Bayron is a YA thriller that has a strong slasher motif. It was released in 2023, and is Bayron’s sixth novel. The story follows seventeen-year-old Charity, who has been working at an immersive theatre experience calledContinueContinue reading
Book Review: As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson ‘As Good As Dead’ by Holly Jackson is the last book in her ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ trilogy, preceded by ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ and ‘Good Girl, Bad Blood’. I reviewed each book individually and the reviews went live in January andContinueContinue reading
Book Review: Good Girl, Bad Blood by Holly Jackson ‘Good Girl, Bad Blood’ is the second book in Holly Jackson’s ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ trilogy. It was released in YEAR and is concluded by ‘As Good As Dead’. Due to the episodic nature of each of these books, I felt it was bestContinueContinue reading
Book Review: Win, Lose, Kill, Die by Cynthia Murphy ‘Win, Lose, Kill, Die’ by Cynthia Murphy was released in 2022. It was a booktok sensation, after videos the first page circulated online. It certainly piqued my interest. Something that is mentioned toward the end of the novel, a lie, could have posed a much moreContinueContinue reading
Book Review: A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder’ by Holly Jackson was released in 2019. It is the first book in a trilogy of the same name, followed by ‘Good Girl, Bad Blood’ and ‘As Good As Dead’. These books follow the story of Pippa, orContinueContinue reading
Book Review: A Certain Hunger by Chelsea G. Summers ‘A Certain Hunger’ by Chelsea G. Summers was released in 2020. It was her debut novel. The book follows the life of serial killer, Dorothy Daniels, a famous food writer, who happens to be a cannibal. The book was alarming, stomach-churning and gripping. I was captivatedContinueContinue reading
‘How To Kill Your Family’ was a smash-hit debut by Bella Mackie that was released in the summer of 2021. It is a popular thriller and is both a New York Times bestseller, and a Sunday Times bestseller.
‘Five Survive’ is a young adult thriller novel by Holly Jackson, author of the ‘A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder Trilogy’. This novel was released in 2022 and was her fifth release since her debut in 2019.
Book Review: Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby ‘Razorblade Tears’ by S. A. Cosby was released in 2021. It is a complex tale of grief and violence, and revenge. I really enjoyed it. When Buddy-Lee Jenkins found out his estranged son, Derek had been murdered, along with his husband, he wanted revenge. Immediately. Ike RandolphContinueContinue reading
Book Review: White Smoke by Tiffany D. Jackson ‘White Smoke’ by Tiffany D. Jackson was released in 2021, and tells the story of Marigold and her family, who move cross-country to move into a new home as part of a competition, where artists could apply to move to a town in the process of beingContinueContinue reading
‘The Darkest Evening Of The Year’, was written by Dean Koontz and published in 2007. It follows the story of Amy Redwing and her partner Brian McCarthy, who rescue and golden retriever called Nickie from a drunk, violent and abusive owner. The presence of this particular golden retriever seems to send long buried traumas and fears bubbling up to the surface.
‘The Vision’ is an early novella by Dean Koontz that follows a psychic, haunted by traumas, long-repressed from her childhood. Due to the nature of the story, this story could prove deeply triggering, and contains rather explicit depictions of animal abuse, sexual assault, sexual abuse, molestation and manipulation. If you do intend to read this, please tread carefully, and be mindful of your limits.
‘56 Days’ is a crime novel by Catherine Ryan Howard, set in Dublin, Ireland in and around the dates of the original Covid19 lockdown. It is, in essence, a theoretical locked-door murder, with an assumed adherence to the lockdown rules as they came into place at the time.
‘Verity’ by Colleen Hoover was published in 2018 and is a domestic thriller which follows Lowen, a writer on the verge of financial ruin after moving into an apartment out of her budget to offer her mother with dignity whilst also providing end of life care, but then receives a job offer she can’t turn down – as a ghostwriter for esteemed author Verity Crawford!
‘The Silent Patient’ was author, Alex Michaelides’ debut novel, released in 2019. It was a well-received, popular crime-thriller and has since sold over a million copies.
Imogen L. Smiley 