Publication Info: Published May 21st 2019 by Thomas & Mercer. I read the Kindle edition through Amazon’s Prime Reading Summary: Adam Warner is out on the lake with his three year old daughter, Aubrey, when they witness a shocking scene on shore. Adam’s wife, Sophie, is suddenly attacked and hauled off by a strange man. Panicked, Adam rows to shore as quickly as he can but by the time he gets there, the man is gone–and so is his wife. The only witness to the crime is a nearsighted old man. Sophie is soon found dead on the beach. Besides …
Category: Psychological Suspense
Twenty-Nine Seconds by T.M. Logan
Publication Info: Expected publication date Sept 10, 2019 by St. Martin’s Press. Pre-pub Kindle edition courtesy of NetGalley. Previously published in the U.K.: other editions available. Summary: Dr. Sarah Haywood works hard at her job at the University. She really needs a promotion to a permanent position, as she is currently single mother. Her husband ran off with another woman to “find himself”, leaving her with two young children. Sarah works hard, keeps on top of her busy teaching schedule and even comes up with an idea for additional funding. But all of this is threatened by one man, Professor …
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Publication Info: Published 2006 by Broadway Books. Audio edition courtesy of my local library. Summary: Camille Preaker’s Chicago newspaper boss assigns her to return to her small hometown in Missouri to cover the murder of two young girls. Camille’s return home is anything but warm and welcoming. She has an extremely dysfunctional relationship with her mother. Her stepsister, Amma, a thirteen year old girl, shows signs of possible abuse and her stepfather is clueless. The murdered girls were both found with their teeth removed. A local young man is suspected but there is little to no evidence — the small …
The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
Publication Info: Expected publication: September 5th 2019, Simon & Schuster . Pre-pub Kindle ebook edition courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher. Summary : The narrator opens the novel by attempting to write several letters to a barrister, in hopes that he will listen to her rather bizarre story and represent her. She is currently in jail awaiting trial for the murder of a child. The young woman, who calls herself Rowan, is desperate. Like most convicts, Rowan claims she is innocent and feels she could be proved so if only the esteemed Mr. Wrexham could represent her. When Rowan finally …
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Publication Info: Expected publication date: July 2nd 2019 by Dutton. Pre-pub kindle edition courtesy of NetGalley. Summary: In the initial foreshadowing chapter, Jules Larsen wakes up in a white room surrounded by doctors and nurses. She is told she was injured when a car hit her. As her memory returns, she is terrified and begs then not to send her back. The reader is then taken back six days, to the start of Jules’ story. Jules Larsen, a young woman in her mid-twenties, just lost her job and her boyfriend on the same day. She pulls herself together and responds …
The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty
Publication Info: Published March 13th 2018 by Minotaur Books. Hardcover edition courtesy of my local library. Other editions available for purchase from online and local retailers. This is the first book in the Harper McClain series. Summary: Harper McClain is a newspaper crime reporter in Savannah, Georgia. Like newspapers all over the country, the one she works for is struggling. Each day Harper’s job is on the line as she struggles to get the scoop for page one, headline grabbing stories. One evening, while grabbing a quick bite at a local diner, she gets a call from her photographer partner, …
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
Publication Info: Published February 5th 2019 by Celadon Books. I read the Kindle edition through my local library. Other editions available. Summary: Did Alicia Berenson murder her husband? She’s not saying. In fact, she is completely silent on this and any other topic. From the time her husband was discovered tied to a chair with several bullets in his body, Alicia hasn’t said a word. The courts and public opinion assumed she was guilty. But with Alicia’s odd behavior, the only humane thing to do was sentence her to a mental health facility. Theo Faber is a psychotherapist who is …
