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A CALLER’S GAME by J.D. BARKER

February 15, 2021 by Ariana

A CALLER’S GAME by J.D. Barker
Genre: Suspense Thriller
Publisher: Hampton Creek Press
Pages: 424
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

I just finished reading A CALLERS GAME by J.D. Barker, and let me say, if that man wrote the instructions on how to put an Ikea bookshelf, it would be filled with tension and so fun to read.

1- Ticking time bombs too numerous to count.

2- How the bad deeds we do in our past come back to haunt us in a vengeful way.

3- Making a choice between two major evils.

BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED by Lisa Gardner

February 11, 2021 by Ariana

BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED by Lisa Gardner
Genre: Suspense, Thriller
Publisher: Dutton
Pages: 380
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

Don’t read BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED by Lisa Gardner before bedtime. I’m serious here. Each time I started reading before bedtime, I tell myself, read for only an hour. Two hours pass, and I’m still reading. I have to force myself to close the book and get some sleep. A futile endeavor. As I’m attempting to fall asleep, Lisa’s voice is in my head, asking questions. Why? Who? What happened? I can’t sleep until I get some of the answers, so I haul myself out of bed. Just one more chapter to quell the Lisa voice/questions in my head. Yeah right!

SHE HAS A BROKEN THING WHERE HER HEART SHOULD BE by J.D. Barker

February 6, 2021 by Ariana

SHE HAS A BROKEN THING WHERE HER HEART SHOULD BE by J.D. Barker
Genre: Suspense/Horror/YA
Publisher: Hampton Creek Press
Pages: 720
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

With essences from Stephen King’s IT and Firestarter and Dicken’s Great Expectations, SHE HAS BROKEN THING WHERE HER HEART SHOULD BE by J.D. Barker is one of the most intriguing stories I’ve read this year.

THE BONE MAKER by Sarah Beth Durst

January 9, 2021 by Ariana

THE BONE MAKER by Sarah Beth Durst
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Pages: 496
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

THE BONE MAKER by Sarah Beth Durst is a story about five heroes who defeated the greatest evil their land has seen and how it affected them 25 years later. Let’s say it didn’t end all in glory and happy endings for them. That alone made me want to read this nook.

THE COAST-TO-COAST MURDERS by James Patterson & J.D Barker

September 26, 2020 by Ariana

THE COAST-TO-COAST MURDERS by James Patterson & J.D. Barker

Genre: Thriller, Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Pages: 450

Author’s Website
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

When I heard two of my favorite authors J.D. Barker (who made me a fan with FORSAKEN) and James Patterson (who made me a fan with WHERE THE WIND BLOWS), were co-writing THE COAST-TO-COAST MURDERS, it was an easy decision to pre-order it. My only dilemma was deciding between the Kindle version to read it at 12:01 am on its release day or wait to get the book later in the day. I was reading the book at 12:03 am as soon as my Kindle download it.

NINE ELMS by Robert Bryndza

August 10, 2020 by Ariana

NINE ELMS by Robert Bryndza

Genre: Serial Killer Thriller, Women Sleuths, Psychological Thriller
Series: Kate Marshall (Book #1)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 392
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

What can I say about NINE ELMS by Robert Bryndza? It was a story I could sink my teeth in, no pun intended. This is my first time reading anything by this author, and I’m so glad I took a chance and downloaded the kindle version. In a watered-down genre of female detectives, Kate Marshall truly stands out. I was expecting to follow the same detective procedural, solve the crime thing, but Robert turned the genre on its ear.

PEOPLE OF THE CANYONS by Kathleen O’Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear

August 10, 2020 by Ariana

PEOPLE OF THE CANYONS by Kathleen O’Neal Gear & W. Michael Gear

Genre: Native American History Fiction
Series: #26 North America’s Forgotten Past
Publisher: Forge Books
Pages: 320
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

I absolutely love the Gear’s series of North America’s Forgotten Past and was excited to see another book out. PEOPLE OF THE CANYONS (#26 in the series) showed that the Gears still know who to entertain a reader with a great story, rich historical details, and interesting characters.

THE CHAIN by Adrian McKinty

July 26, 2020 by Ariana

THE CHAIN by Adrian McKinty

Genre: Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Suspense

Publisher: Mulholland Books

Pages: 368

Author’s Website

Rating: 5 of 5 Stars.

In THE CHAIN by Adrian McKinty, this passage was my favorite passage and pretty much sums up the book’s heart:

Your fall has been vertiginous. You’re in the cage plummeting to hell. And it’s going to get worse. First comes the cancer, then the divorce, then your daughter gets kidnapped, then you become the monster.

THE ANCESTOR by Danielle Trussoni

July 21, 2020 by Ariana

THE ANCESTOR by Danielle Trussoni

Genre: Gothic, Mystery, Mythology
Publisher: Willam & Morrow
Pages: 368
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

“Whatever that family gives you is nothing compared to what you will lose.”

That line in THE ANCESTOR by Danielle Trussoni grabbed my attention and made me what to read what would happen to the protagonist Alberta Monte. It’s a brilliant mixture of gothic, mystery, and suspense with a dark family history at its core. Trusson pulled me in with her first-person point of view, which is not my favorite, and with eerie twists, unexpected revelations, and an ancient history family lineage with a darker past, I was enthralled the whole time.

YOU LET ME IN

June 14, 2020 by Ariana

YOU L ET ME IN by Camilla Bruce

Genre: Thriller, Supernatural, Gothic
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages: 252
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

I was pleasantly surprised by Camilla Bruce’s YOU LET ME IN. I went thinking I was going to be reading a mystery and suspense novel but got so much more. I’m not a big fan of first-person point of view but somehow was seduced by Cassandra Tipp’s voice and her unreliable narration.