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My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

by Bubbly Bibbly | Nov 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: When Korede’s dinner is interrupted one night by a distress call from her sister, Ayoola, she knows what’s expected of her: bleach, rubber gloves, nerves of steel and a strong stomach. This’ll be the third boyfriend Ayoola’s dispatched...

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Could ten days at a health resort really change you forever? These nine perfect strangers are about to find out… Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons...

Noir by Christopher Moore

by Bubbly Bibbly | Jul 27, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy

Summary: San Francisco. Summer, 1947. A dame walks into a saloon . . .It’s not every afternoon that an enigmatic, comely blonde named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy “Two Toes” Tiffin tends bar. It’s love at first...

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 2, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: Charlie Manx burned a man to death in his black 1938 Rolls Royce Wraith, but that’s not the worst of it. Rumor has it that he kidnapped dozens of children, taking them to a place he calls “Christmasland.” The only child ever to escape was a very lucky girl...

Not a Happy Family by Shari Lapena

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 24, 2021 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: In this family, everyone is keeping secrets–especially the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there. And they don’t come much richer than Fred and Sheila Merton. But even all...

Odd Hours by Dean Koontz

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 8, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller, Fantasy

Summary: Strange times need strange heroes. Odd Thomas lives always between two worlds. He can see the lingering dead and knows that even in chaos, there is order, purpose, and strange meaning that invites our understanding but often thwarts it. Intuition has brought...