The Suspect-Fiona Barton

Two teenage girls go on a trip of a lifetime to Thailand after graduation. Their parents are nervous but feel their daughters are responsible and trustworthy. When the parents don’t hear from the girls after they promised to check in, they start to become panicked. Has something happened to their lovely, innocent children, or did they really know them at all?

The Suspect is 402 pages long and took me four days to read.

I really enjoyed this book with its fascinating perspective changes and compelling characters. I’m giving this a 4 out of 5. This is a really great thriller/mystery even up until the last page.

Thank you, Berkley Publishing, for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

As Long As We Both Shall Live-Joann Chaney

It’s hard not to get wrapped up in a good thriller and As Long As We Both Shall Live is no exception.

When Matt’s wife, Marie, falls off a cliff while hiking in Colorado, the police initially aren’t suspicious. Accidents like this happen in Estes Park. That is until they find out that Matt’s first wife died under suspicious circumstances as well. Is Matt truly an unlucky spouse or a brutal killer?

As Long As We Both Shall Live is 324 pages long and took me one day to read.

Domestic thrillers have become my jam and I really enjoyed the twists this book provided. I’m giving it a 3.5 out of 5. There were several times where my jaw literally dropped and I really enjoyed the ending!

Thank you Flatiron Books for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Half of What You Hear-Kristyn Kusek Lewis

Looking for a juicy, summer time-feeling read to hold you over during winter? Well, look no further!

Bess has moved to her husband’s small, old money, the hometown of Greyhill, Virginia. Where the summers are hot but the gossip is even hotter. Bess would love to fit in comfortably but immediately feels like an outsider. When the opportunity to interview the town’s eccentric billionaire, who is also treated as an outsider, for her friend at Huffington Post, she feels like she shouldn’t pass up a chance to get something right after her failed previous job as a White House event coordinator. But digging into the town’s past and Susannah Lane will have more consequences than Bess expected and could end up ruining the life she has worked so hard for.

Half Of What You Hear is 350 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

I really enjoyed reading this book and give it a 3 out of 5. The ending is perfect and had me questioning everything I had previously read.

Thank you, Harper, for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Girl Waits With Gun- Amy Stewart

Talk about independent women who don’t need a man!

Constance Kopp and her two sisters live outside of town in the early 1900s. While driving one day with their horse and buggy, they are hit by an erratic automobile. Luckily they are all relatively unharmed, their buggy, however, is destroyed. Constance is not one for nonsense and demands the driver pay for the damages done to their buggy. But as it turns out, the man who hit them is a dangerous man who does not take kindly to being ordered and embarrassed by a woman. He starts harassing the sisters and becomes violent quickly. Thankfully, the Kopp sisters don’t back down from a fight and will see justice done for themselves.

Girl Waits With Gun is 404 pages long and took me seven days to read.

I’m completely in love with this book and am giving it a 4 out of 5! The Kopp sisters are so badass and I absolutely cannot wait to read the rest of the series!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Sawkill Girls- Claire Legrand

I’ve seen this book all of Instagram and knew I had to get my mitts on it.

Sawkill Girls takes place on the small Sawkill Island where girls have been going steadily missing over the past few decades. Marion, the new girl, comes to town and she immediately feels a shift in her. Marion knows that something is different now that her father has passed away and she feels more alone than ever. But then she meets Zoey and Val and suddenly her life gets very complicated. She knows that there is something bad on the island that is taking these girls and she will do whatever she can to stop it.

Sawkill Girls is 447 pages long and took me 4 days to read.

I’m giving this book a 3.5 out of 5! This book is so creepy but I loved every minute of it! If you’re a fan of disturbing stories with a feminist twist, I definitely recommend this book!

Thank you Katherine Tegen Publishing for sending me this book!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Three Strikes-Kate Kessler

Audrey Harte is one badass child psychologist. She has helped solve criminal cases and helped children get the counseling they desperately needed. When Mackenzie shows up on Audrey’s doorstep with the surprising information that Audrey’s deceased best friend, Maggie, was her mother who gave her up for adoption, Audrey is shocked. Mackenzie asks Audrey to help her find her biological father. The only problem is someone in their small town doesn’t want to be found. Audrey is slung back into danger again but decides to help Mackenzie and in her own way, solve part of the mystery of Maggie.

Three Strikes is 375 pages long and took me 4 days to read.

I love these Audrey Harte books so much and Three Strikes is no exception. I’m giving it a 4 out of 5. Audrey is such a complex and compelling character. Kate Kessler writes in a way that makes you invested in the wellbeing of her characters. Highly recommend these books!

Thank you Redhook Books for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Devil’s Claw-Lara Dearman

I fell in love with this cover at first sight! I’m so mad at myself that it took me so long to finally read this book!

Jenny Dorey is home in Guernsey Island after years of living in London. She is now working at a small-time newspaper as a writer. When she stumbles upon a young woman who appears to have killed herself, Jenny can’t get over the feeling that there is something else taking place and that her luck with run-ins and dangerous people have followed her back from London.

The Devil’s Claw is 329 pages long and took me 5 days to read.

I loved this book so much! I was genuinely surprised by the ending and thrilled along the way. I’m giving this book a 4 out of 5! I’d highly recommend for lovers of a great mystery and thriller!

Thank you so much, Crooked Lane, for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey