THE SUNDAY REVIEW | EIGHT PERFECT MURDERS – PETER SWANSON

I was intrigued by the premise of this book, partly because I’m a book blogger, and partly just because it involves books and a bookstore. It’s about a a bookseller, Malcolm (Mal) Kershaw, and a blog post he wrote years ago in which he listed the top eight books featuring a perfect murder. It was READ MORE

THE SUNDAY REVIEW | THE PARIS APARTMENT – LUCY FOLEY

Not your typical mystery book – this one has lots of layers, several overlapping plots, and plenty of intrigue and misdirection. It’s the story of a young man, Ben, who is staying in a rather fancy apartment building in Paris. When we meet him, we know next to nothing about his life or why he’s READ MORE

RELEASE DAY REVIEW | THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN – PAULA HAWKINS

Three women, three men, connected through marriage or infidelity. Each is to blame for something. But only one is a killer in this nail-biting, stealthy psychological thriller about human frailty and obsession. Just what goes on in the houses you pass by every day? Rachel takes the same commuter train every morning and evening, rattling READ MORE

THE SUNDAY REVIEW | GONE GIRL – GILLIAN FLYNN

  On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but READ MORE