Filled with suspense and social commentary, Jackal filled me with dread and outrage throughout the book. This debut novel by Erin E. Adams takes place in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, the author’s hometown, which is largely white and racially segregated. Jackal follows 32 year old Liz Rocher as she travels back to the town for her best…
Eight hours. Six friends. Five survive. That’s the tagline for Holly Jackson’s Five Survive, a teen thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat the whole read. What starts off as a road trip from Philadelphia to a warm spring break destination turns into a tense hostage situation, with a sniper keeping six…
All Kinds of Lives (May 2023) by Shilpa Jacobie and Max McConnell
Suspense novels and psychological fiction are not my go-to genres, but sometimes I am not in the mood for a lovely, uplifting book and I want a book that I cannot put down. Amanda Pellegrino’s The Social Climber was the perfect choice, and I was so totally engrossed in the story that I let a…