Category Archives: Suspense

“The Dark Tide” by Simon McCleave – Book Review

Posted on May 4, 2022 by Fictionophile

Setting – Isle of Anglesey, in Wales, is 260 square miles of stunning scenery with mountains, lakes, and beaches. It is an island steeped in Arthurian legend, and folklore, with a dark history of Roman and Viking invasion. Laura Hart … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday – May 3, 2022 #NewBook #TeaserTuesday #IrisInTheDark @ElissaDickey @LUAuthors

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Fictionophile

My Tuesday post where I’ll ‘tease‘ you with the cover, blurb, and first paragraph of one of the advanced reader’s copies from my own TBR. This book is a title I downloaded from NetGalley. Today, Tuesday May 3, 2022 I … Continue reading →

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“A Dead Man’s Eyes” by Lori Duffy Foster – Book Review

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Fictionophile

Lisa Jamison – an investigative journalist in her hometown of Seneca Springs, New York. She is only in her early thirties, but has a sixteen year old daughter, whom she adores. She was a teenage runaway who became pregnant at … Continue reading →

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“Lacie’s Secrets” by Teresa Sorkin and Tullan Holmqvist – Book Review

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Fictionophile

Villa Magna – a beautiful gothic, stone mansion atop a cliff in Maine overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. With a swimming pool, tennis courts, and myriad rooms with secret passages, this house would be my ideal…. only this house has a … Continue reading →

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“The Secrets We Share” by Edwin Hill – Book Review

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Fictionophile

Natalie Cavanaugh – a police detective with the Boston, Massachusetts police force. She is single, forty-two years old, and drinks to excess when off duty. Natalie is very damaged by the events surrounding her father’s murder when she was only … Continue reading →

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“The Rising Tide” by Sam Lloyd – Book Review

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Fictionophile

Lucy Locke – A thirty-seven year old woman who is happily married and the mother to two children. She lives with her family in a large, rambling house atop a cliff on the Devon coast. Lucy had a traumatic childhood … Continue reading →

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“Beneath The Stairs” by Jennifer Fawcett – Book Review

Posted on February 20, 2022 by Fictionophile

Set in a mill town in Upstate New York, the novel captures the desolate feel of a mill town without a mill – because the mill poisoned the town, in more ways than one. The town, which was nestled under … Continue reading →

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“The Lighthouse” by Fran Dorricott – Book Review

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Fictionophile

Six friends gather together at an isolated Scottish lighthouse for a weekend of fun and frolic – and to re-connect. It is a ten years since they were at university together. Kira – works for a magazine. The extended weekend … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday – February 8, 2022 #NewBook #TeaserTuesday #Unmissing #MinkaKent @AmazonPub

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Fictionophile

My Tuesday post where I’ll ‘tease‘ you with the cover, blurb, and first paragraph of one of the advanced reader’s copies from my own TBR. This book is a title I downloaded from NetGalley. Today, Tuesday February 8, 2022 I … Continue reading →

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“The Long Weekend” by Gilly Macmillan – Book Review

Posted on February 3, 2022 by Fictionophile

Five close friends, in their late thirties, who met in boarding school. Toby – an art-history professor who is married to Ruth a doctor. They have an infant and their marriage is under strain. To make matters worse, Ruth is … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday – January 25, 2022 #NewBook #TeaserTuesday #TheLighthouse @franwritesstuff @AvonBooksUK

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Fictionophile

My Tuesday post where I’ll ‘tease‘ you with the cover, blurb, and first paragraph of one of the advanced reader’s copies from my own TBR. This book is a title I downloaded from NetGalley. Today, Tuesday February 1, 2022 I … Continue reading →

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“The Quality of Silence” by Rosamund Lupton – Book Review

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Fictionophile

Yasmin is in Alaska to find Matthew, her husband, who is a wildlife photographer. Ruby, her ten-year old daughter accompanies her due to the fact that Ruby is completely deaf and Yasmin didn’t have anyone to care for her back … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesday – November 2, 2021 #NewBook #TeaserTuesday @HarperCollins @LisaStoneBooks #TheCottage @edelweiss_squad

Posted on November 2, 2021 by Fictionophile

My Tuesday post where I’ll ‘tease‘ you with the cover, blurb, and first paragraph of one of the advanced reader’s copies from my own TBR. This book is a title I downloaded from Edelweiss. Today, Tuesday November 2, 2021 I … Continue reading →

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“The Last House on Needless Street” by Catriona Ward – Book Review

Posted on October 31, 2021 by Fictionophile

“How many times can someone bend before they break forever?” Ted – a man who is large and stature, has no friends, and lives in the house where he grew up. Ted clearly has some form of mental illness and … Continue reading →

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“Madam” by Phoebe Wynne – Book Review

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Fictionophile

“…she’d taken the woman’s job, her role, her flat. Her curse.” Rose Christie – is a talented Classics teacher in her mid twenties. She has a terminally ill mother and she has the responsibility of paying the fees for her … Continue reading →

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