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This is twisty and odd, quirky and fun, and has lots of heart.

Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as (real-life) serial

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love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or as twisty

Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E.

The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were

click here . 05 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time  plays with time, and I love books that play

writes wonderful, character-driven suspense that keeps me hooked as she guides the reader through a twisty

Devious series delivers more smart, creative sleuthing from Stevie Bell and the gang, great dialogue, twisty

writes wonderful, character-driven suspense that keeps me hooked as she guides the reader through a twisty Harrow Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E.

The mystery within What Happened to the Bennetts is twisty without being manipulative, and the denouement

Yet Yarros's thrilling, twisty ending hooked me to find out what would happen in book two.

Willingham's debut thriller offers an unreliable narrator haunted by her father's decades-old serial killing--and her horrifying suspicion that recent disappearances are somehow connected to her past. The summer Chloe Davis was twelve, six girls went missing in her rural Louisiana community. By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, was convicted as a serial killer, and was put in jail for the rest of his life. Twenty years later, Chloe struggles, but she has more good days than bad. She's a Baton Rouge psychologist who's preparing for her wedding, and she can mostly keep the terrors and trauma of the past at bay. She doesn't really let anyone in emotionally, including her fiancé, but she's doing her best. When a local young woman goes missing, Chloe fights her rising panic. As another girl disappears, this time one she's tenuously connected to, and when she realizes that aspects of the disappearances echo those of her childhood, the psychologist wonders if she's imagining connections to the crimes of decades earlier. Is there another killer who preys on young women, one paying homage to the twentieth anniversary of her father's heinous crimes? And what is Chloe going to do about it? When a reporter arrives in town, digging into Chloe's past and the recent disappearances, he sparks disturbing old memories and exacerbates the lurking fears and trauma that erupt for Chloe without warning. She spirals into an unreliable-narrator routine of pills and wine, not quite sure what she's seen or what to make of it, staggering through her days, unsure whether it's day or night and less sure than ever of who she can trust. Willingham made me suspect everyone, and while I'm sometimes frustrated by an unreliable-narrator setup, Chloe's swirling mind suited the story and allowed for uncertainty before the denouement. I didn't completely buy into Chloe as a psychologist (although the career suited the plot), and I found some minor plot points tough to believe (going through with the alarm installation in such a fraught situation--!), but I liked how Willingham allowed for resolutions without glossing over the irrevocable effects of the deep doubts and trauma on the relationships in the story. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? A Flicker in the Dark is Stacy Willingham's first book. The story has been optioned by actress Emma Stone to be produced as a limited television series.

Stories. 02 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late

think "science fiction," but Quantum Girl Theory is rooted in historical fiction and offers a solid, twisty

The very end of the story brought to light a sudden burst of twisty complications and cemented the course

Riddle's twisty time-travel mind-bender that's also about responsibility and causality; and I'm listening

Claire North has crafted a fascinating, twisty, thoughtful time-travel story.

for each other, but the clarity about their incompatibility is longer in coming to Andy, who remains wistful

Jackson offers layer upon layer of intrigue and twisty turns in this mystery.

The master plan executed at the end of the book has a few twisty moments I liked, and while the story

twisty mystery The Missing Piece continues his popular Dismas Hardy series.

Words by Gillian McAllister The author of the fantastic Wrong Place, Wrong Time  is back with a smart, twisty Famous Last Words  is another smart, twisty mystery from Gillian McAllister.

The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were

This is a fast, compelling read, and I tore through it at top speed to find out the Big Reveals. I predicted some of the story, but other aspects were wonderfully shocking. This book made me verrry nervous. Reading about lying and stealing makes me very stressed out, so I was biting my nails while reading Korelitz's story. Jacob Finch Bonner (he added the "Finch" himself once his aspirations to become a writer became all-encompassing) wrote a well-received first book as a young man, but now he's nearing middle age and his career has fizzled. He teaches writing at a third-tier university and isn't even working on anything new--not that any agents or publishers are particularly interested. An obnoxiously confident student who's cagey about what he feels is a slam-dunk bestseller book idea reluctantly confides in Bonner about his plot concept. When the student abruptly dies soon afterward without publishing his book, Bonner banks on the probability that the young man hadn't entrusted details about his book to anyone else. He decides to take a risk: he'll use his student's concept and aim to create a bestseller of his own. He's writing the whole thing himself. So he's not stealing, right? It's completely fine. Everything is going to be fine. You can't copyright a plot anyway, right? RIGHT? Do you think this terrible decision-making comes back to haunt Jacob Finch Bonner? Yes, bookworms. YES, IT DOES. And my heart raced while I read to find out if this fraught situation would blow up in fantastic form. I didn't predict the plot within the plot before it was alluded to (about 60 percent of the way through the book), and I found it deliciously chilling. I did, however, anticipate other key elements of the story from pretty early on. I also wasn't sure that certain driving forces of Korelitz's story made sense (why would anyone in this scenario harass Bonner rather than leaving the situation alone, unless it was clearly revenge?). But this is a fast, compelling read, and there was no chance I wasn't going to tear through it at top speed to find out the Big Reveals. Korelitz prods at the question of the ownership of ideas while taking readers down the uncomfortable path of a protagonist who steals, feels terrible guilt, rationalizes his actions, and emerges with defensive self-righteousness. Ironically, Bonner's theft opens the door to romantic love and building trust with others in his life, and to a more open and heartfelt relationship with his parents, along with his incredible professional success. I received a prepublication copy of this book, published May 11, 2021, courtesy of NetGalley and Celadon Books. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? My mom told me about a movie with a plot centering around a stolen book idea, The Words (starring Bradley Cooper and Dennis Quaid, so I believe I need to watch this immediately). I wonder how that story might compare to this one? Korelitz is also the author of The Undoing, Admission (I read and really liked that one), and other books.

The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading a memoir about coping with chronic illness; a twisty mystery in

Dunlap's debut novel is dark, twisty, gothic, and it's set in 19th-century Scotland as fictionalized

and kept me hooked--through despair, love, duty, and resignation--with quiet power until the slightly twisty

love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or as twisty

But the truth of what has occurred is horrible, terrifying, twisty--and fascinating.

love a mix of historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or as twisty

Impossible Things. 07 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play

However, I am ALL IN on the series: El, Orion, the burgeoning alliances, and the twisty turns Novik has

Jackson offers layer upon layer of intrigue and twisty turns in this mystery, and Pip is as perfectly

There's a great layer of twisty-turny love/denied feelings/ confusion/misunderstanding (Lila and Kell

The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were

The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were

a tantalizing chance to look back on pivotal moments from their life, and some do so with regret or wistfulness

Harper's mysteries read like twisty character-driven Westerns set in Australia, and things aren’t always

Claire North has crafted a fascinating, twisty, thoughtful time-travel story.

Claire North has crafted a fascinating, twisty, thoughtful time-travel story.

for each other, but the clarity about their incompatibility is longer in coming to Andy, who remains wistful

eleven-year-old Sarah Grimke as a gift for her birthday, and the two girls' lives become unevenly, twistingly

French's character- and relationship-driven mysteries keep me waiting anxiously for the twists and turns