Single mom Harry Adams has always loved horror movies, so when she's offered a job cleaning for revered horror director Javier Castillo, she leaps at the chance. His forbidding Chicago mansion, Bright Horses, is filled from top to bottom with terrifying props and costumes, as well as glittering awards from his decades-long career making films … Continue reading #BookReview: The House that Horror Built by Christina Henry @TitanBooks #TheHouseThatHorrorBuilt #BookTwitter #booktwt #BookX #BookSky #damppebbles
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#BookReview: A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing @MichaelJBooks #ATwistedLoveStory #BookTwitter #20BooksofSummer23 #booktwt #BookX #damppebbles
"NOTHING IS DEADLIER THAN TRUE LOVE... Wes and Ivy are madly in love. It's the kind of romance people write stories about. But what kind of story? Because when it's good, it's very very good. But when it's bad, it's bad. But their breakneck cycle of catastrophic vengeful break-ups and head-over-heels reconnections needs to end fast. Because … Continue reading #BookReview: A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing @MichaelJBooks #ATwistedLoveStory #BookTwitter #20BooksofSummer23 #booktwt #BookX #damppebbles
#BookReview: Mother Howl by Craig Clevenger @DaturaBooks #MotherHowl #BookTwitter #damppebbles
"A compelling literary crime that follows the son of a serial murderer who changes his identity in a bid to escape his past. The arrest of his father for a series of unspeakable crimes shattered Lyle Edison’s suburban teenage life. There was no way to pick up the pieces, so he ran. Now at last, … Continue reading #BookReview: Mother Howl by Craig Clevenger @DaturaBooks #MotherHowl #BookTwitter #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Wilderness Retreat by Jennifer Moore @HQstories #TheWildernessRetreat #damppebbles
"As Bella drops her son off at university, she’s devastated. It’s been the two of them ever since Asher was born. The only thing helping her through is an upcoming week-long wilderness retreat in Sweden, a surprise gift from her sister and Asher. The lodge is modern and luxurious – but the surrounding forest is … Continue reading #BookReview: The Wilderness Retreat by Jennifer Moore @HQstories #TheWildernessRetreat #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis #TheShards #damppebbles
"LA, 1981. Buckley College in heat. 17-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends, even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret’s obsession with … Continue reading #BookReview: The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis #TheShards #damppebbles
#BookReview: Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough @HarperCollinsUK #Insomnia #damppebbles
"In the dead of night, madness lies… Emma can’t sleep. CHECK THE WINDOWS It’s been like this since her big 4-0 started getting closer. LOCK THE DOORS Her mother stopped sleeping just before her 40th birthday too. She went mad and did the unthinkable because of it. LOOK IN ON THE CHILDREN Is that what’s … Continue reading #BookReview: Insomnia by Sarah Pinborough @HarperCollinsUK #Insomnia #damppebbles
#BookReview: The Thirty-One Doors by Kate Hulme @CoronetBooks #TheThirtyOneDoors #damppebbles
"If these walls could talk . . . Scarpside House is famed for its beauty, its isolation, and its legendary parties. Tonight, it hosts the Penny Club soiree. An annual gathering of lucky men and women from all walks of life, coming together to celebrate their survival against the odds. But this year their luck … Continue reading #BookReview: The Thirty-One Doors by Kate Hulme @CoronetBooks #TheThirtyOneDoors #damppebbles
#BookReview: True Crime Story by Joseph Knox #TrueCrimeStory #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"'What happens to those girls who go missing? What happens to the Zoe Nolans of the world?' In the early hours of Saturday 17 December 2011, Zoe Nolan, a nineteen-year-old Manchester University student, walked out of a party taking place in the shared accommodation where she had been living for three months. She was never … Continue reading #BookReview: True Crime Story by Joseph Knox #TrueCrimeStory #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
#BookReview: Until the Debt Is Paid by Alexander Hartung (translated by Steve Anderson) #UntilTheDebtIsPaid #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"Berlin detective Jan Tommen expected to wake up with a hangover—not a murder charge. But a well-known judge has been brutally killed and hard evidence places Jan at the crime scene. When disturbing gaps in Jan’s memory make finding an alibi impossible, the case against him looks open and shut. Faced with life on the … Continue reading #BookReview: Until the Debt Is Paid by Alexander Hartung (translated by Steve Anderson) #UntilTheDebtIsPaid #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
#BookReview: The Sound of Her Voice by Nathan Blackwell @orionbooks #TheSoundofHerVoice #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
"Detective Buchanan remembers every victim. But this one he can't forget. The body of a woman has been found on a pristine New Zealand beach - over a decade after she was murdered. Detective Matt Buchanan of the Auckland Police is certain it carries all the hallmarks of an unsolved crime he investigated 12 years ago: … Continue reading #BookReview: The Sound of Her Voice by Nathan Blackwell @orionbooks #TheSoundofHerVoice #damppebbles #20booksofsummer22
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