The mind is the most important and, at the same time, the most dangerous organ in the body. The two novellas, Every Last Thought, and Psycho Girl, in Every Last Psycho by Zarina Macha prove just that. In Every Last Thought, sixteen-year-old Tess struggles with...

In Jennifer Chase's Her Last Whisper, Katie has just started her role as a cold-case detective. After two deployments in Afghanistan, she was ready for something else, even if her undiagnosed PTSD was unwilling to release its grasp on her. Her first case was only...

A Simple Lie by Mary Bush is a fantastic thriller that kept me guessing and turning the pages until the very end. The main character, Valentina Knight, gets a job as a death scene investigator after she can no longer practice dentistry due to an...

Craig Wells is a writer of bold ideas, and his narrative can be ribald when the situation calls for it. In A Stranger to Strange Fruit: An Artist’s Portrait of Murder and Mayhem, he doesn’t shy away from vivid illustrations of the dark side of...

Is it possible to really like a serial killer? If that killer is Britney Cage, the star of 13 Reasons for Murder: Meathead by Amanda Byrd, the answer is an unqualified “yes”...at least for me. Britney is the oddest and, in some ways, the funniest...

The Blackbird’s Song is a work of fiction in the thriller genre and was penned by author Katie M Marshall. Written for mature readers due to some scenes of violence and the use of explicit language, this is a dark tale containing themes of abuse,...

Lying with the Devil by Lana Lindemann is a psychological thriller. Mary is nothing special. A student who doesn’t know what she wants out of life until everything changes. Kidnapped by a serial killer, Mary expects to die but, instead, she is kept chained in...

What It Seems by Emily Bleeker is a psychological thriller. Tara is 20 years old. At just 8, she was adopted by a foster mother intent on controlling her life. Tara didn’t see much of the world – punished for just about anything, she spent...

Amanda Byrd's 13 Reasons for Murder: Politeness Kills is a psychological thriller. Britney Cage is a successful businesswoman, owner of the Passing Through temp agency. She places thousands of people in temporary jobs, making friends along the way. She parties with the rich and famous...

What Little Girls Are Made Of by C.A. Whittingham is a crime thriller that centers around and bravely confronts the last literary taboo, pedophilia. The narrative dances neatly throughout the point of view of the antagonist and perpetrator, Stefan Mademan, who is being early paroled...