Title: The NeedAuthor: Helen PhillipsGenre: Psychological ThrillerPublisher: Simon & SchusterSource: eARC via NetGalleyLength: 272 pPublishing Date: 9 July 2019 "If she hadn't been passing through the hall at that exact instant, she would have missed it: the lid of the coffee-table-toy-chest lifting up a centimeter and then immediately, gently, sinking back down. -- Helen Phillips, The Need [...]
It was as if a door previously closed to her had been opened -- just a crack -- and for the first time she could imagine a way inside. Joanne Ramos, The Farm Title: The FarmAuthor: Joanne RamosGenre: Literary FictionPublisher: Random HouseSource: eARC via NetGalleyLength: 336 pPublishing Date: 7 May 2019 Jane is a young mother, new [...]
Title: The Better LiarAuthor: Tanen JonesGenre: Psychological ThrillerPublisher: Ballatine BooksSource: eARC via NetGalleyLength: 320 pPublishing Date: 14 January 2020 "My ghost wakes up with her in the morning, chews on her hair like I used to when we were children. It holds her hand at night I'll never leave her."-- Tanen Jones, The Better Liar Leslie shows [...]
Title: The DreamersAuthor: Karen Thompson WalkerGenre: Literary FictionPublisher: Random HouseSource: eARC via NetGalleyLength: 303 pPublishing Date: 15 January 2019 Whatever this is, it comes over them quietly: a sudden drowsiness, a closing of the eyes.Karen Thompson Walker, The Dreamers When a college freshman in Southern California starts to feel sick, she assumes she has the flu. She [...]
Title: A Prayer for TravelersAuthor: Ruchika TomarGenre: Literary FictionPublisher: Riverhead BooksSource: eARC via NetGalleyLength: 351 pPublishing Date: 9 July 2019 Let it be her inside. Not Penny and a half-naked stranger, or worse than the stranger. The sandman lurking in the hallway, primed for his revenge. I'm diverging from my normal types of book reviews that are [...]
When struggling makeup artist Jessica Farris signs up for a psychological study on ethics and morality, she thinks all she'll have to do is answer some multiple choice questions, collect her $500, and leave.
Jane is ready to make a change. She's done away with the pills and plans on using the memorial as her debut back into Orange County society. Jane is in control. Sort of.
