Critical reviews of books by a lifelong reader--with an emphasis on mysteries and thrillers--plus the occasional film, TV series, or other genre... all, spoiler-free.
If Cupid Wore Fur...
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A little something (erm... make that a BIG something) sweet for you... guaranteed to be calorie- and cavity-free...
A fan of Cupid? Perhaps... :) Hope it's a lovely day, no matter how you spend it...
The job market is TOUGH. So what’s a recent college grad to do, armed with a shiny degree in whatever, saddled with a mountain of debt... and finding few—if any—job prospects? Go to work for a secretive multinational corporation dealing in “problem-solving”... essentially, a “fixer” for issues no one dares talk about, outside of hushed boardrooms? You bet. And then one day, make a deal with what may be an actual agent of Hell... all for the sake of a promotion? I mean, sure, that's a plan. Of course, such deals never come without a few strings... as one young man quickly discovers in Mark Waddell’s darkly-satirical take on climbing the corporate ladder, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World . After several years of feeling like the lowest man on the totem pole in Dark Enterprises’ Human Resources department, earnest, cardigan-clad Colin receives the dreaded notice: he has one week to fix his latest screw-up, or f...
By now—a quarter of the way through the 21 st century—we probably couldn’t survive without the internet. We use it for shopping. Keeping up with friends and family. Work. Job hunting. Looking for love. And finding answers to every “How do I fix this?” or “What do I do now?” question that pops into our heads. But it isn’t just a shopping mall/phone-and-snail-mail alternative/meeting place/encyclopedia. Because while it does draw us together, it also allows for anonymity... a murky, shadowy space where con artists, conspiracy theorists, and bullies converge. And sometimes, where maniacs come out to play. Thriller author Sara Driscoll’s latest, Shadow Play , looks at the downside of online. When physical therapist Krista agrees to be part of a weekly, live-streaming show offering relationship and life advice with her best friend, Hailey, it sounds like a fun hobby. After all,...
A whirlwind courtship—followed by a lavish wedding in Beverly Hills, with a handsome, successful groom and his younger, beautiful blonde bride. It sounds like a fairy tale. But—as with many things that appear picture-perfect on first glance—something much darker lies just beneath the surface of this glamorous marriage... and is about to shatter the beautiful illusion, in Natalie Barelli’s twisted tale of marital bliss, The Housewife . ____________________________________________________________________ Many women want a fabulous career... followed later by marriage and perhaps a family. Not Jodie. With chef-level culinary skills and housekeeping wizardry, she’s always longed to become a housewife... the mistress of her own carefully-curated home, adored by her doting husband and the envy of their friends. And, following a chance meet-cute with hunky Dr. Roy Davies—a psychologist, best-selling author, and esteemed resident of his tony Beverly Hills neighborhood—it seems she’s set t...
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