Genre: Thriller

Review: One Was Lost – Natalie D. Richards

Review: One Was Lost – Natalie D. Richards

Books like One Was Lost is one of the reasons why I’m terrified of camping in the woods! (That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it…) One Was Lost follows a group of teens as they are on a school trip in the forest, where they have to survive with the means they have with them. We get to know Sera better than her school mates, as the story is told from her perspective. And one of the themes in this story really has to do with perception and perspective! What do we think of other people, and what do we base our “judgement” of them on? One day, at the beginning of their trip, the weather is getting much […]

Posted 18 October, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 11 Comments
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Review : The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware

Review : The Woman in Cabin 10 – Ruth Ware

The Woman in Cabin 10 is a tightly written psychological thriller where part of the action happens on a small cruise boat… and it’s a chilling and sharp tale. Lo is one of those very flawed characters whom it’s impossible not to love. The Woman in Cabin 10 is a complex tale, where, after waking up to a burglar in her home, Lo gets the possibility to go on a luxury cruise for her work. Writing about how the rich and famous do vacation in the ice-cold waters off the coast of Norway. There’s a bit of a mystery surrounding Lo, she seems to be holding back -both in the narration and with her boyfriend whom she’s been with for […]

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Review: Just Fall – Nina Sadowsky

Review: Just Fall – Nina Sadowsky

Just Fall is a dark, mysterious psychological thriller where the characters go to extreme lengths to hide what horrors they are capable of. Just Fall is a well done psychological thriller where the layers of the story, and the layers of the characters are slowly unpeeled, until only the dark, ugly horror is left for the world to see. Told in several different points of views, and from both the past and the present, the story unfolds in a way that makes it hard to put the book down. At the beginning, it read as something between a love story and a horror story, where one of the main characters, Ellie, is observed by an external narrator who is speculating […]

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Review: He Will Be My Ruin – K.A. Tucker

Review: He Will Be My Ruin – K.A. Tucker

It took me a while to get words to explain the brilliance that is He Will Be My Ruin! This suspense / mystery / psychological thriller is well done, with a complex plot, and fleshed out characters. I’ve been a Tucker fan for a long time, and I have to say, her branching out to mystery and thriller like He Will Be My Ruin was a great move! She managed to keep the suspense going, and I was seriously out of breath several times, especially when Maggie was starting to have a panic attack. The beginning was very sad and nostalgic, because Maggie came to New York not to spend time with her best friend Celine, but to pack up […]

Posted 2 February, 2016 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 26 Comments
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Review: Skewed – Anne McAneny

Review: Skewed – Anne McAneny

Skewed played so many tricks on me, I had no idea what clue to follow after a while. Very well written, with the psychological thriller aspect down pat, and the mystery stayed a mystery to me – I was enthralled. My Skewed review: Skewed is a truly masterful thriller, where the twists and turns, the suspicions as of the real culprit, and the investigation all were well executed, and left me wondering until the end. Each of Janie’s suspects were viable, and her methods weren’t always completely orthodox, but they were efficient! On top of a well done mystery, I also got amazing characters, who were complex and very realistic in every way. On top of that, there was some […]

Posted 14 September, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 5 Comments
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Review: Bound to Danger – Katie Reus

Review: Bound to Danger – Katie Reus

  Bound to Danger is filled with suspense, a terrorist attack and romantic tension that almost ignited my kindle! My Bound to Danger review: Bound to Danger starts out really strong, and it mystified me, too. Maria was on her way to a benefit party, but she wasn’t feeling very well. Her driver and friend was trying to get her to stay home, but she really needed to go so she could try to raise more funds for her community center for troubled teens. Once there, she was taken to a back-room to rest while the hostess went to find her mother. Through one of the walls, she could hear angry voices, and she recognized one of them. Once she […]

Posted 13 October, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 9 Comments
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Review: Don’t Talk to Strangers – Amanda Kyle Williams

Review: Don’t Talk to Strangers – Amanda Kyle Williams

*I received a free ARC of Don’t Talk to Strangers from Bantam Books via Edelweiss in exchange of an honest review* My Don’t Talk to Strangers Review Don’t Talk to Strangers is a fantastic, devious and clever suspense story. Complete with a big fat who-dun-it, a most excellent private detective / profiler who used to work for the FBI and a possible serial killer in a small town where there are many small-minded people. Keye Street sure has her work cut out for her when the sheriff of Whisper, Georgia, calls her to ask for her services in a case where two female bodies have been found one on top of the other in the woods, close to a stream. […]

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#COYER Review: Wake to Darkness (Brown and De Luca #2) – Maggie Shayne

#COYER Review: Wake to Darkness (Brown and De Luca #2) – Maggie Shayne

*I received a free ARC of Wake to Darkness from Harlequin MIRA via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* Wake to Darkness picks up a few months after the ending of Sleep with the Lights On, and the readers are brought right into the action, as Mason comes to see Rachel mere seconds before she goes live on television to talk about her newest self-help book. Mason needs Rachel’s help once more, and she needs him! But she will not let him know how much he affects her even after a while apart with no contact at all. Fast paced, Wake to Darkness is still dealing with a mysterious serial killer, but this time, the killer is going after […]

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Review: The Russian Temptation (Foreign Affairs #2) – Nikki Navarre

Review: The Russian Temptation (Foreign Affairs #2) – Nikki Navarre

*I received a free ARC of The Russian Temptation from Aspendawn Books via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Russian Temptation is a thrilling spy / romance set in a hidden city in Siberia for the most part. Funny, filled with assassination attempts, a strong and very smart female main character and international diplomacy, it’s a fast-paced read that will keep you on the edge of your seat for the most part. Skylar is quirky and fun, very intelligent, diplomatic, gorgeous and she speaks several languages. She has worked months to get to the hidden city of Khimgorod and evaluate a chemical plant she thinks is selling chemical weapons to countries that will use them in war. Once […]

Posted 28 February, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 7 Comments
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Review: The Bridge – Carol Ericson

Review: The Bridge – Carol Ericson

*I received a free ARC of The Bridge from Harlequin Intrigue via Netgalley in exchange of an honest review* The Bridge is a fantastic romantic thriller. Color me both intrigued and confused, as well as more than a little hot and bothered! Sean is a brooding, strong police detective, and when he first meets Ellie, he’s amazed by her resilience. She singlehandedly escaped from a would-be killer who had stuffed her in his trunk, and she is still strong enough to answer questions, get back home to deal with another unpleasant surprise and go to the police station with Sean. The suspense is there from the opening sentence, when Ellie is hiding in the fog near the bay by the […]

Posted 19 February, 2014 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 12 Comments
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