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My Review of The Haunting of Ivy May by Nancy Basile

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​ Title: The Haunting of Ivy May  Author: Nancy Basile  Expected Publication: January 19,2023 Publisher: Media Medusa LLC  Genre: Horror/Mystery  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  I enjoyed the plot of this book; it was very well written, with many different elements coming into play. A short fun-filled read that did not disappoint. Fresh out of a not-so-great relationship, Ivy moved to a town a reasonable distance from her ex-husband and purchased a new beginning for herself. She purchases a fixer-upper, which ends up needing a lot more fixing than she initially anticipated, and it’s a packaged deal with this horrifying ghost who always tries to attack her, it seems.  The story is excellent, I loved all the diverse, quirky characters, and the way that Ivy was being incorporated into the town was great too. It had creepy vibes but also laughing-light vibes at times. This book did have a mysterious vibe going on that I enjoyed it! I went into this book blind, and I loved it! A quick short, fun
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My Review of Every Missing Girl by Leanne Kale Sparks

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​ Title: Every Missing Girl  Author Leanne Kale Sparks  Expected Publication: February 7,2023  Publisher: Dreamscape Media  Pages: 272 pages  Genre: Mystery/ Thriller  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  This book broke me. It broke me because I have girls around the age of the missing girls, and that ending broke me! WTF happened when I know going into reading some books that there won’t be a happy ending in some, but you still hold out the hope that all will be well in the end?  This is the first I've read of the series, and it will not be my last. Kendall is an FBI agent, and she and Adam were working on a robbery that went south together. Then later that night, Adam's niece went missing, and they did everything they could to find her.  Now this robbery that went south is also a double murder, and the more they get down to what happened, they find out something far more sinister is going on. They found a connection to the sex trafficking children ring, and now they were even more te
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My Review of Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman

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​ Title: Pandora  Author: Susan Stokes-Chapman  Published: January 17,2023 Published by: Harper Audio  Pages: 416 pages  Genre: Historical Fiction/ Mythology  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review :  When I read the description of this book, I knew I had to read this one! (Well, in this case, listening to this one!)  Historical Fiction with a splash of mythology and a smidge of romance? Count me in! Dora was alluring with her passion and love for her art and jewelry; she also lived with her uncle after the passing of her parents.  Dora was not told much about her parent's death, which bothered her. The aroma of mystery surrounded what she was told about the death of her parents.  Dora did live with her uncle, and they ran an antique store. Then, we have Edward, a man who wanted to be acknowledged for his work, and it was not happening to him. So the paths of Edward and Dora meet, leading them on an extraordinary adventure that takes many twists and turns through a dangerous web of fraud and dece
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My Review of Tremors in the Blood by Amit Katwala

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​ Title: Tremors in the Blood  Author: Amit Katwala  Expected Publication: March 7, 2023  Publisher: Crooked Lane Books  Genre: True Crime, Nonfiction, History  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  Anyone who knows me knows I love all things true crime from books, documentaries, podcasts the whole work. So when I saw this one, I knew I would love it!  I have yet to hear much about this, which was very interesting. The whole book was quite brilliant!  So Katwala starts with a pretty taboo story of Henry Wilkins. Now, Henry's story was his wife was gunned down by a thief in a devastating accident but is that all to the story? Well, she was gunned down by a thief, but many of the extras did not appear to be all the ins and outs of the story. Katwala goes into the development of the polygraph and the person who helped sponsor it, August Vollmer. Now August Vollmer was very active in developing the modern policing we know today. So these both go hand in hand. This book is full of exciting people a
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My Review of All The Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham

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​ Title: All The Dangerous Things  Author: Stacy Willingham  Published: January 10,2023 Published by: Minotaur Books  Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense  Pages: 326 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Review:  I adored this book! I loved her first book, and this one, she knocked it out of the park! I firmly believe this one is better than her first! So, Isabelle Drake lived through a parent's worst nightmare while she and her husband slept with her 11-month-old son, Mason, who was taken out of his crib a year ago. The case went cold soon because there was not much for the authorities to go on. But like any mother, Isabelle is not giving up until she finds her son! It has become her life mission she was obsessed with, determined to find out what happened to her son. She is not sleeping and even her now estranged husband and friends and family want her to start the acceptance phase of her grief and accept that Mason is gone. Easier said than done. Waylon meets Isabelle at TrueCrime Cons, wher
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My Review of You Must Remember This by Kat Rosenfield

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​ Title: You Must Remember This  Author: Kat Rosenfield  Expected Publication: January 10,2023 Publisher: William Morrow  Genre: Mystery/ Thriller  Pages: 320 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Review:  So we all know the saying money makes the world go around; this story starts with unforgettable characters hoping to get a piece of Mimi's riches. Mini is an 85-year-old, and she has 20 million dollars in the bank that her adult children are chomping at the bit to get. However, Mini has not passed away. She is slowly losing her memory at a very slow progression of dementia.   Mimi's children, Diana, Dora, and Richard, have decided to have one more Christmas in the family mansion before her memory goes.  This story is told from two different POVs and timelines. Delphine (Mimi's granddaughter) in the present and the past Mimi while growing up. When Mimi passes away, the family starts arguing over what will happen with the finances. They argue if it was dementia that killed her or if som
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My Review of The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff

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​ Title: The Bandit Queens  Author: Parini Shroff Published: January 3,2022 Published by: Ballantine Books Genre: Contemporary/Mystery/ Fiction  Pages: 352 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  This one was different from what I had initially thought, which was splendid!  Geeta is like the town's own living urban legend. Her husband disappeared five years ago, and since no one knows what happened, the town has her painted as a cruel murderer. Now, Geeta did not kill him. He was an abusive man who ran off on his own accord, but the town did not see it in that light. Geeta used to all the stares and whispers of the people as she passes, has given her tough skin. She has her guard up at all times and does not socialize. However, when Geeta finds herself elbow-deep in an actual murder, she finds herself in a terrible situation. Now she will have to repair some of the bridges she's burned with friends from her past to help her get through the difficult times. Now this story is an emotion
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