Love, Mom by Iliana Xander

by | May 2, 2025 | Book review

This is the latest psychological thriller internet sensation, propelling this debut to heady Amazon heights. I listened to it as an audio book and rather wish I’d read it instead. The story follows McKenzie who receives mysterious letters following the death of her...

The House Sitter by Keri Beevis

by | Apr 30, 2025 | Book review

I’m a great fan of Keri Beevis who writes fabulous psychological thrillers. This book is about Nina who agrees to housesit for her brother following the breakup of her relationship. But when she looks through a pair of binoculars at the apartment block opposite, she...

First Time Mother by AJ Campbell

by | Apr 28, 2025 | Book review

Wow! AJ Campbell sure knows how to write a gripping psychological thriller! First Time Mother is about sleep-deprived, new mum Annie. Struggling with baby Lola and not getting on with her stepchildren, Annie feels like she’s going mad, with increasingly sinister...

You Shouldn’t Have Done That by Liz Alterman

by | Apr 12, 2025 | Book review

You Shouldn’t Have Done That by Liz Alterman is a fast-paced thriller about close friends and how far a mother will go to protect her child. Jane and Ivy have been best friends since their sons Brad and Cal were in kindergarten, and now the young men are living...

You Killed Me First by John Marrs

by | Apr 10, 2025 | Book review

I listened to You Killed Me First as an audiobook and having read Marrs’ dark future books and loved them, I found this to be quite different. It’s more of a conventional psychological thriller, with a very disturbing opening, portraying someone bound up and about to...

The Husband Before You by A J McDine

by | Mar 30, 2025 | Book review

I blame The Husband Before You for making me seriously sleep-deprived! I couldn’t stop reading A J McDine’s latest psychological thriller.   Alex’s first husband Freddie disappeared a decade earlier and now she’s married to his best friend, Carter. So when Freddie...

The Crash by Freida McFadden

by | Mar 26, 2025 | Book review

With the exception of a couple of books, I’ve been a huge McFadden fan and certainly think she deserves the stratospheric success she’s achieved. Unfortunately, I wasn’t so taken with The Crash. The dual narrative of Polly and Tegan meant that sections of the book...

Three Little Lies by Danielle Stewart

by | Mar 20, 2025 | Book review

Three Little Lies by Danielle Stewart is a fast-paced domestic thriller about Jo, her husband Everett and their two kids, Megan and Ashton. We know early on that Jo has secrets but in many ways that’s a red herring. When British exchange student Eden comes to stay,...

It’s Always the Husband by C.L. Taylor

by | Mar 15, 2025 | Book review

You can always rely on C.L. Taylor to create multi-layered psychological thrillers with well-developed characters. It’s Always the Husband is narrated from the points of view of several school mums, but the principle one is Jude, who arrives in small-town Lowbridge...

The Psychopath Next Door by Mark Edwards

by | Mar 15, 2025 | Book review

Edwards is one of my favourite authors, so I knew I was in for a treat when I downloaded this audiobook. The story follows Ethan and his family, as well as Fiona, who moves in next door. When Fiona starts spending time with 12-year-old Rose, we soon realise that Fiona...