reviews

Mean Girls Meets Tales from the Crypt Author: Mona Awad Samantha doesn’t fit in. Not at her fancy ivy league MFA program and not with her brainless and brainwashed classmates whose saccharine clique, the Bunnies, is closed to her. But it doesn’t matter. Because Samantha is here to write, to write like she never has before. Pity she hasn’t scrawled a word since moving into this ostracizing world. But it’s ok, because Samantha has Ava, her fishnet gloved, coolly punk, avant-garde friend. Together their nights are filled with dreams, their days relishing not belonging. But what if Samantha could become a [...]

A Killer, a Kidnapper, and a Case Author: Stephen M. Murphy Dutch Francis is at a crossroads. His wife recently announced her pregnancy, and the couple argued. He wants a family. She wants a career. It’s a conversation that has to wait, however, because they both have busy work days. Only they won’t see each other that night. Or for a long time yet. Dutch’s wife, famous local newscaster Ginnie, has been kidnapped. Meanwhile, Dutch has acquired a big case. He is defending a local judge accused of murdering his wife. But with Ginnie missing, how can Dutch possibly concentrate on [...]

A So-So Domestic Thriller Author: Darby Kane Aaron Ridgefield, beloved local professor, is missing. Lila Ridgefield, his cold, odd wife isn’t acting right. Ginny, the tenacious lead detective, suspects Lila, despite her solid stories, her unwavering eyes, her lack of emotional response. There is something far more hideous here than a man who left his wife. Perhaps it is even somehow connected to the local missing women. As Ginny digs deeper, the horrors of Lila’s past begin to emerge, and a strange pattern evolves. Perhaps Aaron wasn’t the perfect, beloved husband. Perhaps Lila had reason – but does that make murder [...]