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Book Reviews

Book Review: “The Housekeeper” by Natalie Barelli

June 5, 2020 by Michele Pariza Wacek Leave a Comment

She’s a liar. She’s a stalker. She’s in your house. When Claire sees Hannah Wilson at an exclusive Manhattan hair salon, it’s like a knife slicing through barely healed scars. It may have been ten years since Claire last saw Hannah, but she has thought of her every day, and not in a good way. […]

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Book Review: “The Wives” by Tarryn Fisher

March 6, 2020 by Michele Pariza Wacek 5 Comments

Thursday’s husband, Seth, has two other wives. She’s never met them, and she doesn’t know anything about them. She agreed to this unusual arrangement because she’s so crazy about him. But one day, she finds something. Something that tells a very different—and horrifying—story about the man she married. What follows is one of the most […]

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Book Review: “What You Did” by Claire McGowan

January 25, 2020 by Michele Pariza Wacek 2 Comments

It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. Host Ali finally has the life she always wanted, a career she can be proud of and a wonderful family with her college boyfriend, now husband. But that night her best friend makes an accusation so shocking that nothing […]

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Book Review: “The Wife Between Us” by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

December 20, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 2 Comments

When you read this book, you will make many assumptions. You will assume you are reading about a jealous ex-wife. You will assume she is obsessed with her replacement—a beautiful, younger woman about to marry the man they both love. You will assume you know the anatomy of this tangled love triangle. Assume nothing. I […]

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Book Review: “Behind Her Eyes” by Sarah Pinborough

November 22, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek Leave a Comment

Louise is a single mom, a secretary, stuck in a modern-day rut. On a rare night out, she meets a man in a bar and sparks fly. Though he leaves after they kiss, she’s thrilled she finally connected with someone. When Louise arrives at work on Monday, she meets her new boss, David. The man […]

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Book Review: “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware

October 25, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 2 Comments

When she stumbles across the ad, she’s looking for something else completely. But it seems like too good an opportunity to miss—a live-in nannying post, with a staggeringly generous salary. And when Rowan Caine arrives at Heatherbrae House, she is smitten—by the luxurious “smart” home fitted out with all modern conveniences, by the beautiful Scottish […]

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Book Review: “Little Darlings” by Melanie Golding

September 20, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 1 Comment

Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they’re right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she’s never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own … creatures. Yet […]

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Book Review: “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides

August 30, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 4 Comments

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, […]

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What readers are saying about “The Secret Diary of Helen Blackstone”

July 19, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 1 Comment

Because this novella isn’t available on Amazon (at least not now, I may put upload it at some point) there’s no good way to post reviews for it. So, I thought, why not have a spot on my blog? Comment below if you’d like to leave your thoughts on “The Secret Diary of Helen Blackstone.” […]

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Book Review: “Girls of Glass” by Brianna Labuskes

July 19, 2019 by Michele Pariza Wacek 1 Comment

When the granddaughter of one of Florida’s most powerful judges disappears, it triggers a personal trauma for Detective Alice Garner: the kidnapping and murder of her own child. As a flood of painful memories comes rushing back, Alice sees herself in the guilt-ridden and emotionally fragile mother Charlotte Burke, who has become the target of […]

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