Review: HIS LOVING WIFE by Miranda Smith

 

A family was still reeling from their attack in their home a year ago. The wife only realized that it was all her fault. Ooh, what was her story?

 

This all started when Kate was being stalked by an ex-boyfriend from college. After all this time, what was the guy after? Story definitely grabs you as we see the characters in the present and past. It’s all about a broken family trying to heal. Story gets a little long-winded as it details the marital problems between Kate and Andrew as well as Kate’s paranoia that her ex was still looking for them. What a surprising and terrifying twist in the end. Of course, reading it, I kind of knew that something was off about that husband. Made the long read all worth it. Good!

 

Rating: 4 stars

Review: THE FACE by R.L. Stine

 

Ever since the accident, Martha couldn’t remember much of it. What happened that night? Then she drew the face—the face of an unknown boy. That was weird. But what was even weirder was that she kept drawing the face over and over like if she had no control over it. Who was that boy? And why did his face keep coming to her? Was it a memory?

 

The mystery of the face certainly grabs you. Little by little, we get fragments of Martha’s memory. Wow, the gruesome scene was something out of Final Destination. Yikes! The mystery was really on who killed Sean. A good read!

 

Rating: 4 stars

Review: HAIRPIN, HAIR DRYER, AND HOMICIDE by Cindy Bell

 

Bekki had an opportunity to work on a magic assistant’s hair for a local show. She never expected a magic trick to go horribly wrong on stage. The devastated assistant claims it was murder. But another clue pointed to suicide. Was the death of the magician a homicide or suicide? What a fight in the end! A good mystery!

 

Rating: 5 stars

Review: A SINKING SECRET by Cindy Bell

 

A murder on a lake. What was weird was how he was propped up on the boat so no one would notice anything wrong. Reporter Bobbie was going to have to gather all her smart wits to solve this mystery. She, along with her friend, Rachael, and dog, Bailey, will have to dig deep into a rezoning campaign to find the killer. There was a deep divide in this debate, and opinions were very heated. Could any of the townspeople be heated enough to kill? A good mystery!

 

Rating: 4 stars

Spotlight: BLIGHT OF A BAT by A.R. Stern

 

No one can hide from the monster within

Reeling from the Shadow attacks on Litha, Daire is determined to destroy the Shadows and the malevolent entity threatening everything that she knows. With the help of Daire’s ancestral mentor and Sabrina, her cousin forbidden to practice magick, they embark on a path of ancient magick set to destroy the Shadows. As Daire sinks further into her power and uncovers the truth of her lineage, the line between friend and foe begins to distort as vengeance leads her to a chance at self-preservation.

Recovering from his near fatal wounds, Niko finds himself the new target of the eldritch entity. When a past lover returns offering relief in the form of booze and pills, he accepts the escape from reality and turns his back on everyone he once loved. Isolated from his friends, Niko makes a bargain with the Shadows that costs him more than his sanity.

Secrets come to light and seeds of betrayal are sown as the Shadows strengthen their army of the Otherworld. When morals fall prey to the dark, the monsters confronted are more than mere Shadows.

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