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May 28, 2018
5 min

A Novel That Heated Up the Psychological Suspense Genre - and What That Even Means

Along with Gillian Flynn's 2012 hit Gone Girl, The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins, in 2015, brought Psychological Thriller/Suspense ...

The Queen of Suspense Can Even Make Holiday Fiction Work

Tantra Bensko

May 27, 2018
2 min

The Queen of Suspense Can Even Make Holiday Fiction Work

Mysteries are technically supposed to be intellectual puzzles while Suspense fiction is more emotional, about worry and concern for the c...

Tantra Bensko

Apr 27, 2018
2 min

Please Don't Let Life Be This Mundane

The cover of Say You're Sorry by Melinda Leigh is gorgeous and I'm a sucker for red titles. It's been number in on Amazon in three catego...

Tantra Bensko

Mar 29, 2018
2 min

Ghooolishly Good

I found The Haunting of Hawthorne by Ann Schraff in a Free Library in Berkeley, and it seemed like a good one to read to see what was goi...

Tantra Bensko

Mar 29, 2018
2 min

The Mysteries of Rosebush Compel Me

Struck by a vehicle, Jane is discovered in a rather Gothic place -- sprawled unconscious in a rosebush after having been at a party, wear...

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