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Author: Brian MastersPages: 368Star Rating: ✪✪✪ Synopsis Dennis Nilsen, who died in May 2018, murdered at least 15 people before his arrest in 1983. This groundbreaking criminal study of his killings was written with Nilsen's full cooperation, resulting in a fascinating - and horrifying - portrait of the man who worshipped death. On February 9th… Continue reading Review: Killing for Company
Author: Stephen KingPages: 561Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪ Synopsis In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks… Continue reading Review: The Institute
Author: Brandon SandersonPages: 272Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪ Synopsis Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older--a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one. Although the young Azish emperor granted her safe haven from an executioner she knows… Continue reading Review: Edgedancer
Author: Brandon SandersonSeries: Stormlight Archive #2Pages: 1087Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ Synopsis for book one According to mythology mankind used to live in The Tranquiline Halls. Heaven. But then the Voidbringers assaulted and captured heaven, casting out God and men. Men took root on Roshar, the world of storms. And the Voidbringers followed... They came against man… Continue reading Review: Words of Radiance
Author: C. J. TudorPages: 400Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪✪ Synopsis She sleeps, a pale girl in a white room . . . Three years ago, Gabe saw his daughter taken. In the back of a rusty old car, covered in bumper stickers. He was driving behind the car. He watched her disappear. But no one believes him.… Continue reading Review: The Other People
Author: Dr. HarperPages: 170Star Rating: ✪✪✪ Synopsis I've seen it all... A boy who planned to be the next school shooter. A patient with OCD whose loved ones really did suffer every time he missed a ritual. A choir boy who claimed he was being molested -- not by a priest -- but by God… Continue reading Review: I’m a therapist and my patient is going to be the next school shooter
Author: Wendy WebbPages: 287Star Rating: ✪✪✪ Synopsis After a devastating loss, Brynn Wilder escapes to Wharton, a tourist town on Lake Superior, to reset. Checking into a quaint boardinghouse for the summer, she hopes to put her life into perspective. In her fellow lodgers, she finds a friendly company of strangers: the frail Alice, cared… Continue reading Review: The Haunting of Brynn Wilder
Author: Jim Butcher Series: Dresden Files #2Pages: 401Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪ Synopsis I will give you the Synopsis for book one. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for… Continue reading Review: Fool Moon
Author: Stephen KingPages: 447Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪ Synopsis A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to the No. 1 bestseller THE OUTSIDER. News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin. Holly Gibney of the Finders… Continue reading If It Bleeds Review
Author: Jim ButcherPages: 384Star Rating: ✪✪✪✪ Synopsis Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well, technically, he's the only at what he does. So when the Chicago P.D. has a case that transcends mortal creativity or capability, they come to him for answers. For the "everyday" world is actually full of strange and magical things—and… Continue reading Review: Storm Front
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