The Winter Girl

This one really pulled me in at the beginning. I thought, oh, this is going to be a fun read. But unfortunately, the more I got into it, the less I liked it. It’s one of those books that you keep saying “Are you kidding? Nobody would actually do this” but then I had to keep reading it even though it......more

A special thank you to Doubleday and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. Nice cover! Matt Marinovich delivers a deliciously evil creepy psycho-thriller THE WINTER GIRL, with cleverly infused family secrets, juicy suspense, "laugh out loud " hilarious, and twisted dark, sarcastic......more

This was a story I was not expecting to encounter as I opened the book, poised to read a more traditional mystery. It is a suspenseful thriller that starts off casually, and not very mysteriously, pointing the way to a domestic drama about a marriage troubled by external crises. Up in rural New York......more

I don't know why the reviews are so negative, I found the construction of this novel to be exceptional, the prose compelling, and the plotting excellent. It's a book about a character who makes bad decisions--i didn't like him very much, but my negative personal feelings about the characters had lit......more

I am always on the lookout for psychological thrillers because it is one of my favorite genres. I get really excited when I find something unique, twisted, and dark. I love unlikable protagonists that think distasteful thoughts. The more disturbing, the better. That is typically the case with me. Wh......more