Mystery Thriller

A spoiler-free review of We Already Dug the Grave by Emma C. Wells: two sisters, one shovel, a decade of silence, and a set of tea leaves that have said the same word for ten years.

The most frightening object in this novel costs about four dollars at any office supply store. Yellow. College-ruled. A black pen laid across it,...

A spoiler-free review of The Black Orchid by Loreth Anne White: a luxury liner that sinks in the Santorini caldera, four narrators counting down to it, and a documentary crew picking through the wreck six years later.

A spoiler-free review of Hawk & Sparrow by Ayana Gray: a nineteen-year-old reporter, a sorcerer who gets sick every time he casts, and a machine that turns anyone into a magician for the price of a button press.

A spoiler-free review of Buried in the Woods Below by Daniel G. Miller: a Minnesota island, a dead amusement park, a house full of antique dolls, and a narrator who counts everything she can reach.