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Split Second | Book Review
Thirty-Two Switcharoo A Stephanie Plum Novel By Janet Evonovich A FUN, LAUGH OUT LOUD READ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Stephanie Plum's life is never dull. Now she is being stalked by someone who repeatedly sends her threatening messages, grotesque packages, and comes very close to killing her. She is also pursuing Greg Tusi, another bail jumper who pushes Stephanie off a roof when she gets too close. Ranger, Stephanie’s go-to guy when she is in trouble, owns a high-end security f

Lisa Harvey
1 hour ago2 min read


Chain Reaction | Book Review
Jack Reacher #31 By Lee Child and Andrew Child Entertaining and Enjoyable ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY She found him. Jack Reacher is usually a hard man to find, never staying in one place for long. He doesn’t own a home or even a cell phone; he travels around the country, carrying only a toothbrush. His only modern link to anything is an ATM card he uses once in a while. And General Susan Turner found him. Turner suspects a traitor under her command, and she needs someone indepen

Lisa Harvey
3 hours ago2 min read


A Date With Santa | Book Review
By Debbie Macomber A GREAT CHRISTMAS READ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Sage Madison is single and focused on her career at a respected marketing firm. She is currently vying for a long-awaited manager position. When her mother calls and insists Sage take care of her 5-year-old nephew, Ricky, while her sister is deployed in the Army Reserve, Sage is beyond frustrated. She has no idea how to care for a little b

Lisa Harvey
3 hours ago2 min read


The French Illusion | Book Review
by John Grisham Grisham’s First International Suspense Novel: Mesmerizing ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Chelsea Clayburn and Paul Tanner have just had the wedding of their dreams. Now they are headed to Paris for their romantic honeymoon, documenting every moment on social media. On a day trip to Normandy, their romantic getaway turns into a nightmare. The two are kidnapped and separated. The kidnappers demand two million dollars from each of their families and forbid the families f

Lisa Harvey
Sep 82 min read


Hollow Bones | Book Review
By Jodi Picoult In ONE Word: Fabulous ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY 2026. Molly Fitzgerald, 25, is the youngest-ever head of the Rhode Island Emergency Preparedness Department. Molly was a driven brainiac and had graduated from Columbia with a master’s in public health at the age of 19. She had become obsessed with disasters and planning for them when she learned at a young age that her mother, Eloise, was at the World Trade Center for a doctor's appointment on September 11, 2001,

Lisa Harvey
Aug 192 min read


The Thoroughbreds | Book Review
The Thoroughbreds | Book Review It’s a new school year at the elite Tiffin Academy in Massachusetts, and the seniors are elated but now the pressure is on. It's time for submitting college applications, writing college essays, and having their last hurrahs.

Lisa Harvey
Aug 192 min read


Mother Daughter Sister Stranger|Book Review
Eliza Ramsey, 17, and her sister Bea, 21, were flying home to Boston with their parents from Northampton on their dad’s single-engine plane. Bea had just graduated from college. Their dad was flying the plane as he had done so often. Once airborne, the plane plummeted to the ground.

Lisa Harvey
Aug 192 min read


You’ll Be Sorry | Book Review
The large, remote, and mysterious Dixon Family lodge with breathtaking views, has stood vacant for over thirty years in a small mountain town in New Hampshire. Now it’s overgrown and run-down, a shell of its former self. All six members of the Dixon family—mom, dad, and their four children—disappeared from the house late one August night during a major thunderstorm, never to be heard from again.

Lisa Harvey
Jul 102 min read


Fury in Death | Book Review
NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas faces one of the most brutally violent crime scenes of her career when she is called to investigate the murder of biotech executive Larry Chu. The victim has been beaten so severely that it seems almost impossible for a single unarmed attacker to have committed the crime.

Lisa Harvey
Jul 102 min read


The Secrets We Hide | Book Review
North Falls #2 By Karin Slaughter AN INTENSE AND FAST-PACED MURDER INVESTIGATION ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY Sheriff Emmy Clifton and her siblings are driving home from their mother’s funeral when she hears four shots ring out from a nearby house. It happens to be the home of her good friend, Allison Vickery. Allison has been a repeated victim of domestic abuse and was planning on leaving her current partner any day. When they pull into the driveway, they see Allison’s suitcases nex

Lisa Harvey
Jul 72 min read


The Women in White | Book Review
By Sarah Pekkanen A Suspense-filled Parapsychology Research Story ⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY In the 1960s, four young women at the esteemed Marquis University participated in a controversial parapsychology experiment led by a renowned researcher. Just as the group seemed to be making a breakthrough in extrasensory perception, all four women suddenly disappeared, and the program was abruptly terminated. Decades later, the mystery remains unsolved. Today, Riley Bell, recently divorced an

Lisa Harvey
Jun 182 min read


Meet Me in Paris | Book Review
I love how Meet Me in Paris has every kind of love story wrapped into one perfect present from Paris. It’s a wonderful, easy read despite the numerous stories and characters. Author Kristen Harmel makes us feel as if we are spending a week in Paris, observing and relating to the stories swirling around us. I have already booked my flight to Paris for next summer! I hope my week is as amazing as the book.

Lisa Harvey
Jun 182 min read


A Dark Path | Book Review
And Other Kate Burkholder Short Stories By Linda Castillo A Dark Path by Linda Castillo Cover Art Great Short Stories That Grab Your Attention in Minutes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ SUMMARY A DARK PATH is a collection of six short stories by award-winning author Linda Castillo, who is best known for the Kate Burkholder series. The series is a set of complicated crime thrillers set in the Amish country of Ohio. Burkholder is formerly Amish and serves as the astute local Chief of Police of

Lisa Harvey
Jun 182 min read


The Soldier and the Swan | Book Review
In 1943, Vivienne Hartley was a prima ballerina with the San Francisco Ballet when she fell in love with and married Charlie Sterling, a handsome soldier. But shortly after they married, she had to give up the spotlight to care for Charlie, who was paralyzed in the war. Living in her husband’s wealthy and overbearing mother's home is difficult, and she can’t seem to do anything right

Lisa Harvey
May 222 min read


Whistler | Book Review
Daphne Fuller, 53, and her husband, Jonathan, are spending the day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Soon after entering the museum, Jonathan notices an older man quietly following them. The man turns out to be Eddie Triplett, Daphne’s former stepfather from more than 44 years ago.

Lisa Harvey
May 222 min read
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