Book Review 53 – The Woman In The Window by A. J. Finn

The Woman In The Window is the debut novel by author A. J. Finn. Its a psychological thriller featuring an unreliable narrator with issues like faulty memories and alcoholism. The theme is similar to those of The Girl On The Train and The Woman In Cabin 10, but the story in itself is chilling. “Agoraphobia…

Book Review 47 – Pop Goes The Weasel by James Patterson

Pop Goes The Weasel is the 5th book in the Alex Cross series written by James Patterson. Though I have read his novels in the past, this is my first Alex Cross book. The story entails a cat and mouse chase between Alex and a murder, who is the most brutal and a duplicitous villain…

Book Review 45 – The Trespasser by Tana French

‘The Trespasser’ is the sixth book in the Dublin Murder Squad series by Tana French. It picks up a few months after The Secret Place and follows detective Antoinette Conway and her partner on a murder investigation of a young girl. Accompanying her on the trail of suspects, the readers get a clear insight into…

Agatha Christie Reading List

“The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.” Agatha Christie is the best-selling author of all time. She wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in Romance. Her books have sold over a billion copies in the English language…

Book Review 37 – The Woman In Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

‘The Woman In Cabin 10’ is a haunting suspense novel by author Ruth Ware. The story follows the protagonist Laura Blacklock also known as Lo, on her journey at sea. The book reminded me a lot like Agatha Christie’s ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ and Lo’s character told me of ‘The Girl On The Train.’…

Book Review 33 – Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Where The Crawdads Sing is literally a work of art in modern literature. It is a story of survival, resilience, love, loss, friendships, hope, loneliness, abandonment, strength, and prejudice. The story goes back and forth depicting the life of Kya Clark, also known as the Marsh girl. Living in the marsh for all her life,…

Book Review 32 – We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

” We were warm and shivering, and young and ancient, and alive.” We Were Liars is a debut novel by E.Lockhart set majorly around the Sinclair family and their private island. It is a modern suspense thriller. On the level above, as a reader, the story appears to be simple and straight, narrated by the…

Book Review 27 – Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

“The face you give the world tells the world how to treat you.” Sharp Objects is the debut novel by the famous author of ‘Gone Girl,’ Gillian Flynn. In this book, the author explores family dynamics, the relationship between a mother and her daughters, and how certain people have so much darkness hidden in the…

Book Review 20 – Camino Island by John Grisham

The story begins with a heist at the renowned Firestone Library of the Princeton University. Five people plan and miraculously execute the robbery of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original manuscripts from the secure vault of the library.  Within a day or two, the FBI takes into custody two of the members. Out of the remaining three,…