14. The Echo Wife

17. The Sanatorium

Sampled! The Sanatorium, written by Sarah Pearse, is a snowstorm murder mystery with an ending about as chaotic as the ending to Pretty Little Liars. I abandoned the sample at twelve pages. Find out why! Podcast episode available now. Link in bio. Below is a link to a fabulous full spoiler review. jenryland.com/spoilers-and-plot-summary-for-the-sanatorium/

16. The Push

Sampled! The Push, by Ashley Audrain, is a book about a mom who thinks her kid is a psycho. Filled with all the usual tropes and reminiscent of books already written and written better. Podcast episode available now. Link in bio.

15. Spoiler Review: People Like Her/The Last Thing He Told Me

All the spoilers! Reviews of People Like Her and The Last Thing He Told Me with a rambling side helping of the state of the thriller novel today and which Book of the Month thrillers I actually liked. I ended up hating them both. Why can't authors think of the most basic of things?

14. The Echo Wife

Domestic thriller meets the classic sci-fi clone trope, at least as far as the sample goes.

13. The Coyotes of Carthage

A political novel that pits an African-American man against a small Southern town as he attempts to complete his job as a political consultant by selling the town's public land.