Breadcrumbs and Blindsides

Finn and Mia moved out of their respective suburban flats to pursue their dream of a place in the country.  Unfortunately, one sale after the other fell through and they ended up living Finn's mom and dad for almost a year.  When a property, which has been standing vacant for almost 30 years, comes on the market, they purchase the said money pit as a fixer upper.  While fixer upping, they discover seven suitcases with the remains of seven children in a hidden room.  Mia, having just given birth, becomes somewhat obsessed with the mystery and soon starts to ruffle feathers, including those of Finn's dad.  A very dark psychological thriller with some decent twists and turns and multiple mysteries.  Marrs really shines at getting us to glimpse into the world and mind of a very different serial killer.  The use of multiple narrators really worked well in bringing a pretty unique but small cast of characters to live in a psychologically unsettli...

Having recently survived a horror blind date, Sydney looks like she has finally found her perfect match when she by luck meets up with the man who saved her from said horror date, a few weeks earlier. Sydney's best friend is however murdered shortly prior to her meeting Prince Charming MD, and as the relationship progresses, Sydney begins to suspect him of being the murderer. As is often the case with a McFadden whodunnit, the story is told on different timelines. The second timeline is narrated by teenage Prince Charming , who becomes a prime suspect in the murder of his highschool girlfriend. This psychological whodunnit is clever, fast-paced and has some really decent red hearings. Most importantly it culminates in a bloody good blindside. A true old school page turner. 4/5

While seeking answers why her artist husband committed suicide, Anna moves into his studio, which turns out to be a room in a run down apartment complex.  Cass, the handy"mam" of the complex, recently lost everything when her dodgy hubby left her for a cocktail waitress and kicked her out of their mansion.  Rosa's husband is both extremely abusive and potentially high up in the Mexican cartels.  Things however go terribly wrong when a good deed is met with an unforeseen consequence.  As such the various individual stories play out against these "consequences" , whilst building up to a pretty nailbiting climax. Glass is known for creating interesting and well developed characters and then placing them in very interesting dilemmas, and again she does not disappoint. The various individual stories all fit perfectly into the main psychological thriller and the whodunnit has a decent twist or two.   4/5