Genre: Suspense/Thriller

I listened to The Games by Ted Kosmatka while we traveled from Duluth, MN to Rapid City, SD. All the hot new releases seem to always have a long holding period so I strolled the aisles at the library, found the sci-fi section, and this …

Why: This third installment of the Natchez Trilogy finally made its way to my hands, and I was so excited to dig in! Having loose ends is one of my literary nightmares, and I couldn’t wait to find out how things …

Get excited, LQ-ers! It is time for our first ever giveaway! In anticipation of the release of Greg Iles’ Mississippi Blood TOMORROW(!!!!), we are a giving away a copy of Natchez Burning (the first in this trilogy) and a canvas tote …

What a weird coincidence. I had just finished Peter Swanson’s The Kind Worth Killing a day before I received his newest novel, Her Every Fear, in the mail from TLC Book Tours. I hadn’t realized either book was written by …

In December, I started going to Minneapolis’ Books and Bars. I probably don’t need to add another book club to my already busy schedule, but this one is just too much fun! Books and Bars takes book club discussion to …

I read Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris for my September book club. We’ve started voting on which books we’ll read, and I’ll admit that I didn’t vote for this one. But I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was, …

Why: The second book in the Natchez Burning trilogy (also Natchez Burning and Mississippi Blood), The Bone Tree had to make my TBR List because I’m a complete-ist. (This is a self-determined way to describe my compulsive need to finish a series even if …

Why: It is hard for me to say I enjoy suspense novels because I associate them with being scary. That said, I truly love mysteries and the drama of putting pieces together to figure out how the story will play …

Why: The title. The cover. The dark, mysterious teaser. The genre – it’s historical fiction – one of my favorites. And honestly, when I picked this up at a local bookstore in Washington, DC, I was dreading a long, hot and …

My book club designated The Life We Bury as June’s book to read, and what’s super cool is that the author, Allen Eskens, is from Minnesota! He’s joining our book club for the night, and I can’t wait to ask …