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 I am honestly breathless. This book didn’t just tell a story; it submerged me in it.  The Summary After Marissa loses her mother at six, the most intimate relationship of her life begins. Her marine biologist father, determined to channel …

I devoured this book in a single sitting—I’m always gonna love a lake house thriller. The Summary A summer trip to the Adirondacks is turned upside down when a woman’s body is discovered in the lake in this twisty thriller, …

This domestic thriller is exactly the kind of messy, addictive read that reminds me why I love the genre so much. The Summary A picture-perfect couple’s sordid past threatens to rock a sleepy Southern town down to its core.  Told …

Need a fun, cozy mystery with characters you’ll fall in love with? I think you’ll love Making Friends Can Be Murder. The Summary Thirty-year-old Sarah Jones gets caught up solving a murder in her new neighborhood after unknowingly befriending a …

Looking for a list of the best fiction books about Greek mythology? I’ve seen a lot of readers over the past few years who, after reading something like Circe or Song of Achilles, decide they’d love to read more Greek …

JUMP by Tiffany Noelle Chacon is the perfect book for your budding equestrian . A great Christmas or birthday gift for the “barn rat” in your life! JUMP Summary Fear has held her back for too long, but can she …

The Summary What if you could have one more day with someone you lost? Diana Merriman, a physical therapist, is probably the only person in the small town of Snow Haven, North Carolina, who isn’t looking forward to Christmas. It’s …

I read All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle for book club. I had heard great things about it, so I really was looking forward to diving in! Read on to see what I thought. The Summary In weekly phone …

The Summary A haunting legend. An ominous curse. A search for a secret buried deep within the castle walls. In 1870, orphaned Daisy François takes a position as a housemaid at a Wisconsin castle to escape the horrors of her …

We at Literary Quicksand are wishing a HAPPY PUB DAY to The Radcliffe Ladies’ Reading Club! Read on for Becky’s review of this book she read in one sitting! The Summary Boston, 1954: With bags packed alongside her heavy heart, …