Gregg Olsen ~ Out of the Woods

Started on 7/23/25.
I’ve read some books by Gregg before.  Hoping it will be good!

Finished on 8/6/25.
Well this book is based on the true story of Shasta Groenig.
It’s sick.  It’s tough to read.  I didn’t love it.
Serial killer Edward Dunkin kidnapped 2 children after killing their family.

 




Ellery Lloyd ~ Bad Date

Amazon first read:  Started on 8/6/25 finished on 8/11/25

It was just OK.  Short story maybe 100 pages.  It didn’t really keep my interest very much.

Wolf, the son of a wealthy pod caster is a murderer.  He murders mom’s boyfriends.
Until the night he didn’t finish the murder and his mother called the cops.




Megan Abbott ~ Give Me Your Hand

Amazon First Read:

Started 6/21/25
Finished 7/6/25
5/10.  I didn’t like this book.  It was all over the place.  Chapters were long.  Characters were well written but the story line just drug on way to much.
Kit and Dianna.  Growing up together, both running cross country, both studying for the same course is school.  Kit does things the right way, Dianna not so much.  She reveals a secret to Kit that unravels Kit’s life for a long time.
They meet up again in the prestigious lab that Kit works in.  Stories come back to haunt and people end up dead.

I’m glad this one is done.  To much fluff and not enough story. 15 days.  5 out of 10.

 

 




Riley Sager ~ The Last Time I Lied

Start on 7/7/25. Finished on 7/22/25

Really loved this book.  It took a while to get to the “meat” of the story but once I was there…Didn’t want to stop.

Emma went to camp 15 years ago.  Three girls in her cabin disappeared.  Lots of therapy later she’s asked to come back to the re-opening of the camp as an art teacher.

What do you know but the three girls in the same cabin go missing.  She has to uncover the secrets of “Midnight Lake”.

Great story.  9/10.  Chapters were relatively short and characters were very well written. 15 Days.

 

 




Lucinda Berry ~ One of Our Own

Started on 6/9/25.  It’s Lucinda so I have a feeling this one will go fast.  I absolutely love her work and can’t wait to start this one.
This book did NOT disappoint.  6/11/25 finished the book.  I could NOT put it down.
Single mom, raising a good son.  Party gets out of control and girl gets gang raped.  (Dark I know).  Boy claims no knowlege and girls parents go to police.  The story that unfolds is very very dark.

Lucinda never lets me down with a dark tale.  10/10 for me and a 2 day read.

 




John Marrs ~ The Good Samaritan

6/12/25.  TikTok recommended this book.  I’ve read John before.  I just finished Lucinda’s book last night.  I think it’s going to be along the same lines…. haha get it?

6/21/25.  Finished in 9 days. Well this book is certainly a twisted revenge story.  Laura, the “End of the Line” volunteer finds “candidates” to help end their life to listen to their last breath.  Ryan’s wife is one of those victims.  He goes to great lengths to get her back for ending his wife’s life.  Who wins in the end?  Read it to find out.

I couldn’t put this book down once it got to the “meat” of the story.  Giving this book a 9/10.  Chapters were short, characters very well written.

 




John Sandford ~ Easy Prey (Book 11)

Started on 4/2/25.  Finished on 4/30/25.  28 days.  Typical for me for a J.S. book.

A famous beauty star, her friends and ex boyfriends.  She is murdered and Lucas must find the killer.
Several more people are murdered who are the famous star’s friends or family.  Is it the creepy preacher, the weird art friend or someone you’d never suspect?

Lucas and Weather may be getting back together??  Then there is the hussy that he is sleeping with in this book but she goes back to France soon.

Overall I’ll give this one an 8/10

 




Wendy Corsi Staub ~ The Fourth Girl

Amazon First Read: Started on 5/15/25.  Finished on 6/9/25. 25 Days.

Chapters were short.  Characters were written well.  Story drug on a bit for me.  I didn’t like going back and forth between past and present.  The chapter cliff hangers were few and far between but when done they were done well.

3 friends try and help the “fourth” friend escape her parents.  Mary Beth, the sister of the fourth girl was already banished by the parents.  The four girls promise to help Caroline and to meet at the 1 year anniversary of her escaping.
Then on the 25th anniversary Gordy gets murdered.  Is it Caroline?  Is it Talia?

Was a fairly decent read but it did drag a little.  I’m giving this book a 7/10.

 




Freida McFadden ~ Death Row

Amazon first read.  Started on 5/13/25.  This was a 1 day book.  It was short but very good.  Giving this book a 9/10.

Tells the story of an inmate on death row and the struggles of the last days.

 




A.M. Strong & Sonya Sargent ~ GraveWater Lake

Amazon First Read.  Started on 4/30/25.  Finished on 5/12/25.  13 Days

Anna (Adria) lost her memory and showed up to a strangers house freezing cold and wet in the middle of a blizzard.  Gregg let her in.  With no memory she knew nothing of her life. Strange things start to happen in the house.  Making her question her sanity.  A stranger showing up at the door makes her question who she is.  She struggles between visions of real life and her past.

Turns out it’s not her past but her story.  She’s an author.

Great book and an easy read.  Chapters were short and characters very well defined.

9/10