Tag Archives: Mystery

The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver (1997)

Review by CJ

Page count:
432

ISBN:
9780670868711

 

Quadriplegic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme has decided to employ a death dealer to help him end his own life when New York City’s newest serial killer strikes. Now it is up to Rhyme to use his expertise and beat cop Amelia Sach’s street smarts to catch The Bone Collector before he can kill again.

The Bone Collector is the first novel in the Lincoln Rhyme series.

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Neighborly: A Novel by Ellie Monago (2018)

Page count:
313

ISBN:
9781542096171 

Trigger warning:
Paedophilia

 

New parents Kat and Doug found a quaint home and moved into the perfect neighbourhood with flawless neighbours. But when Kat starts to receive increasingly threatening notes that allude to a past even her husband doesn’t know about, will she be able to convince Doug that the neighbours aren’t all that neighbourly or will she be left out in the cold?

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Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz (2003)

Review by CJ

Page count:
446

ISBN:
0-553-58449-9

 

Odd Thomas has a unique name and a unique gift — he sees dead people. While the dead are unable to speak, Odd uses his gift to interpret how to help them move on to the next life.

When Odd sees more bodachs, spiritual harbingers of death and destructions, in one place than he has in his life, he knows something big is coming. It’s up to Odd to use his psychic gifts to save the town he lives in and the people he loves.

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The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2017) [UK Title February]

Review by CJ

Director:
Oz Perkins

Starring:
Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Boynton, Emma Roberts

Other notable appearances:
James Remar, Lauren Holly

Running time:
93 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House

 

When two girls are not collected by their parents from boarding school for the winter break, things take a dark turn.

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Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

Review by CJ

Director:
Brad Anderson

Starring:
Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, Michael Caine

Other notable appearances:
Jason Flemyng, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Sophie Kennedy Clark

Running time:
112 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Shutter Island, Crimson Peak

 

Doctor Newgate (Sturgess) attends his new post at Stonehearst Asylum only to find himself embroiled in an unexpected mystery and falling in love with one of his patients.

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