Tag Archives: Thriller

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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Get Out (2017)

Review by CJ

Director:
Jordan Peele

Starring:
Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones

Other notable appearances:
Lakeith Stanfield, LilRel Howery, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel, Stephen Root

Running time:
104 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Split, The Shining, Silence of the Lambs

 

When Chris (Kaluuya) goes to visit his girlfriend Rose’s (Williams) family, his main fear is them not being understanding of their interracial relationship. As the weekend progresses though, Chris finds himself worrying about far more than awkward conversation.

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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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Final Girls by Riley Sager (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
342

ISBN:
9781101985366 

 

They are the Final Girls. Lisa. Quincy. Samantha. Three women who were the sole survivors of separate mass murders, lumped together by the media.

When Lisa commits suicide, Samantha decides that the remaining two Final Girls should meet. The more than Samantha turns her life upside down, the more Quincy begins to question her past and what she thought she knew happened the night she lived.

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