Suspense Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/suspense/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Sun, 29 Mar 2026 16:17:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg Suspense Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/reviews/genres/suspense/ 32 32 38398750 Two Kinds of Stranger https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:17:35 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19577 Plot has been my friend for months now so turning to a thriller in a series I’ve loved is no big surprise. Yes, Eddie Flynn, the former grifter turned lawyer is back in Steve Cavanagh’s book, Two Kinds of Stranger. This time he’s representing an Instagram influencer accused of murdering her husband and his mistress, […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/03/two-kinds-of-stranger/feed/ 0 19577 Best Offer Wins https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/best-offer-wins/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/best-offer-wins/#respond Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:32:48 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19521 For anyone who’s purchased a house in a competitive market the subject of Marisa Kashino’s novel Best Offer Wins won’t come as a surprise: the lengths a buyer will go to win the house of their dreams. Think buying a home is just about paying the price the owners are asking for it? Then you’ve […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/best-offer-wins/feed/ 0 19521 Missing Sam by Thrity Umrigar https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/missing-sam-by-thrity-umrigar/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/missing-sam-by-thrity-umrigar/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2026 08:12:42 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19507 It’s the July 4th weekend when Ali‘s wife Sam goes missing on her early morning run in their upscale Cleveland Heights neighborhood. Her disappearance sets in motion events that keep Thrity Umrigar’s new novel, Missing Sam, at a slow burn over the mystery, but ignites a blaze in the response the community has to the […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2026/02/missing-sam-by-thrity-umrigar/feed/ 2 19507 Serial Killers: Mini-Reviews https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/#respond Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:46:45 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19387 Happy Halloween Eve! I thought I’d pre-game tomorrow night’s creepy mood by sharing two reviews of novels about serial killers. You know, the kind of books you want to read with the lights on. In the middle of the day. And not alone.     Marie Tierney’s Deadly Animals is set in a small town […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/10/serial-killers-mini-reviews/feed/ 0 19387 Her Many Faces https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/her-many-faces/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/her-many-faces/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:48:17 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19304 When four wealthy, prominent men are found poisoned at their exclusive club the police waste no time in apprehending the killer. Katherine Cole was the server at their private party and the last one to see them alive. She was also caught at the train station trying to leave London and when detained incriminated herself. […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/09/her-many-faces/feed/ 2 19304 Culpability by Bruce Holsinger https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/07/culpability-by-bruce-holsinger/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/07/culpability-by-bruce-holsinger/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2025 07:32:04 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19231 When Culpability begins the Cassidy-Shaws are heading to one of their children’s sports tournaments when their minivan is hit by another car veering into their lane, resulting in two fatalities. The car is self-driving with the son, Charlie, at the wheel. His father, Noah, an attorney, is next to him while his mother, Lorelei, and […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/07/culpability-by-bruce-holsinger/feed/ 2 19231 King of Ashes by S.A. Cosby https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2025 07:51:42 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19202 I’ve been an S.A. Cosby fan since his debut, Blacktop Wasteland so was eager to read his newest novel, King of Ashes. Once again, Cosby settles in the small-town South, this time with a prodigal son forced to return home after his father is in an accident that leaves him in a coma. Roman Carruthers […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/king-of-ashes-by-s-a-cosby/feed/ 5 19202 The Staircase in the Woods https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/the-staircase-in-the-woods/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/the-staircase-in-the-woods/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:13:53 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19171 I’m not a huge horror fan, but I am easily influenced by a book’s cover and that was all it took to lead me into Chuck Wendig’s novel A Staircase in the Woods. Who could resist a cover like this? Or this premise: Five high school friends partying in the woods discover a staircase in […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/06/the-staircase-in-the-woods/feed/ 2 19171 Count My Lies https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/count-my-lies/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/count-my-lies/#respond Fri, 04 Apr 2025 07:25:45 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19081 Sloane can’t help herself—she’s a compulsive liar. When she sees a handsome man at the park helping his hurt daughter she immediately offers her services as a nurse. She’s actually a manicurist, but in Count My Lies this is just the first strand of a web she spins to get the life of her dreams. […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/count-my-lies/feed/ 0 19081 Heartwood https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/heartwood/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2025/04/heartwood/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:15:23 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=19073   …the act of walking while carrying the weight of my pack had wrung all the sadness out of me, the sadness for myself and for the world, and that in that moment, I was totally without stress, confusion, or agitation, and that I was perfectly, blamelessly, whole. The trail transformed me. The Appalachian Trail […]

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