At the end of every month, I absolutely love looking back on my reading list and reliving what I loved about the books I devoured in the preceding month. I’ve been on a really good reading streak recently, and March was no exception! My month was dominated by psychological thrillers in March, even more so than usual—though I did have one totally engrossing police procedural in the mix, too. There’s nothing like the feeling when you’re in a great groove with the books you’re reading - and I’m excited to keep that going into the new month!
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Book Review: IN THE VINES by Shannon Kirk
As a crime fiction reader, what could be better than finding a psychological thriller that is so effective and immersive in its portrayal of an unhinged mindset that it actually makes you start to feel just a bit unhinged yourself? Finding a book that does this effectively is never easy, but today’s featured title does it in spades. IN THE VINES by Shannon Kirk will make for twisted, page-turning summer reading - a shocking and purely entertaining psychological suspense novel for the reader who doesn’t want to just see the deterioration of the story’s main characters, but wants to feel it, too. Kirk has written an immersive, addictive story of toxic family secrets and the fallout of their surfacing. From its atmospheric backdrop (a seaside New England estate, now falling into disrepair) to its vivid, impactful writing and (let’s not forget) genuinely twisted central mystery, IN THE VINES delivers the total package - and makes for the perfect addition to your summer reading list.
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Book Excerpt: IN THE VINES by Shannon Kirk
Have you started thinking about summer reading yet? Personally, I’m already daydreaming about summer weekends spent with my nose in an addictive psychological thriller - and today I’m so excited to share with CBTB readers an excerpt of a book that looks like exactly that kind of read! IN THE VINES by Shannon Kirk sounds just plain fantastic: it’s about a family with dark secrets, and a young woman who visits her cloistered aunt in hopes of uncovering them. But what our main character finds at her aunt’s New England seaside estate might shock her more than she could ever imagine…
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