The Lovely Bones
★★☆☆☆
The book begins with the tragic death of a fourteen-year-old girl, Susie Salmon (like the fish). From there, Susie's spirit narrates in first person the lives of Susie’s family, friends and murderer.
The Killing Floor
★★★★☆
Jack Reacher. Ex-Military Police, current drifter, is passing through a small town when he is suddenly arrested for a murder he knows nothing about. He expects the case of mistaken identity to be quickly resolved, but soon finds out that he is connected to the case... very intimately.
The Big Sleep
★★☆☆☆
The first book featuring tough-as-nails P.I. Philip Marlowe... private eye, educated, heroic, streetwise, rugged individualist, hero... a complete man, a common man, and yet, a highly unusual man.
Murder on the Orient Express
★★★★★
A train stopped at midnight in the snow. A dead body found in a compartment. Twelve stab wounds leave no doubt it was murder. And Hercule Poirot, tasked with solving the crime, is certain the culprit is a passenger on the Orient Express.
And Then There Were None
★★★★★
Influential murder-mystery that is clever and suspenseful. This gem will keep you guessing!
Shutter Island
★★★★★
Fear, obsession, paranoia... this book is the stuff nightmares are made of. It is noir psychological suspense at its finest.
Sharp Objects
★★★☆☆
Disturbing story. Disturbing characters. This book will make you feel uncomfortable, that's what Gillian Flynn does best!
Thirteen Reasons Why
★★★★☆
Clay's crush is dead. Suicide. A couple of weeks later, he gets a box of tapes recorded by her, her suicide note, listing 13 reasons why she did take her own life. He is one of those 13...
