The synopsis for Girls Death immediately caught my attention, making it impossible to resist diving in right after it arrived on my shelf. The story follows Tessa Cartwright, nicknamed Tessie, who gets kidnapped just before her 17th birthday and is soon discovered half-buried in a Texas field...

The Dead of North Ganson Street was kindly provided to me as a review copy by Suhrkamp Verlag. Even the cover makes it clear this thriller is anything but ordinary. The book follows Jules Bettinger after an unfortunate incident at his previous precinct in warm Arizona...

The Guilt of Past Days takes place in Australia—a country I know relatively little about, and that unfamiliarity was exactly what drew me to give this book a try. The story centers on Mac Faraday, who receives a late-night phone call that changes everything...

The Zodiac Files was kindly offered to me as a review copy by Edel Elements publishing house. When they made this offer, I felt like a chocolate addict being waved with a piece of chocolate right under their nose—who could possibly say no? The story begins with a double murder of a couple in love...

After hearing so much about I Am the Night by Ethan Cross, I decided to check out the free audiobook version through Spotify. You do have to deal with occasional ad interruptions on the free version, but I don't mind that too much. Marcus Williams, a former detective, finds himself pulled into a dangerous case...

Various Facebook groups centered around crime and thriller novels are going to drive me into financial ruin! Among other discoveries, these communities led me to Chris Carter. Since I always prefer starting series from the very beginning, The Crucifix Killer landed on my desk pretty quickly...

The Raven promises an exciting spy novel on its back cover with plenty of action, lots of technology, and an unusual setting. Siberia doesn't feature nearly enough in my reading choices so far! A cryptic plea for help from Russian biologist Rogatschow reaches its intended recipient—Dr. Johnny Porter—through various roundabout channels...

I've already read quite a few crime novels and thrillers, so I'm always on the lookout for that one slightly different thriller—and look at that, I found it! Hero Factory by Christian von Ditfurth centers on the Berlin-Brandenburg Chemistry Corporation, an international conglomerate where late-night meetings are nothing out of the ordinary...

As part of my 2025 motto challenge, I finally tackled a very, very long audiobook. It's amazing how much housework you can accomplish while listening—and this despite the fact that I'm not typically a fan of Scandinavian crime novels! Near Stockholm, on a sports field, a badly mutilated body is discovered...

I know I'm quite late to the party with The Bone Hunter! But I've already read several other books from the Lincoln Rhyme series and now I finally want to start properly from the very beginning. On the last day of her career as a patrol officer, Amelia Sachs responds to an emergency call that awaits with something shocking...