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Six Years
by Harlan Coben
A flat thriller that didn't do it for me
Going into Six Years, I was excited to finally see what all the fuss surrounding Harlan Coben was about. Surprisingly, this is my first of his novels, and while I know he has a hug…
★★★☆☆
06 Aug 2026
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12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas
by Natasha Bache
A fairly average festive thriller
12 Ways to Kill Your Family at Christmas had all the ingredients for a sharp, darkly comic festive thriller, but for me it never quite delivered on its promise. The plot was predic…
★★★☆☆
12 Dec 2025
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The Happy Family
by Jackie Kabler
Adequate but predictable - good for a reading slump
My reading slump may finally be over. Once I settled to read, I got through this quite well. Not the best book I've read, but it was an easy one to get me back into one of my favou…
★★★☆☆
16 Feb 2024
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