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VBT # The Woman at No.3 - Rebecca Collomosse

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Review: The Woman at No. 3 - Rebecca Collomosse - July 2025 After being given the news of being made redundant, a week ago I found myself on an unexpected thriller mission, desperately seeking stories that could cut through the fog of uncertainty that redundancy brings. Romance novels felt impossibly frivolous when my own life had been turned upside down. That's when I discovered Zooloos Book Tours PR Company, a literary lifeline offering thriller books that promised the kind of edge-of-your-seat distraction I desperately needed. Today's selection, The Woman at No. 3, delivers exactly the kind of psychological unraveling that mirrors the disorientation of sudden life changes. The story follows Clara and Mike, a couple who believe they've found their dream home with their toddler Poppy, only to discover that dreams can quickly transform into nightmares when the foundation beneath your feet proves unstable. From the moment they arrive to find mysterious damage left by previ...

#VBT Review - You Don't Know Me - Theo Baxter

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Review: You Don't Know Me - Theo Baxter - June 2025 Y'all, let me tell you about the latest page-turner that had me questioning every knock at my door! When I spotted You Don't Know Me on a Zooloos Book Tours list, I practically dove headfirst into my Kindle. I've been riding the Theo Baxter train for a while now, and this psychological thriller? It did NOT disappoint. Picture this: You're already drowning in grief over your father's death, waiting for the will reading like some twisted family game show, when BAM! The police show up with news that your mother's been killed in a hit-and-run. Talk about life serving you a double helping of nightmare soup. The Marconi siblings—Izzy, Annabelle, and Harry—are suddenly planning two funerals instead of one inheritance meeting. But wait, there's more! (Because apparently the universe has a sick sense of humor.) At dad's funeral, enter stage left: Mary and her wheelchair-bound companion David. Plot twist t...

Review: Long Time Gone - Charlie Donlea

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Review: Long Time Gone - Charlie Donlea - May 2024 Sometimes the best hooks come from the most unexpected places. I'll admit, I wasn't planning to dive straight into another Charlie Donlea novel, but after finishing Those Empty Eyes, I found myself face-to-face with the opening chapters of Long Time Gone tucked right there at the end. Two chapters in, and I was completely hooked—there's something about Charlie Donlea's ability to weave DNA mysteries with missing persons cases that just hits all my reading sweet spots. Long Time Gone follows Dr. Sloane Hastings, a forensic pathology student working under one of the world's best. As part of her thesis on DNA and crime solving, Sloane decides to submit her own genetic material—partly for research, partly out of curiosity about her adoption. What she discovers turns her world completely upside down. Sloane wasn't just adopted; she was stolen. And the day before her "adoption," her entire biological famil...

EXCERPT REVEAL - Someone Knows by Vi Keeland

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Title: Someone Knows Author: Vi Keeland Publisher: S&S/Emily Bestler Books Genre: Standalone Thriller Release Date: June 17, 2025 Take a sneak peek at SOMEONE KNOWS. You know you want to... A voice behind me catches me off guard. ā€œPut hers on my tab, please, Willow.ā€ I expect to find the mullet man when I turn, but I’m pleasantly surprised. Instead, there’s a tall, handsome—albeit too young for me—man with a deliciously crooked smile. That smile widens, unveiling a set of cavernous dimples. Oh my. ā€œYou are definitely not from around here,ā€ he drawls. I swivel and face him for a better look. ā€œOh yeah? Why is that?ā€ ā€œBecause the girls from these parts drink one of three things: White Claws, High Noons, or Jack and Coke. And the third I keep away from because that means they’re going to wind up sloppy drunk.ā€ ā€œI suppose the reason I don’t drink any of those is because I’m a woman , not a girl.ā€ Dimples looks me up and down. There’s a sparkle in his eyes when they meet mine...

Review: Those Empty Eyes - Charlie Donlea

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Review: Those Empty Eyes - Charlie Donlea - March 2023 Sometimes you stumble across an author who just gets how to craft a proper thriller, and Charlie Donlea has definitely earned his spot on my auto-buy list. After being completely hooked by Twenty Years Later and its masterful twists, I found myself scrolling through my Kindle library like a kid in a candy store, looking for my next Charlie Donlea fix. That's when Those Empty Eyes practically jumped off my digital shelf. The story kicks off with Alex Quinlan, a teenager whose life gets absolutely destroyed when she's branded as the monster who slaughtered her own family. The media circus around her case is brutal – they even give her the chilling nickname "Empty Eyes" because of her distinctive gaze. But here's the thing that immediately drew me in: Alex is innocent, and she knows it. What follows is a gripping journey as she spends years fighting to clear her name, eventually winning her freedom and a hefty d...

VBT# While You Were Gone - Mark Gillespie

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Review: While You Were Gone - Mark Gillespie - June 2025 Holy moly, fellow book lovers! I just finished Mark Gillespie's "While You Were Gone" and let me tell you – I'm now side-eyeing every delivery person who comes to my door. This psychological thriller has officially made me paranoid about letting strangers into my personal space, and honestly? I'm kind of here for it. The premise is deliciously simple yet terrifying: Angie and Dan hire what seems like the perfect house-sitter, Martha Hunt, to watch their home and pets while they vacation in the Scottish Highlands. Martha's got stellar reviews, sounds absolutely lovely, and seems like a dream come true. But when the couple returns early due to Dan's illness, they walk into their worst nightmare – house trashed, Martha sprawled naked on their couch, and their beloved pets missing. Can we talk about how this hits different when you have friends turning their homes into Airbnbs? I literally texted my be...

Review: All the Shiny Things - Robin Mahle

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  Review: All the Shiny Things - Book #1 Kate Reid Series - March 2013 You know that feeling when you think you have your life figured out? That's exactly where Kate starts—charity work that fulfills her soul, wedding bells on the horizon with her lawyer fiancĆ©, the whole Pinterest-perfect life package. Then BAM! Dreams start haunting her nights, and suddenly she's tumbling down the darkest rabbit hole imaginable. Robin Mahle doesn't ease you into this psychological thriller—she throws you headfirst into Kate's world when she discovers the unthinkable truth about her past. At six years old, Kate was abducted alongside two other children. She was the sole survivor, her traumatic memories buried so deep that it took another child's kidnapping to unlock them. Talk about a plot twist that'll give you actual chills. What hooked me immediately was how Robin Mahle handles the partnership between Kate and Detective Avery. Their dynamic feels authentic—no forced roman...