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My eyes light up at psychological thrillers, True Crime & great literary fiction
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My Favorite Reads of 2021

These are the handful of books that have blew me away last year! These are the ones I highly, HIGHLY recommend for fans of thrillers, mysteries and all-around great storytelling!

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Survive the Night by Riley Sager

6/27/2021

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Riley Sager remains one of my favorite authors in the Mystery and Thriller genre! This entire story has a noir feel to it. It’s very visual, and it reads like an old, 1950’s classic movie, which happens to be the film genre the main character is obsessed with. 

The action takes place over about six hours, and I DO think it’s a book you should read on a lazy Saturday or Sunday, so you don’t have to pause and pick it back up later. Sadly, I did NOT do this and wish that I had. Instead, I read it over a week and went long stretches between reading during the midpoint of the book, which killed some of the momentum. This was not Sager’s fault, since he’s such a master at building tension. No, I blame life and having to be an adult. But during the last third of the book, I dropped everything and HAD to finish.

There are only a handful of characters in this, yet somehow the book contains incredibly effective twists, turns and reveals. Only Sager can pull this kind of thing off, I swear.

I sort of figured some things out, but it didn’t matter --  the ending STILL blew me away. In fact, while this may not be my favorite Sager book (a spot still reserved for LOCK EVERY DOOR), it may very well be my favorite climax and ending to a Sager book. And honestly, it may be in the number two slot - which is saying a lot!

You don't want to miss this one! It comes out June 29th! Buy it, read it, love it!

Thank you Dutton for the ARC!

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