Fallen Over Book Reviews

Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue  Published: 4/1/2025 Pages: 203 Genre: Mystery/Romance Review: library book  Amazon The fog conceals a killer who’s hunting them both The disappearance of five people in Angel Marchant’s marshland town has left everyone terrified they’ll be next. And when a voodoo doll with a knife through its heart is left hanging on her front door, Angel turns to the only person she can trust. Ever since she rescued him from the swamp, injured New Orleans photographer Nathan Merrick has been falling hard for Angel. But now the beautiful fisherwoman is the target of a predator whose vendetta of violence will end only when Angel belongs to him forever… From Harlequin Seek thrills. Solve crimes. Justice served.

Publisher: St. Martin's Press Published: 1/14/2025 Pages: 352 Genre: thriller Review: ARC from NetGalley and publisher Amazon Forty years ago, a young woman and her infant daughter were found buried in the cold Icelandic snow, lying together as peacefully as though sleeping. Except the mother’s throat had been slashed and the infant drowned. The case was never solved. There were no arrests, no conviction. Just a suspicion turned into a the husband did it. When he took his son and fled halfway across the world to California, it was proof enough of his guilt. Now, nearly half a century later and a year after his death, his granddaughter, Agnes, is ready to clear her grandfather’s name once and for all. Still recovering from his death and a devastating injury, Agnes wants nothing more than an excuse to escape the shambles of her once-stable life—which is why she so readily accepts true crime expert Nora Carver’s invitation to be interviewed for her popular podcast. Agnes packs a bag ...

Publisher: Scholastic Press Published: 7/1/2025 Pages: 272 Genre: Mystery, teen, thriller Review: ARC from NetGalley and Publisher  Amazon This summer, there's blood in the water...watch out for sharks! Kaylani is a born-and-bred Brooklyn girl. She expects to feel like a fish out of water spending the hot and sticky summer on Martha's Vineyard with family friends, the Watsons. But her mother insists, especially since Kaylani still spends long hours on the phone with her imprisoned father. The Watsons live in the town of Oak Bluffs, a place with a rich Black history that fascinates Kaylani. Though the Watsons' daughter, London, is snobby and unfriendly, Kaylani ends up connecting with some other kids in the town, who show her around. The beach IS really nice, and there's good ice cream to be had. Maybe there's something to Martha's Vineyard... But then a shocking murder--or was it a drowning? A shark attack?--rocks the community to its core. Kaylani is determine...

Publisher: Wednesday Books Published: 2/4/2025  Pages: 313 Genre: Mystery, Teens/YA. Thriller Review: ARC from NetGalley and publisher Amazon Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah is left wondering if her ability is more curse than gift. This isn’t the first time one of her friends has landed on the missing persons list, and she’s determined not to let her become yet another forgotten Black girl. Not trusting the police and media to do enough on their own, Sariyah and her friends work together to figure out what led to Deja’s disappearance. But when Sariyah’s mother loses her job and her little brother faces complications with his sickle cell disease, managing her time, money, and emotions seems impossible. Desperate, Sariyah decides to hustle her need-s...

Publisher: Canary Street Press  Published: 12/10/2024 Pages: 391 Genre: New Adult/Romance Review: ARC from NetGalley Amazon Freshly widowed, Mina Drake discovers that she didn’t know her beloved husband as well as she thought when secrets slowly unravel in an intense story about heartbreak, loss and, ultimately, finding your soulmate.

Publisher: Nancy Paulsen Published: 5/7/2024 Pages: 256 Genre: Realstic Fiction Review: library book Amazon Joe Oak is used to living on unsteady ground. His mom can’t be depended on as she never stays around long once she gets “the itch,” and now he and his beloved grandmother find themselves without a home. Fortunately, Joe has an outlet in his journals and drawings and takes comfort from the lessons of comic books—superheroes have a lot of “and then, boom” moments, where everything threatens to go bust but somehow they land on their feet. And that seems to happen a lot to Joe too, as in this crisis his friend Nick helps them find a home in his trailer park. But things fall apart again when Joe is suddenly left to fend for himself. He doesn’t tell anyone he’s on his own, as he fears foster care and has hope his mom will come back. But time is running out—bills are piling up, the electricity’s been shut off, and the school year’s about to end, meaning no more free meals. The struggle...