Tag: mystery

Book Reviews, Fiction Writing, Mystery, Short Stories/Novellas, Suspense/Thrillers

Warm Bodies – a Review

by Lisa • October 16, 2026 • 0 Comments

𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝐵𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠, the first story by John Marrs that I’ve ever read, has impressed me so much that I will definitely be reading more by this author. In this story, he showed a remarkable talent for taking ordinary people, putting them into slightly uncomfortable situations, and then turning everything wonderfully dark. 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝐵𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 may be a short story, but it is full of twisted humor, disturbing surprises, and morally questionable characters.

Before I Knew His Name – a Review

by Lisa • October 2, 2026 • 0 Comments

𝐵𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝐼 𝐾𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑁𝑎𝑚𝑒 by XOXO Writer is a story filled with romance, mystery, friendship, secrets, and emotional growth. At its heart, this is Sarah’s story—a story about wanting love, learning who to trust, and discovering that honesty matters even when the truth is complicated.

X Marks the Haunt – a Review

by Lisa • January 21, 2026 • 0 Comments

A group of young friends are being haunted by a ghost who wants to give them a message but doesn’t seem to know how to get this message across so they can understand it. Graceland Cemetery may never be the same calm and peaceful place it has been ever again.

Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife – a Review

by Lisa • October 15, 2025 • 0 Comments

Are you a fan of the game of Clue? Are you good at finding the guilty one? If you are, then you will absolutely love this book. A real-life game of Clue is about to begin, but in this game, there is more than one murder.

The Bridesmaid – a Review

by Lisa • July 11, 2025 • 0 Comments

The Kensingtons invite you to the society wedding of the decade. There’s just one hitch. You might not make it out alive.

A Novel Murder – a Review

by Lisa • June 20, 2025 • 0 Comments

Welcome to the Killer Lines Crime Fiction Festival, the place for star writers of the genre to meet their adoring fans. But be careful—this year the murders don’t take place just on the page.

May 2025 Writing Prompts

by Lisa • May 1, 2025 • 0 Comments

Have you ever had a monster under your bed? What are you going to do for your mother on Mother’s Day? Do you like to take selfies? Does it surprise you to learn that the first post office was in a tavern? Would you ever ask to take a selfie with a hijacker?

January 2025 Writing Prompts

by Lisa • January 2, 2025 • 0 Comments

I hope all of you, my readers, have a wonderful 2025! For your writing prompts this month, you will get to write about New Year’s Day and New Year’s resolutions. Then imagine melted chocolate spilling all over the highway, and a baby (still alive) being found in the trash.

And Then There Were Bodies – a Review

by Lisa • December 18, 2024 • 0 Comments

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, but now there are bodies. And now one, specifically a skeleton, has turned up in the basement of the library Luci inherited from her grandmother.

Little Boy Lost – a Review

by Lisa • October 14, 2024 • 1 Comment

Michael Tanner has lost everything because of an explosion at the plant where he worked. Worst of all, he is accused of causing this explosion in which a lot of people lost their lives.

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