THE SITE FOR DIE HARD CRIME & THRILLER FANS
Book Club

The Wicked Sister

1 Mins read
The Wicked Sister by Karen Dionne front cover

In this all-new psychological thriller, Karen Dionne again sets her drama in the sparsely populated, heavily wooded Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and again the natural world plays an important role, underlining themes and supporting the action. The main character, 26-year-old Rachel, even talks to animals. Dionne’s light touch makes these interactions more revealing of Rachel than weird. Rachel is fragile. She’s just spent 15 years in a mental institution believing she murdered her parents. With chapters narrated by both her mother (“then”) and Rachel (“now”), you learn what really happened and pray for Rachel’s escape. Our full review here.


Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related posts
News

Win a signed copy of RAGDOLL by Daniel Cole

We got very excited when the crime show Ragdoll arrived on iPlayer last week – so much so that we ordered in a copy to give away as the prize in our Saturday draw on 21 June 2025. When Daniel Cole got wind of our…
Features

Meet the author: Maryann Webb

Maryann Webb loves what she does. As an author of psychological thrillers, she sees her role as to plant clues, hide secrets and create characters who are one thing on the surface, and something else entirely inside. She also loves writing, and penned her first…
iBookKindlePrintReviews

Summerhouse by Yiğit Karaahmet

Translated by Nicholas Glastonbury — It’s not often we come across Turkish crime fiction, much less examples influenced by Nabokov and Highsmith, but Yiğit Karaahmet has produced an original, atmospheric debut with LGBTQ+ themes. Summerhouse is set on Büyükada, an island just off Istanbul, and…
Crime Fiction Lover