Tag Archives: fiction

Review: The Collective by Alison Gaylin

Posted on November 28, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Just how far will a grieving mother go to right a tragic wrong? Camille Gardner is a grieving—and angry—mother who, five years after her daughter’s death, is still obsessed with the privileged young man … Continue reading →

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Review: Devil’s Creek by Todd Keisling

Posted on November 15, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: About fifteen miles west of Stauford, Kentucky lies Devil’s Creek. According to local legend, there used to be a church out there, home to the Lord’s Church of Holy Voices—a death cult where Jacob … Continue reading →

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Review: Comfort Me With Apples by Catherynne M. Valente

Posted on November 10, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy Here: Bookshop, Amazon Synopsis: Sophia was made for him. Her perfect husband. She can feel it in her bones. He is perfect. Their home together in Arcadia Gardens is perfect. Everything is perfect. It’s just that he’s away so … Continue reading →

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Review: Crossroads by Laurel Hightower

Posted on October 21, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Off Limits Press, Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: How far would you go to bring back someone you love? When Chris’s son dies in a tragic car crash, her world is devastated. The walls of grief close in on … Continue reading →

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Review: The Forest by Lisa Quigley

Posted on October 19, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy Here: Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Everyone in Edgewood believes their annual tithes at the fall festival are what purchase Edgewood’s safety, but as Faye and her husband prepare to take over as town stewards—a long tradition … Continue reading →

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Review: A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan

Posted on September 23, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Remy and Alicia, a couple of insecure service workers, are not particularly happy together–but they are bound by a shared obsession with Jen, a beautiful former co-worker of Remy’s who now seems to be following … Continue reading →

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Review: Four Minutes by Nataliya Deleva

Posted on September 21, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy Here: Open Letter, Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Giving voice to people living on the periphery in post-communist Bulgaria, Four Minutes centers around Leah, an orphan who suffered daily horrors growing up, and now struggles to integrate into society as a … Continue reading →

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Review: Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum

Posted on August 12, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: For readers of Claire Messud and Mary Gaitskill comes a striking debut novel of marriage, fidelity, sex, and morality, featuring a fascinating heroine who struggles to live a life with meaning. Hausfrauhaus·frau \haus-frau\ n 1: … Continue reading →

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Review: Absolute Unit by Nick Kolakowski

Posted on August 10, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy here: Crystal Lake Publishing, Amazon Synopsis: Bill is a nobody, a health inspector who’s not above taking a few dollars to overlook a restaurant’s mouse problem, and hated by nearly everyone except his long-suffering girlfriend. His nephew, Trent, isn’t … Continue reading →

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Review: Razorblade Tears by S.A. Cosby

Posted on August 8, 2021 by ghostvillehero

Buy at: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for vengeance. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not so much as a speeding ticket in all that time. But a … Continue reading →

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