Suspense Fiction
If I Run Review: Terri Blackstock's Fugitive Thriller, Start to Finish
A retired librarian's plain account of the first Blackstock novel she ever finished, and the one she has lent out most since.
One reader's account of the Terri Blackstock novel that broke her ten-day habit, what it cost her, and who she would hand it to.
A retired librarian's plain account of the first Blackstock novel she ever finished, and the one she has lent out most since.
One I finished in two nights, one I am still thinking about years later. A plainspoken look at two clean suspense novels, with no spoilers in sight.
Ten reasons this one earns its place on the hall bookcase, from a retired librarian who finished it in two nights and never once peeked at the last page.
One reader's account of the Terri Blackstock novel that broke her ten-day habit, what it cost her, and who she would hand it to.
A retired librarian's plain answer on where to begin, what order to read the three books in, and who should not start at all.
A retired librarian's honest look at the first of Blackstock's three Casey Cox novels: what the pace costs, what the faith content actually is, and why book one does not close itself.
A retired librarian's look at the first Rock Harbor novel: what the listing promises, what the opening chapters cost you, and who should take it home.
Two clean suspense novels, side by side, from a reader who has finished both and will not spoil either one.
A retired librarian's plainspoken case for starting with book one, and who might want to start elsewhere.
A retired librarian on the Rock Harbor novel she has read twice, who it suits, and who should wait for a better month.
A retired librarian's plain method for choosing a clean mystery your group can finish, with notes on Coble's Without a Trace.
A retired librarian's honest look at the first Rock Harbor novel: the grief, the dog, the town, and who should skip it.
A retired librarian's plain account of the first Women of Justice novel: what the case is, what the reading felt like, and which readers should walk past it.
One is 336 pages with a case that runs the whole way, the other is a lighter evening. Marian Holloway on which clean suspense novel to hand over first.
A retired librarian on why this clean Christian suspense novel worked for her church book group, and who should skip it.
A reader's look at the first Women of Justice novel, what the group said, and who should skip it.
Eight women, one paperback, one month. A retired librarian's plain plan for running a suspense novel through a church book group without losing half the table by week three.
A retired librarian's plainspoken look at Lynette Eason's first Women of Justice novel: what the listing promises, how it reads, and who should leave it on the shelf.
A retired librarian's honest read on Dee Henderson's cold case novel, what it asks of you, and who should skip it.
One is slow, thorough detective work. The other moves. A retired librarian on which Henderson to read first, and who each one actually suits.
A retired librarian on why a slow, patient cold case novel earned its place on the hall bookcase, and which readers should walk past it.
Marian Holloway, sixty-six, retired school librarian, on the one paperback that cost her a night's sleep, and the reader she would and would not hand it to.
Two books, one order, and the fifty pages that decide whether this cold case series is for you.
What the publisher's description leaves out, what the pace asks of you, and who I would and would not hand this one to. No plot turns, no culprit, no ending.
A retired librarian on 480 pages, three weeks in the green chair, and the one warning she gives before she lends it out.
Two Rivers novels, one reader's shelf, and a plain answer about which one fits which evening.
Ten reasons a long, standalone Francine Rivers novel is worth a month of your group's Tuesdays, from a retired librarian who picked it for hers.
A retired librarian on the longest book she read this year, who it suits, and the one warning she gives before you start it.
A retired school librarian on how she picks a Christian historical novel her group will actually finish, and the 480-page one she still hands people first.
Marian Holloway read the Tyndale paperback over three weeks in July 2025, picked it for her church book group that October, and has three caveats nobody prints on the back cover.
A retired librarian's plain account of the first Blackstock novel she ever finished, and the one she has lent out most since.
A retired librarian's honest look at the first of Blackstock's three Casey Cox novels: what the pace costs, what the faith content actually is, and why book one does not close itself.
A retired librarian's look at the first Rock Harbor novel: what the listing promises, what the opening chapters cost you, and who should take it home.
A retired librarian's honest look at the first Rock Harbor novel: the grief, the dog, the town, and who should skip it.
A retired librarian's plain account of the first Women of Justice novel: what the case is, what the reading felt like, and which readers should walk past it.
A retired librarian's plainspoken look at Lynette Eason's first Women of Justice novel: what the listing promises, how it reads, and who should leave it on the shelf.
A retired librarian's honest read on Dee Henderson's cold case novel, what it asks of you, and who should skip it.
What the publisher's description leaves out, what the pace asks of you, and who I would and would not hand this one to. No plot turns, no culprit, no ending.
A retired librarian on 480 pages, three weeks in the green chair, and the one warning she gives before she lends it out.
Marian Holloway read the Tyndale paperback over three weeks in July 2025, picked it for her church book group that October, and has three caveats nobody prints on the back cover.