A cliffside mansion, a typewriter with too much personality, and twists that roundhouse-kicked my brain. Riley Sager really said “trust no one” and he meant it. I devoured this on Thanksgiving Day and am still recovering.
A bomb, a mob, a courtroom, and one exhausted lawyer just trying to save his kid — The Defense proves that sometimes “thriller” means slow-burn chaos with closing arguments.
Sometimes the hardest part of growing a blog is realizing what no longer feels right. This is the story of why I paused my shop — and how it brought me back to what The Recap Vault was meant to be.
It’s been a while since I’ve just talked about life for a moment. I haven’t picked up book 4 of the Stillhouse Lake series yet because, honestly, life got heavy for a bit. This week, I lost my grandma—my last…
At this point, Gwen Proctor can’t even breathe wrong without someone turning it into a national headline. She agrees to go on The Howie Hamlin Show to discuss the online threats she’s been getting, but, because life loves Gwen, she…
If Stillhouse Lake was “suburban mom discovers her husband’s a serial killer,” Killman Creek is “same mom goes full Liam Neeson.” We pick up right where the chaos left off: Melvin Royal has escaped prison (because of course he has)…
There’s “my husband’s kind of a jerk,” and then there’s “a drunk driver just crashed into our garage and revealed my husband’s secret murder lab.” Gina Royal, bless her heart, was living the Pinterest mom dream — two kids, a…
Let’s get this out of the way: I almost never DNF books. I’m the reader who will power through anything once I’ve started — plot holes, cringe dialogue, you name it. There’s always that little voice saying, “Maybe it gets…
I owe TikTok an apology. I’ve spent months saying “never again” after too many over-hyped recs, and then along comes When She Escaped — the book that made me forgive the algorithm (temporarily). I started it on a random afternoon…
There’s something oddly comforting about realizing the author who made you love thrillers can still rattle you — just not the same way she used to. The Intruder reminded me of that. Once upon a time, I devoured every Freida…
ARC Review | Thriller | Release Date: November 18, 2025Thank you to Caleb Stephens and the publisher for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Okay,…
Hi there! It’s been a little quiet on the blog lately. No new recaps, no fresh designs, and far fewer updates than I like to share. But while it’s been quiet on the outside, behind the scenes I’ve been working…
