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The Locked Ward- It’s a trashy domestic thriller that scratched the itch

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

January 14, 2026 by NatteringwPride 1 Comment

Some doors should never be opened. Was it bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity? Whatever the cause―and everyone has a theory―it’s the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family. Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, “I didn’t do it. […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Sarah Pekkanen

NatteringwPride's CBR18 Review No:3 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Sarah Pekkanen ·
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Who Killed Annabelle Cartwright? Or, Surrounded by Narcissists.

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

May 9, 2025 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

The media is calling it the Crime of the Decade – Georgia Cartwright, the glamorous eldest daughter of a wealthy South Carolina family, has been accused of murdering her younger sister. Whether it was jealousy – Annabelle was the biological daughter, while Georgia was adopted – or pure insanity is up for debate. But just to be safe, Georgia is being kept in the locked ward of a psychiatric facility while she awaits her trial. Mandy is reading about the crime in the news when […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Sarah Pekkanen

RouletteGirl's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Sarah Pekkanen ·
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The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

February 10, 2025 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. Trigger warning: Description of rape I was surprised at how much I didn’t really like this newest offering from Sarah Pekkanen. I think that the dual POVs was the reason why it didn’t work. And the ending was just kind of not finished in my opinion. But this one was a hard one to get into and I just didn’t really find some parts of it realistic. “The […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Sarah Pekkanen, The Locked Ward

Classic's CBR17 Review No:19 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Sarah Pekkanen, The Locked Ward ·
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Is the kid traumatized or murderous?

House of Glass by Sarah Pekkanen

February 5, 2024 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

I was excited when I heard about Sarah Pekkanen’s new book House of Glass, since I’d read several of her collaborative novels with Greer Hendricks and found them to be excellent thrillers. I wasn’t sure, at first, how I felt about House of Glass. It took me a few chapters to get into it, and I’m not entirely sure why. But once I did get into it, I was hooked. I read this in a single day, that’s how much I didn’t want to put […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: Sarah Pekkanen

RouletteGirl's CBR16 Review No:1 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: Sarah Pekkanen ·
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“Our minds do this all the time. They talk us out of things we don’t want to know.”

Gone Tonight by Sarah Pekkanen

October 19, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

Thanks to Macmillan Audio for the unsolicited audio ARC. It hasn’t affected the contents of my review. The blurb makes this one sound really interesting, which is why I accepted the ARC from the publisher. Catherine’s mother Ruth has been newly diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s, but some odd incidents lead Catherine to look into her mother’s past—their shared past—and secrets come spilling out not only regarding where her mother came from, but what her mother is doing current day, and even her medical diagnosis. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ARCs, audiobooks, Gone Tonight, narfna, Sarah Pekkanen, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR15 Review No:98 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ARCs, audiobooks, Gone Tonight, narfna, Sarah Pekkanen, Suspense, thrillers ·
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This Anonymous Girl made herself known

An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen

July 6, 2023 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

I borrowed this book from a coworker a while ago. As I’ve stated previously, I have trouble with actual books. I read the most in my bed in the dark on my Kindle. Real books hurt when they hit you in the face because you fell asleep reading them. I have a feeling I might make some more time to read real books in my new house though. I’m moving in at the end of the month, and this is just one of the many […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Greer Hendricks, Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen, Psychology, Sarah Pekkanen

kfishgirl's CBR15 Review No:31 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Greer Hendricks, Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen, Psychology, Sarah Pekkanen ·
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