Allie Reynolds

Oct 24, 2024 | crimereads.com | Alexa Donne |Ruth Ware |Shari Lapena |Allie Reynolds

It all started with Agatha Christie’s iconic And Then There Were None—the isolation trope closed circle mystery was born, and mystery-lovers have been hooked ever since. In my humble opinion, there can never be too many closed circle mystery/isolation trope stories like Christie’s! I can read book after book and never be satiated.

Jul 17, 2023 | crimereads.com | Allie Reynolds

“Whistle!” my friend Mel told me as we pushed our way down the overgrown trail to the beach, surfboards under our arms. “What?” I asked, confused. “To let the snakes know you’re coming,” she said. “So they have time to crawl away.”Unsure if she was joking, I added my unsteady whistle to her piercing one. Minutes later, we were in the ocean, sitting on our surfboards with the blood-warm water lapping around our waists. Before either of us could catch a wave, a jet ski zoomed towards us.