Rating: ⭐⭐⭐1/2 Description: Contemporary women's tech & wellness work culture thriller told from 3 perspectives of varying ranks in the company, from top to bottom Mood: Anxious thriller that will keep you turning pages to find out what happened to characters that perished before the novel even began..  Snake Oil is only my second wellness industry mystery and it was fairly good. I'm really not sure that I'd call it a thriller or a suspense novel though, personally. Though I can see how readers might get that vibe from a couple of the main characters' general anxiety being exacerbated by important or otherwise stressful events in the story. The novel is told through the perspectives of 3 women who work together at a wellness company startup in San Francisco. Rhoda, the found and CEO of the company Radical, is focused on what she hopes to be her final round of funding and is preparing to "unicorn" at any cost. Dani and Cecilia work together in customer ser...

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Description: Experience the ups and downs, the ins and outs, of an obsessive, compulsive collector "forced" to steal money from her own town to fuel her habit - from a first hand perspective. Mood: Darkly compelling. Much as the MC is compelled to keep collecting, you'll be compelled to keep unraveling her motivations, her tricks for identifying key pieces of art, and how she holds it all together. **Spoilers last 2 paragraphs describe ending** I went in to this read unsure of what to expect. While the storyline lacked some of the speed and drama that I - and I think that many other readers - were hoping for, it was still impactful and well-told. I did at times find myself rooting for the MC, despite the fact that you definitely should not. She is not a hero, or anti-hero; if anything she is the villain of the town of Pierson. Inspired by the true story of the theft of roughly 54 millions dollars over the course of a 20 year period in another town in Illinois...