Steve Berry’s ‘The 14th Colony’ Introduces An Interesting Loophole in the 20th Amendment [REVIEW]

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What happens if both the president and vice-president-elect die before taking the oath of office? The answer is far from certain―in fact, what follows would be nothing short of total political chaos. Steve Berry explores this theme in THE 14TH COLONY. (Photo by Dave Newman, Flickr)
Steve Berry’s The 14th Colony, the new Cotton Malone thriller, is intriguing from beginning to end. The novel opens as Stephanie Nelle, the Justice Department’s director of the Magellan Billet Agency, comes to terms with facing redundancy as the new President of the United States is sworn into office. Continue reading “Steve Berry’s ‘The 14th Colony’ Introduces An Interesting Loophole in the 20th Amendment [REVIEW]”

Things Don’t Add Up In Lisa Scottoline’s ‘Most Wanted’ [REVIEW]

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She wanted a baby more than anything… and then she found out her sperm donor may be a killer.
(Photo by Ben O’Bryan, Flickr)

Christine and Marcus Nilsson tried to have a baby for years. After exhausting all options, they decide to use a sperm donor. Then, three months into the pregnancy, Christine sees a news report about a man who has raped several women… and the man looks remarkably like the photo of their donor. This impossible situation thus poses the question: what would you do if the biological father of your unborn child was a killer? New York Times bestselling novelist Lisa Scottoline tackles this tough topic in her suspenseful new novel, Most Wanted.  Continue reading “Things Don’t Add Up In Lisa Scottoline’s ‘Most Wanted’ [REVIEW]”

Fasten Your Seat Belts Before Reading Karen Robards’ Nail-Biting Thriller ‘Darkness’ [REVIEW]

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Karen Robards taps into our deepest fears in DARKNESS. (Photo by English Rose247, Flickr)

Karen Robards’ latest novel, Darkness, captivated me from the very first sentence. “It was an ordinary flight, on an ordinary day, full of ordinary people. Until it wasn’t.” Then the unthinkable happens and the plan crashes into the mountains. No one knows why. As someone who is already a nervous flier, this story line had my palms sweating right from the start.  Continue reading “Fasten Your Seat Belts Before Reading Karen Robards’ Nail-Biting Thriller ‘Darkness’ [REVIEW]”

Debut Novelist Fiona Barton Shocks Readers in ‘The Widow’ [REVIEW]

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When a man is accused of abducting a child, the public wants to know, “How much does the wife really know?” Find out in Fiona Barton’s THE WIDOW. (Photo by eflon, Flickr)

Four lives are irrevocably intertwined when a husband is accused of abducting a young child in Fiona Barton’s The Widow. As the story unfolds everywhere in the news, two significant questions dance on everyone’s lips: “How could the wife not know what her husband was doing? And how much does she really know that she isn’t saying?” Continue reading “Debut Novelist Fiona Barton Shocks Readers in ‘The Widow’ [REVIEW]”

Jeffery Deaver’s ‘The Steel Kiss’ Makes Us Think Twice About Riding Escalators [REVIEW]

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In Jeffery Deaver’s THE STEEL KISS, even an escalator becomes a deadly weapon. (Photo by Nick Harris, Flickr)

In The Steel Kiss, New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver introduces readers to a menacing new threat that is much too real, and which touches all our lives: smart appliances that can be remotely controlled to kill anyone at all… even you. Continue reading “Jeffery Deaver’s ‘The Steel Kiss’ Makes Us Think Twice About Riding Escalators [REVIEW]”