A thirty-year-old cold case. A parolee seeking revenge. The accusation that threatens to tear a family apart. An unexpected journey into the past. In David Baldacci’s No Man’s Land, all the key components are in place for one troubling, relentless thriller. Continue reading “David Baldacci Delivers Another Tension-Filled Ride With ‘No Man’s Land’ [REVIEW]”
A businessman vanishes on a busy city street. A young girl witnesses the crime. A hangman’s noose is left at the scene. Jeffery Deaver’s beloved forensic detectives Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return to solve another blistering case in The Burial Hour. Continue reading “Jeffery Deaver’s ‘The Burial Hour’ Delivers A Rush of Pure Adrenaline [REVIEW]”
What do you get when you cross The Good Wife, Criminal Minds, and the 2009 film, State of Play? The answer may very well be Jane Haseldine’s Duplicity, an engaging new thriller that blends taut suspense, riveting characters, heinous crime, family drama and professional journalism into one compelling read. Continue reading “Jane Haseldine’s ‘Duplicity’ Explodes with Malice [REVIEW]”
An old lady. A child psychologist. A mysterious death. The hotel that brings them together. No, this isn’t a sequel to Bad Times at the El Royale. Instead, this is the 32nd installment of Jonathan Kellerman’s long-running Alex Delaware series, Heartbreak Hotel, and it may be the most peculiar case in his career. Continue reading “A Centenarian Makes the Perfect Victim in Jonathan Kellerman’s ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ [REVIEW]”
I’ve been a fan of British crime fiction for decades, but one of my favorite authors was the Queen of Crime herself, P.D. James. Over the course of her career, magazines and newspapers commissioned her to write special short stories for the holidays. Growing up on the American side of the pond, I never got the chance to read any of these stories when they were originally released, so you can imagine my delight when Knopf decided to publish four of them together in book format. The result is the charming gift-sized volume, The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories. Continue reading “Revisit the Mysterious World of P.D. James in ‘The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories’ [REVIEW]”
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