In Whose Body in the Library, Nichelle is the new librarian at the lighthouse library on the shores of the Outer Banks. This is her first job after graduating with a library science degree after a late career change. On the morning of her first day, she finds a bodyContinue Reading
Childhood bffs Zoe, Stef and Jade are backpacking along a rural trail listening to a podcast in Backstabbers. The podcast describes the still uncaught serial killer who mysteriously stopped rampaging along the same trail many years ago. Little do they know their friendships and very lives will be soon tested.Continue Reading
Stuart Woods’ Deep Water stars Stone Barrington, millionaire lawyer and playboy. However, in this installment, he is much less arrogant than in previous books. He is still richer and smarter, in his mind at least, than everyone else in the room. But he doesn’t shove it down everyone’s throats inContinue Reading
Edison Bixby has been shot in the face. Now he can’t keep any unkind thoughts in his head but instead spews them out. His insurance investigator boss hires down-on-his-luck actor, Wally Nash, to smooth over any awkward moments. For Edison is rude but a fantastic investigator. His cases are solvedContinue Reading
Sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her best friend Tinkie are back detecting in Ode to the Bones. A farmer is missing. Could Tinkie’s husband initiating foreclosure proceedings on his family farm be the reason? Could his rumored affair with a local preacher’s wife be behind his disappearance?Continue Reading
Every May 1st in The Anniversary, a serial killer strikes in a small Midwest town. One year he spares super popular high schooler Jules from death but not from a harrowing evening. On the same night, Quinn, a high school misfit who has somehow befriended Jules, accidentally injures someone whileContinue Reading
Jessica, Seth, Sheriff Mort and his wife Maureen go to Hollywood to compete on a trivia game show in Murder Most Trivial. When a show crew member is killed, Jessica and her gang investigate. The Maine visitors are staying in a rundown mansion soon to be opened as a bedContinue Reading
The setting of The Library After Dark is the best part of this intriguing mashup of fantasy, mystery and serial killer thriller genres. When a special after dark tour of a new library of curiosities is held, everyone has secrets. And when the doors lock and the lights go out,Continue Reading
Are you ready for a gay Agatha Christie level mystery set at a kids summer camp? With a, dare I say it, campy plot, non-stock detectives, a hot lifeguard, and a cold case mystery just dying to be solved, A Murder Most Camp is not to be missed. Mikey isContinue Reading
Violet and Sophie are childhood best friends. When Violet is killed by a college sorority hazing incident, she returns to haunt Sophie looking for revenge in Sisterhood: A Hyde Street Story. A second Hyde Street story, Devour, is also included. It tells the tale of a wonder drug in 1983Continue Reading
Paradox is another fast moving police procedural from the Preston team. Get ready to suspend your disbelief in the sequel to Extinction, a Cash and Colcord thriller. Could aliens have been responsible for a reclusive old coot’s murder in the Colorado wilderness? Or perhaps a Catholic zealot? Why was theContinue Reading
I just have to say I adore Mad Mabel, both the book and the character. The plot has multiple twists. One I saw coming, so I felt superior for a minute. Quickly followed by three or four totally surprising ones that took my confidence down a few pegs. Bravo! ArmchairContinue Reading
First, if you haven’t read the first book in this series, Nash Falls, do not read this review as it contains major spoilers for that book. In fact, don’t even read the publisher’s blurb. Hope Rises is a direct sequel that continues Walter Nash’s story after the major cliffhanger inContinue Reading
These Familiar Walls is a new twist on the haunted house sub genre that horror and even domestic suspense fans shouldn’t miss. Amber, her firefighting husband, and their two young children move into her childhood home. The house was recently the site of her parents’ brutal murder. However, Amber decidesContinue Reading
Revenge Prey begins with a hit on a Russian defector and never lets up. It has been awhile since a James Patterson book has been this good. Lucas Davenport is back fighting the good fight. This time he has to sacrifice a loved one—his beloved Porsche. But to track downContinue Reading
In A Disorganised Death, Ellen is a professional declutterer…and an amateur detective. Just like a hammer always seeing a nail, Ellen sees two suspicious deaths among her decluttering jobs. The daughter of a recently deceased pub owner asks Ellen to declutter his house but really wants Ellen to locate hisContinue Reading