Innovative plotting and world building fill the 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. What would make the replay of a day over and over immeasurably worse? How about also waking up as different people each time you fell asleep? The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a clever blendContinue Reading
Everyone Lies in this fast-paced rollercoaster ride of a thriller. Joe and Mel have an ideal life. Happily married for almost ten years with a perfect young son, William. When Joe and William see Mel turn into a hotel garage, they follow. Joe sees her sitting in the hotel restaurantContinue Reading
Malice Aforethought is a great British golden-age mystery with a killer twist. Mrs. Julia Bickleigh was born into wealth and minor aristocracy. When her father blew the family fortunes before his death, Julia was forced to marry a common doctor. She never let her husband, Dr. Edmund Bickleigh, forget heContinue Reading
Where are the haunts in Read and Gone, the second book in the Haunted Library series? Carrie has her life on track. She has a boyfriend, a job as a library events coordinator and a cute cottage where the rent is cheap. So she isn’t happy when her thieving ex-conContinue Reading
Guess Who is a mash-up of Saw and The Game, where nothing is what it appears. Sheppard, a famous true crime television detective, wakes up handcuffed to the bed in a hotel room. He remembers nothing of how he arrived there. With him are five strangers: Mandy, Alan, Ryan, ConstanceContinue Reading
Hilarious serial killer thriller where no one wants to be the next #FashionVictim. Everyone fantasizes about how to kill their office rivals (or maybe that’s just me). Few carry those fantasies out in real life. Anya is prepared to kill an intern for a pitying look. When the intern isContinue Reading
Rett and Bryn continually awaken in the apocalyptic future in the Echo Room. Step 1: Rett wakes up in a locked metal room with no memory of how he got there. He has blood on his clothes and hands. Soon he sees Bryn, who is also locked in the roomContinue Reading
The Jane Hawk series finally hits its stride with its fourth entry, The Forbidden Door. The Techno Arcadians are upping their game by accusing Jane on a 60 Minutes-style show of murdering her beloved husband Matt and faking his suicide. The Arcadians set in motion a plan to kidnap orContinue Reading
In Die Me a River, the small rural town of Scumble River is still recovering from the tornado in the last book in this cozy mystery series. The town is abuzz with complaints about the shady practices of Homestead Insurance. Claims are being reduced, denied and seldom paid timely. WhenContinue Reading
Boy at the Keyhole is a suspenseful psychological thriller by a debut author. In 1961, nine-year-old Samuel is at home in England with his housekeeper, Ruth. His father is dead and his mother is searching for business investors in America. Samuel is concerned because his mother has been gone fourContinue Reading
This time it’s personal in Depth of Winter, the 14th entry in the Longmire series. Sheriff Longmire is a long way from his Wyoming home in Mexico. He is looking for his daughter Cady who was kidnapped by the head of a Mexican drug cartel, Tomas Bidarte. His only helpContinue Reading
In an unpronouncable town living with a devilishly clever aunt, Edward Powell is convinced his life would improve immeasurably after the “Murder of my Aunt”. Edward decides to play a battle of wits to the death with his Aunt Mildred. However, Edward is playing with only half a deck, ifContinue Reading
Kindred Spirits is a mystery. Gabriel Ash is opening a bookstore. His partner, Hazel Best, is helping him put the final books on the shelves before the mayor arrives to begin the Grand Opening. Hazel goes to pick up Gabriel’s two children from their elementary school. While there, she foilsContinue Reading
Tear Me Apart is a well-plotted character-driven family drama filled with secrets and lies. It also deals compassionately with mental health issues, DNA, depression, adoption, cancer, suicide and cutting. Mindy, a 17-year-old downhill skier, is on the fast track to the Olympics when a sudden snow flurry makes her clipContinue Reading
It is amazing such an accomplished thriller with multiple plot lines was written by a debut author. Kudos to Edwin Hill for the marvelous PI/thriller/family drama, Little Comfort! Hester lives in a separate apartment in the same building as her boyfriend Morgan. Morgan’s twin sister, Daphne, and her three-year-old KateContinue Reading
Hangman’s Hold is a servicable British police procedural. DCI Matilda Darke has a problem. Someone is killing ex-convicts on her patch. Adele, Sheffield’s pathologist and Matilda’s best friend, has a worse problem. She had her first date in 20 years with the first victim, Brian, the night he was murdered.Continue Reading