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Dirk Robertson

Review: Dead Heat by Allison Brennan

By Dirk Robertson

August 16, 2017

Dead Heat by Allison Brennan is the eighth Lucy Kincaid novel, where Agent Kincaid must risk her life and her career to try and bring down a crime lord's empire. It’s San Antonio, Texas, and it’s hot—but the weather isn’t the only thing heating up. An operation is underway to round up known felons and…

Review: Devil’s Call by J. Danielle Dorn

By Dirk Robertson

August 10, 2017

Devil’s Call by J. Danielle Dorn is a Western horror novel that James Demonaco (screenwriter and director of The Purge series) calls “The Revenant with witches.” Nebraska, 1859. Li Lian is pregnant with Dr. Matthew Callaghan’s baby. All seems well, as a future with their little family awaits them. But life doesn’t always cater to…

Review: Beyond Absolution by Cora Harrison

By Dirk Robertson

July 31, 2017

Beyond Absolutionby Cora Harrison is the third book in the Reverend Mother Mystery series (available August 1, 2017). Father Dominic is in the confessional stall at the Holy Trinity Church. The queue has gone, but the light that remains on suggests Father Dominic is still inside. And he is—only he’s dead thanks to being stabbed…

Review: The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal

By Dirk Robertson

July 24, 2017

The Lost Ones by Sheena Kamal is a dark, compulsively readable psychological suspense debut, the first in a new series featuring the brilliant, fearless, chaotic, and deeply flawed Nora Watts—a character as heartbreakingly troubled, emotionally complex, and irresistibly compelling as Stieg Larsson’s Lisbeth Salander and Jo Nesbø’s Harry Hole. When you are a receptionist and…

Review: A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly

By Dirk Robertson

July 3, 2017

A Game of Ghosts by John Connolly is the 15th book in the Charlie Parker series (available July 4, 2017). It’s winter in Portland, and there is no sign of the cold letting up. Charlie Parker is hunched up against the freezing temperatures as he walks through the streets. Old injuries from a hard life…

Review: Knife Creek by Paul Doiron

By Dirk Robertson

June 12, 2017

Knife Creek by Paul Doiron is the 8th book in the Mike Bowditch Mystery series. Mike Bowditch works for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife along with his partner, Stacy. They could both do with some changes in their lives, as there are a few demons flying around that are holding them back. However,…

Tom Clancy's Op-Center: Dark Zone by George Galdorisi, Jeff Rovin

Review: Tom Clancy’s Op-Center: Dark Zone by George Galdorisi & Jeff Rovin

By Dirk Robertson

May 30, 2017

In Dark Zone, a race-to-the-finish thriller in the New York Times-bestselling Tom Clancy's Op-Center series, the brutal murder of an undercover agent reveals a plot to incite a full-fledged war between Russia and Ukraine. Dark Zone is a tight, fierce thriller that jumps straight into the action from page one. Former ambassador Douglas Flannery is…

Review: Where Dead Men Meet by Mark Mills

By Dirk Robertson

May 25, 2017

Set against a terrific backdrop of Europe on the cusp of the Second World War, Where Dead Men Meet by Mark Mills is a compelling novel, rich in adventure, espionage, secrets, and lies (available May 30, 2017).  The dust of war is spreading across a divided Europe in 1937. A late night visit to an orphanage…

Review: Price of Duty by Dale Brown

By Dirk Robertson

May 16, 2017

Price of Duty by Dale Brown is the 21st book in the Patrick McLanahan series, where the U.S. and its Western allies come under a diabolical Russian cyber warfare attack in this action-packed military techno-thriller. The New York Times-bestselling author of Iron Wolf has come out with a scorcher in Price of Duty. The President…

Review: The Girl on the Bridge by James Hayman

By Dirk Robertson

May 9, 2017

The Girl on the Bridge by James Hayman is the latest McCabe and Savage thriller, involving a case of retributive vigilante justice against a group who gang raped a girl at a party twelve years prior. Joshua Thorne is a highly successful Wall Street mover and shaker. Money coming out of his ears, suits costing…

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