Kate hasn’t seen her mother for eighteen years, not since the mysterious and tragic disappearance of her younger sister Lacie. Susan, her mother’s caretaker, phones Kate to tell her that Grace is dead. It seems that Kate’s long self-imposed exile from Villa Magda, the gorgeous, sprawling oceanside estate in Maine where she spent every summer…
New York City, 1900. Ella and Gil are a mismatched couple—not quite equivalent to The Prince and the Showgirl—but a pair with not a lot in common. Widower Gil Saint Auburn is a British duke and Ella Shane is an American mezzo-soprano with an avid following. She’s also part-owner of a theater company. A Fatal…
All aboard! It’s 1926. American widow Jane Wunderly and her companion, the charming and mysterious Mr. Redvers, are in Southampton, England. From the first class deck of an imposing transatlantic liner, they wave goodbye to Jane’s Aunt Millie and Millie’s “trim fiancé, Lord Hughes, and their daughter Lillian.” Jane and Redvers spent the last few…
Early one morning a female jogger runs for her life. She’s terrified because the person coming after her is relentless. She tries to hide in the underbrush but “he’s almost upon her and she can’t take it.” She screams, bolts up out of her hiding place, and staggers forward like a wounded deer. Suddenly she’s…
Frances and Agnes are atop the Empire State Building 21 December 1932. It’s the night of the winter solstice. They are on a mission, one they’re not sure they can execute. They plan to push a corrupt monster over the edge, a man who deserves killing because of what he has done to them. The…
Since the success of 2019’s Dear Wife readers have eagerly anticipated Kimberly Belle’s next domestic suspense thriller. My Darling Husband has a provocative opening—a man calls a journalist and says he’s finally ready to talk. Talk about what? Then the POV switches back in time to his wife Jade. Jade and Cam live in Atlanta…
Commandant Paul Mazarelle is coming off a huge professional triumph (The Paris Directive) when his new boss assigns him to Bastille Day parade duty. Bastille Day, celebrated on July 14th, is a major holiday and never more so than in 2002 when the theme was Franco-American friendship. The destruction of New York’s Twin Towers is…
What is the appeal of living in a practically off-the-grid Alaskan community? For Beth Rivers, who writes popular thrillers under the name Elizabeth Fairchild, the allure of Benedict is its remoteness. Folks in Benedict (a fictional town) respect one another’s privacy. Thin Ice was the first in Paige Shelton’s Alaska Wild mystery series. The series…
Rosalind Thorne is a fixer. Self-effacing, well-connected, inventive, and persistent, she is a highly sought-after woman within the ton. She is respected for her ability to smooth over awkward social situations and discover the truth behind incipient scandals, thus preserving a person’s social reputation. Her clients are ladies of quality, women whose lives are confined,…
The Deepest of Secrets concludes Kelley Armstrong’s Casey Duncan/Rockton series. Here’s a quick “Cliff Notes” explanation of how Rockton came to be (excerpted from a review of This Fallen Prey, Rockton Mystery #3). First, let me explain Rockton to those new to the series: it’s a small, isolated town in the Yukon wilderness, built decades…
