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John Valeri

John Valeri wrote the popular Hartford Books Examiner column for Examiner.com from 2009 – 2016. He can be found online at www.johnbvaleri.com and is featured in the Halloween-themed anthology Tricks and Treats, now available from Books & Boos Press.

Book Review: I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

By John Valeri

July 2, 2020

I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick is a gripping thriller that follows two teens whose lives become inextricably linked when one confesses to murder and the other becomes determined to uncover the real truth no matter the cost. Kit Frick is a novelist, award-winning poet, and MacDowell Colony fellow who hails from Pittsburgh, PA.…

Book Review: Spring Girls by Karen Katchur

By John Valeri

June 24, 2020

Spring Girls by Karen Katchur is the third book in the Northampton County series, which follows Detective Geena Brassard as she enlists the help of Janey Montgomery, the Strangler’s only surviving victim, to stop the killer before they strike again.  Karen Katchur is an award-winning suspense novelist. She holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice,…

Book Review: Murder, She Wrote: The Murder of Twelve by Jessica Fletcher & Jon Land

By John Valeri

May 22, 2020

Murder, She Wrote: The Murder of Twelve by Jessica Fletcher & Jon Land is the 51st entry in the USA Today bestselling series, where Jessica Fletcher finds herself stranded in a hotel during a blizzard with twelve strangers and a killer in their midst. Jon Land is the bestselling, award-winning author of more than 50…

Book Review: Secret Investigation by Elizabeth Heiter

By John Valeri

May 11, 2020

Secret Investigation by Elizabeth Heiter is the second book in the Tactical Crime Division series, where agent and former ranger Davis Rogers asks to go undercover to find the traitor responsible for the death of one of his friends, and Petrov Armor CEO Leila Petrov is happy to provide access to her company—especially once she…

Q&A with R. G. Belsky, Author of The Last Scoop

By John Valeri

May 5, 2020

R.G. Belsky has forged an impressive, decades-long career in writing both fact and fiction. As a journalist, he served as metropolitan editor of the New York Post, managing editor of the New York Daily News, news editor at Star Magazine, and, most recently, a managing editor at NBC News. As a novelist, he’s published fourteen…

Q&A with Lis Wiehl, Author of Hunting the Unabomber

By John Valeri

April 23, 2020

Lis Wiehl is a bestselling author who served as a federal prosecutor in the United State’s Attorney’s office and was a tenured professor of law at the University of Washington. She appears frequently on CNN as a legal analyst and is the former co-host of WOR radio’s “WOR Tonight with Joe Concha and Lis Wiehl.”…

Book Review: Final Judgment by Marcia Clark

By John Valeri

April 23, 2020

Final Judgment by Marcia Clark is the fourth and final entry in the Samantha Brinkman series, where a murder investigation draws the firebrand attorney into her boyfriend’s past, forcing her to risk everything on a man who could make all her worst fears come true. Marcia Clark’s name may forever remain synonymous with a certain…

Book Review: All the Pretty Things by Emily Arsenault

By John Valeri

March 19, 2020

Emily Arsenault returns to the Young Adult scene with All the Pretty Things, an all new thriller about a boy who turns up dead under suspicious circumstances and the one girl who may be the key to solving the mystery of his untimely death. Emily Arsenault is the critically acclaimed author of six literary mysteries…

Book Review: You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen

By John Valeri

March 3, 2020

While it would be easy to attribute the success of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen to the dynamism of their creative collaboration, that would diminish their individual accomplishments. Hendricks earned a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University, has contributed to the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, and Allure, and spent more than twenty years…

Book Review: Hide Away by Jason Pinter

By John Valeri

February 27, 2020

Jason Pinter is an internationally bestselling author whose works include the five-book Henry Parker series, a standalone thriller, The Castle, and two children’s titles. He has been nominated for the Thriller Award, the Strand Critics Award, and the Barry and Shamus Awards, among others; additionally, two of his works were chosen as Indie Next selections…

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