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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: Child Zero by Chris Holm

By John Valeri

May 16, 2022

Chris Holm is the author of six critically acclaimed novels and numerous works of short fiction. His books include the genre-bending Collector trilogy (Dead Harvest, The Wrong Goodbye, and The Big Reap) and, more recently, two thrillers featuring hitman Michael Hendricks, The Killing Kind and Red Right Hand; the former won the 2016 Anthony Award…

Book Review: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan

By John Valeri

May 5, 2022

American readers may not be familiar with the name Dervla McTiernan—but that’s about to change. A #1 internationally bestselling author, Dervla—a former lawyer born in Ireland who now makes her home in Australia—has written three novels in the Cormac Reilly series (The Ruin, The Scholar, and The Good Turn) as well as the Audible Original…

Q&A with Elle Marr, author of Strangers We Know

By John Valeri

May 5, 2022

Elle Marr made an impressive splash with her debut suspense novel, 2020’s bestselling The Missing Sister, which was followed by last year’s critically acclaimed Lies We Bury. This May, she returns with her third standalone thriller, Strangers We Know—which, though fiction, takes its inspiration from real-life events. Marr, who graduated from UC San Diego before…

Book Review: Canary in the Coal Mine by Charles Salzberg

By John Valeri

April 22, 2022

Charles Salzberg had careers in magazine journalism, non-fiction, ghostwriting, and teaching before turning his attention to crime fiction with the Shamus Award-nominated Swann’s Last Song—the first of five in the series. His other works include the standalone novels Devil in the Hole and Second Story Man, which won the Beverly Hills Book Award; he has…

Q&A with Jamie Gehring, author of Madman in the Woods

By John Valeri

April 19, 2022

Jamie Gehring has the uniquely unsettling distinction of having grown up sharing a backyard with Ted Kaczynski in Lincoln, Montana—which she recounts in her new true crime memoir, Madman in the Woods: Life Next Door to the Unabomber. The book is an expansion of the story she shared in Netflix’s popular mini-series, Unabomber—In His Own…

Book Review: Nine Lives by Peter Swanson

By John Valeri

March 18, 2022

Peter Swanson is the Boston-based author of eight novels of suspense. His name has appeared on both the Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers lists and his books have been honored with awards and recognitions including the New England Society Book Award (The Kind Worth Killing), an NPR Book of the Year (Her Every…

Book Review: The Night Shift by Alex Finlay

By John Valeri

March 1, 2022

Pseudonymous author Alex Finlay made an impressive debut with last year’s Every Last Fear. That book—about a family tragedy that wasn’t the accident authorities claimed—won over readers and reviewers alike and made numerous Most Anticipated/Best Of lists. Finlay’s work has been translated into more than a dozen languages and optioned for television and film. His…

Book Review: No Second Chances by Rio Youers

By John Valeri

February 22, 2022

Canada’s Rio Youers is the critically acclaimed author of five novels, short fiction, and two comic series. His books include Westlake Soul, The Forgotten Girl, Halcyon, and Lola on Fire; these titles have earned him nominations for the British Fantasy, Sunburst, and Arthur Ellis Awards. His newest standalone novel of suspense, No Second Chances, is…

Book Review: Margaret Truman’s Murder at the CDC by Jon Land

By John Valeri

February 16, 2022

USA Today bestseller Jon Land is one of the most prodigious and prolific authors working in the suspense genre today. With an impressive backlist of award-winning series and standalone titles (and non-fiction collaborations) to his credit, he has also written eleven thrillers featuring Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong (more to come!) and recently penned six entries…

Book Review: The Other Family by Wendy Corsi Staub

By John Valeri

January 27, 2022

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub has written nearly ninety novels in a celebrated career that has transcended genre, though her name is most synonymous with adult suspense. While her earliest books in this vein were singular stories featuring women in jeopardy and villains hidden behind familiar faces, she began…

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