Maria Konnikova’s Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes is an examination of the mind and methods of the great detective and a discussion of how current techniques in neurology and psychology can help you become more of a master detective in your own life (available January 3, 2013). Journalist Maria Konnikova writes Scientific American’s…
Blood Lance by Jeri Westerson is the fifth Crispin Guest medieval noir mystery (available October 16, 2012). If you’re a history buff with a penchant for romantic suspense that borders on noir, Jeri Westerson delivers the goods. A touch of 14th century London. A murder and joust at London Bridge. A visit to Westminster. Finely…
Detroit Breakdown, the third book in the Will Anderson series by D.E. Johnson, is an historical noir mystery (available September 4, 2012). In Detroit Breakdown, which like D.E. Johnson’s earlier books is set in the Detroit of the early 1910s, the author doesn’t actually describe the thriving city so much as casually place the…
Rock Bottom by Sarah Andrews is the eleventh in the Em Hansen, forensic geologist, traditional mystery series (available August 21, 2012). I’ve always wanted to go white-water rafting on the Colorado River. Actually, I’ve always wished I had the guts to do such a thing. Guts are exactly what Em Hansen believes she lacks when…
Blind Faith by CJ Lyons is an edgy, stand-alone romantic suspense novel. This new edition includes new material (available July 31, 2012). I’ve come to admire well-written romantic suspense. It takes a lot of skill to maintain a number of points of view, grow characters, and provide a dash of romance—both wholesome and hot—then pull…
Silenced by Allison Brennan is a romantic thriller, fifth in the Lucy Kincaid crime series (available April 24, 2012). In Silenced, agent Lucy Kincaid nearly loses her grip on her climb toward acceptance in the FBI’s ranks. The troubled past that has driven her to succeed now threatens to derail her. As Allison Brennan’s Kincaid…
In Heart of a Killer by David Rosenfelt, coming February 14th, we have the month’s ultimate Valentine. The heart in question belongs to Sheryl Harrison, who is locked up in New Jersey State Prison for Women for slitting her husband’s throat. It is to her fourteen year old daughter, who is dying of a congenital…
“Narcissist” has become a household word. We laugh as we assign the label to Castle’s self-absorbed, drama queen mother and to Hugh Laurie’s arrogant, manipulative, and egocentric character in House. We use the term as a kind of shorthand to peg the grandiosity, manipulation, demand for admiration, and sometimes cruelty of a spouse. Or a…
