Montana by Gwen Florio is a debut mystery featuring war correspondent Lola Wicks (available October 25, 2013). I’m no great fan of prologues. I find they tend to distract more than they add the majority of the time. At any rate, any book whose first chapter starts with a female reporter embedded with rebels in…
The Double By George Pelecanos features Washington D.C. private investigator and Iraq War veteran Spero Lucas (available October 8, 2013). Spero Lucas returns and he’s a conflicted man. He’s a quiet man. But he’s a man of certain principles. One of those is that if he finds something valuable for you, he gets forty percent.…
Skating Under the Wire by Joelle Charboneau is a cozy mystery featuring Rebecca Robbins, the reluctant owner of a small-town skating rink (available October 1, 2013). In the fourth Rebecca Robbins skating mystery, former exotic dancer, Danielle is nearly set to marry Pastor Rich; the rink’s officially off the market; and the only dead body…
Shotgun Moon by K.C. McRae features Merry McCoy, an ex-con whose family ties threaten her quiet return to Hazel, Montana and put her back in danger of prison (available September 8, 2013.) Merry McCoy has just stepped out of prison and her goals are simple: go home to Hazel, Montana and eat her way through…
Strong Rain Falling by Jon Land is the fifth thriller featuring Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong, who confronts her family's past, dating from the Mexican Revolution, when the people and country she loves are threatened (available August 13, 2013). Caitlin Strong is a fifth-generation Texas Ranger with a bad habit of leaving piles of bodies and…
Good Girl, Bad Girl by Christopher Finch is a debut novel featuring private investigator Alex Novalis, who's hunting for a missing girl in the art world of 1968's New York City (available August 6, 2013). Booted from his gig at the D.A.’s office investigating art crime—primarily forgeries and fraud—Novalis isn’t all that keen on the…
Undercover Cop: How I Brought Down the Real-Life Sopranos by Mike Russell with Patrick W. Picciarelli is the true story of Russell's undercover operation infiltrating New Jersey's Genovese crime family (available August 6, 2013). In the 1980s, New Jersey state cop Mike Russell infiltrated the Genovese family in an undercover operation that eventually led to…
The Big Reap by Chris F. Holm is the 3rd in the series about Collector of souls Sam Thornton, who will be sent after a group of former Collectors who've cast off their ties to hell (available July 30, 2013). If Chris F. Holm ever disappears, it’s because of his search history, and if you’ve…
These Mortal Remains by Milton T. Burton sees East Texas sheriff Bo Handal square off against a group of white supremacists (available July 16, 2013). Nazi-wannabes, drug-running, robbery, the shooting of a beloved deputy, assassination, and old-fashioned revenge. Sheriff Bo Handal has his hands full in East Texas. Reminiscent of Craig Johnson’s famous Sheriff, but…
Skinner by Charlie Huston is a futuristic thriller about the intersection of spycraft, technology, and people (available July 9, 2013). Aasif’s parents had a dream for him. Not so unlike millions of other parents around the world, they dreamed of something better for their son. So smart that they wanted him to have the chance…
