The Murder List is a new standalone suspense novel in the tradition of Lisa Scottoline and B. A. Paris from award-winning author and reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan. Rachel North is not your average law student. For starters, she is far older than most of her classmates and married to a prestigious Boston defense attorney. She has…
Brandy Scott’s debut novel, Not Bad People, is about three friends who engage in what seems to be a harmless act, but instead results in tragedy. How will they react? Not Bad People is the first novel by writer Brandy Scott that tells the story of three 30-something friends who live in a small, mostly…
Sweet After Death by Valentina Giambanco is the fourth book in the Detective Alice Madison series, where something evil has crept into the small, tranquil community of Ludlow, deep in the mountains of Washington state. Sweet After Death, the fourth in the popular Alice Madison police procedural series, is a well-spun story that follows homicide detective…
What You Want to See by Kristen Lepionka is the thrilling follow-up to The Last Place You Look and the second book in the Roxane Weary series. What You Want to See is a satisfying PI mystery by Kristen Lepionka and a follow up to the first Roxane Weary novel, The Last Place You Look—which, full disclosure, I hadn’t…
In Whispers of the Dead by Spencer Kope, a series of bizarre murders―the victims nearly unidentifiable―forces FBI tracker “Steps” Craig to match wits with the most cold-blooded killer he’s ever encountered. Whispers of the Dead, written by Spencer Kope, follows “Steps” Craig, one of the most well-known trackers for the FBI. He is best known for his…
The First Family by Daniel Palmer is a medical thriller where the President’s teenaged son is threatened by a potentially fatal illness that is rooted in dark secrets from a long-buried past. The First Family, written by Daniel Palmer, is a fast-paced medical thriller that I found hard to put down. The characters are likable…
A breathtaking feat of reportage, American Fire by Monica Hesse combines procedural with love story, redefining American tragedy for our time. American Fire by Monica Hesse tells the complicated story of nearly 70 fires lit in rural Virginia from late 2012 through early 2013. The case captured the attention of the nation and for good reason. It…
