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John Valeri

Q&A with Dana Stabenow, Author of Spoils of the Dead

By John Valeri

February 18, 2021

Dana Stabenow is a native of Anchorage. As the story goes, she was raised by her mother on a 75-foot fish tender in the Gulf of Alaska before being hooked by the thought of writing, which promised better working conditions. Stabenow earned a BA in Journalism and an MFA in Creative Writing, and then launched…

Book Review: The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice

By John Valeri

February 11, 2021

The Shadow Box by Luanne Rice is a haunting thriller about how far one wife is willing to go to expose the truth―and the lengths someone will go to stop her. New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice is a tried-and-true fan favorite. She has written 35 novels that have been translated into 24 languages…

Book Review: Murder, She Wrote: Murder in Season by Jessica Fletcher and Jon Land

By John Valeri

November 24, 2020

Christmas has come to Cabot Cove, but a peaceful holiday season is not in the cards after Jessica Fletcher is pulled into a centuries-old mystery in the latest entry in this USA Today bestselling series. Jon Land may have seemed a surprising choice to take over authorship duties of the venerable Murder, She Wrote book…

Book Review: Dear Child by Romy Hausmann

By John Valeri

October 8, 2020

Dear Child by Romy Hausmann, translated from German to English by Jamie Bulloch, is a captivating thriller about the return of a person missing for 14 years, claiming to have escaped her captor along with a 13-year-old girl who was also held, whose family insists she is not their daughter.  Germany’s Romy Hausmann—born into the former…

Book Review: The Last Agent by Robert Dugoni

By John Valeri

September 22, 2020

American operative Charles Jenkins once again finds himself in Russia on the run for his life in a thriller of heart-stopping betrayal and international intrigue. Robert Dugoni—New York Times bestselling author of the Tracy Crosswhite and David Sloane series—thought he was writing a standalone with last year’s The Eighth Sister. That book introduced Charles Jenkins,…

Book Review: Blood World by Chris Mooney

By John Valeri

September 9, 2020

Blood World by Chris Mooney is a well-balanced thriller exploring the morality of both sides of the law as LAPD Officer Ellie Batista goes undercover with the Blood Squad to stop a criminal enterprise attempting to farm special blood from innocent civilians. Chris Mooney is the international bestselling author of 12 novels that have sold…

Book Review: The Butcher’s Daughter by Wendy Corsi Staub

By John Valeri

August 28, 2020

The Butcher’s Daughter by Wendy Corsi Staub is the third and final book in the Foundlings series, where Investigative Genealogist Amelia Crenshaw suspects that the key to her birth parents’ identities lies in an unexpected connection to a stranger who’s hired her to find his long-lost daughter. New York Times bestselling author Wendy Corsi Staub…

Book Review: The First to Lie by Hank Phillippi Ryan

By John Valeri

August 12, 2020

Bestselling and award-winning author and investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan delivers The First to Lie, another twisty, thrilling cat-and-mouse novel of suspense that will have you guessing, and second-guessing, and then gasping with surprise. Investigative reporter/bestselling author Hank Phillippi Ryan carries a long tradition of excellence. She’s won 37 Emmy Awards (yes, 37) and dozens…

Book Review: The Silent Wife by Karin Slaughter

By John Valeri

July 31, 2020

Karin Slaughter is one of the most recognizable names in crime fiction. Her books have sold more than 35 million copies in 37 languages across the globe and are perennial New York Times bestsellers. In addition to her popular Grant County and Will Trent series, she has written standalones including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town, The…

Book Review: Witch Hunt by Cate Conte

By John Valeri

July 9, 2020

This June, Cate Conte—aka Liz Mugavero—launches a new paranormal mystery series for Kensington with Witch Hunt. As Mugavero, she previously wrote the seven-book Pawsitively Organic Mysteries, which launched with 2013’s Agatha Award-nominated Kneading to Die and concluded with Murder, She Meowed (2019). As Conte, she continues to helm the Cat Café Mysteries for St. Martin’s;…

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