For readers of the 1974 Edgar finalists, the authors took extra care to embed some of the reigning societal and political issues of the time into excellent mysteries and thrillers. While women’s rights were slowly advancing with the passage of Title IX (U.S., 1972) and the Equal Pay Act (Great… Read more
Swann’s Down by Charles Salzberg is the fifth book in the Henry Swann Mystery series. Charles Salzberg is living proof that those who teach also do. A Big Apple native, he teaches at the Writer’s Voice and the New York Writers Workshop, which he co-founded. His novels include the Henry… Read more
The Never Game is the first a new series from acclaimed thriller writer Jeffery Deaver, following the adventures of expert tracker Colter Shaw. Colter Shaw was named after the mountain man John Colter of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. He was named so because his father was a student of… Read more
The Confessions of Frannie Langton is a debut novel from Sara Collins. A servant and former slave is accused of murdering her employer and his wife in this historical thriller that moves from a Jamaican sugar plantation to the fetid streets of Georgian London. I’m forced to trot to keep… Read more
Tightrope by Amanda Quick follows an unconventional woman and a man shrouded in mystery who walk a tightrope of desire as they race against a killer to find a top-secret invention. Amalie Vaughn hears the voice in her nightmares. “Fly for me Princess,” the killer said. “If you fly, I’ll… Read more
Ilaria Tuti’s debut thriller explores a remote community in Northern Italy—a place of secrets, eerie folktales, and primal instincts. Ilaria Tuti’s Flowers Over the Inferno is an action-packed thriller with a unique serial killer and a multilayered, deep, and incredibly entertaining main character battling at its core. Set in a… Read more
Bitter Brew by G.A. McKevett is the 24th cozy mystery in the P.I. Savannah Reid series where Savanna must drop everything from her full plate for a friend in trouble. The prolific G.A. McKevett—real name: Sonja Massie—has been thrilling readers for decades with her cozy mysteries featuring PI Savannah Reid,… Read more
Joseph Souza, acclaimed author of The Neighbor, brings readers into the dark heart of a small town in this riveting, relentlessly twisting new novel . . . The title of Thomas Wolfe’s autobiographical novel You Can’t Go Home Again perfectly describes Lucy Abbott’s return to Fawn Grove, Maine. Should she have… Read more
Space is the battlefield in The Kremlin Strike by Dale Brown, the fifth book in the Brad McLanahan series, which shows that obtaining military superiority over Earth’s orbit could give a country frightening power. Political opinions aside, it’s hard to argue against the United States having a Space Force as… Read more
Duplicate Death by Georgette Heyer is the third book in the classic Inspector Hemingway series. Georgette Heyer lived from 1902 to 1974. She wrote in two genres: historical romance and detective fiction. Heyer was immensely popular; she “wrote 57 bestselling novels over the course of a career that spanned more than… Read more
