The Family Tabor by Cherise Wolas is a provocative, gorgeously rendered novel that reckons with the nature of the stories we tell ourselves and our family and the price we pay for second chances. The Family Tabor consists of Harry and Roma, a married couple of 60-plus years, and their… Read more
Rescued by David Rosenfelt is the 17th book in the Andy Carpenter series, featuring the charm and wit readers have come to expect from sardonic Andy Carpenter and his team as well as a case with stakes that have never been higher. I always have a Pavlovian response to the news that… Read more
Halcyon by Rio Youers is a horror thriller about a cult-like community run by the enigmatic and terrifying Mother Moon. Rio Youers’s Halcyon is a hybrid novel that brings together some of the best elements of psychological thrillers and action narratives and mixes them with a healthy dose of the paranormal,… Read more
Bad Time to Be in It by David Burnsworth is the second book in the Blu Carraway Mystery series. David Burnsworth’s second Blu Carraway Mystery opens in Belize City on a blazing hot afternoon. A “woman with the family name of Kincaid” and her two friends are being stalked through… Read more
Caged by Ellison Cooper is a debut police procedural and the first in a new series featuring FBI Agent Sayer Altair. FBI Special Agent (and neuroscientist) Sayer Altair really just wants to work on her special project: proving that serial killer brains are physically different from normal ones in hopes of… Read more
Delving into the paranoia surrounding satanic cults in the 1980s, Big Woods by May Cobb is an emotionally wrought, propulsive thriller about the enormity of grief, the magical bond between sisters, and a small town’s dark secrets. A missing-person story, particularly when it’s an innocent child, is a reader’s worst nightmare. How… Read more
The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente is an illustrated mystery that will appeal to comic book fans and anyone who appreciates an unconventional whodunit. For those on the outside looking in, the business of making comic books can seem like a dream job full of fun, wonder, and imagination. However, I’m… Read more
The Unfortunates by Bram Stoker Award-winner Kim Liggett is a haunting tale of privilege, guilt, and redemption, perfect for fans of Riverdale and Pretty Little Liars. Some of my favorite crime fiction tales are ones of redemption, where characters try to atone for the blood on their hands or a lifetime of bad choices…. Read more
In the Valley of the Devil by Hank Early is the second book in the Earl Marcus Mystery series, where the private investigator—who thought he’d conquered his demons after vanquishing the malevolent spirit of his fundamentalist preacher father—must face something much more terrifying than the devil he knew. Hank Early’s Earl… Read more
Shelved Under Murder is the second installment in Victoria Gilbert’s Blue Ridge Library Mystery series, where autumn leaves aren’t the only things falling in the historic Virginia village of Taylorsford―so are some cherished memories, and a few bodies. Victoria Gilbert’s clever, well-paced Shelved Under Murder shines at its heart—the character’s relationships… Read more
