The Missing Sister by Elle Marr is a thrilling debut, set in Paris, where one twin sister has seemingly vanished, and the other must scramble to solve the mystery and find her sister before the danger turns deadly. Elle Marr is far from being the first author to choose the Catacombs of Paris as her…
K. Ferrari’s Like Flies from Afar does not feature your average protagonist. Luis Machi has a cocaine habit, an affinity for women who are not his wife, millions of dollars in the bank, and a bloody corpse in the trunk of his BMW… but as far as the body goes, he’s completely innocent. Like Flies…
In the 29th novel in Donna Leon’s Comissario Guido Brunetti series, a dying woman’s last words spark an investigation that could threaten the entire population of Venice. It feels beyond surreal to be reviewing this novel. Not just because of how drastically our world has changed in just a matter of weeks but that this…
Are Snakes Necessary? by Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman is a new Hard Case Crime thriller with three disparate threads propelling the fast-paced plot towards its explosive ending. Full disclosure: Brian De Palma is one of my favorite filmmakers ever, someone whose films I’ve been watching since I saw Carrie in 1976 as a…
No Stone Unturned by Andrea Kane is the eighth book in the Forensic Instincts series, where ancient tapestries may hold clues to finding undiscovered Irish treasures. Fiona McKay is a talented jewelry designer whose work is inspired by tapestries “passed down from McKay mother to daughter.” Her Celtic jewelry is based on the themes, colors, and…
Fresh from the latest in David Rosenfelt’s superlative Andy Carpenter series comes a brand new spin-off featuring the investigative unit Laurie and Marcus decided to found at the end of Dachshund Through The Snow. The K Team is both the name of their little squad, as well as the title of the debut novel in…
The Woman in the Mirror by Rebecca James is a chilling modern gothic novel, spanning multiple generations, of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past. Rebecca James certainly knows her horror stories! While reading The Woman in the Mirror, I kept nodding at the deft allusions to the works of her…
Emily Arsenault returns to the Young Adult scene with All the Pretty Things, an all new thriller about a boy who turns up dead under suspicious circumstances and the one girl who may be the key to solving the mystery of his untimely death. Emily Arsenault is the critically acclaimed author of six literary mysteries…
After Sundown by New York Times-bestselling authors Linda Howard & Linda Jones brings together two guarded hearts in a battle for survival after a natural disaster knocks out the power grid in a small Tennessee town. Is it fate, synchronicity, or happenstance when a book that speaks to our experiences and fears arrives just in…
Our title heroine, Mimi Lee, has just opened the business of her dreams, a pet grooming salon in Los Angeles, with the help of rich investor Pixie St James, whose dog she saved from drowning. Sure, business is a little slow to start, but she’s sure that once word spreads of how good she is…
