The New Couple in 5B by Lisa Unger (Partially Supernatural Thriller/Novel, 2024). Rosie is a moderately successful true crime author, married to rising actor Chad. Lately, they’ve been taking care of Ivan, Chad’s Uncle, who has finally died. Ivan was Chad’s only living relative–unless you count Dana, Ivan’s vengeful and estranged daughter. After Ivan’s passing, […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: The New Couple in 5B"All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham (Thriller, 2023). This novel, only the author’s 2nd book (after the best-selling A Flicker in the Dark), showcases the devastating effects of family secrets, coupled with a display of how damaging and guilt-stimulating society’s unspoken yet implicit never-quite-good-enough expectations placed on mothers can be. Isabelle Drake’s life changed […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: All the Dangerous Things"Suspect by Scott Turow (Legal Thriller, 2022). Scott Turow’s latest legal-oriented thriller features an array of vivid, well-drawn characters and a solid plot. Clarice “Pinky” Granum is a kind of funky, commitment phobic but gutsy young private investigator. She works for a criminal defense lawyer who has just been handed a case that involves scandalous […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Suspect"When John Le Carre, the former British intelligence officer and the world’s leading author of realistic spy fiction, died in December 2020, his last novel had been basically complete for some time. As his son, (who writes and publishes under the pen name Nick Harkaway) says in a heartfelt and touching nonfiction afterword, we can […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Silverview"The Bone Code by Kathy Reichs (Mystery/Crime Novel, 2021). The 20th novel centered around Temperance Brennan, the immensely popular fictional creation of real life forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs, is yet another thrilling exercise in high-tech, science-based mystery solving. As is so often the case in the series, Tempe must–in addition to figuring out whodunit (and […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: The Bone Code"Later by Stephen King (Crime/Horror Novel, 2021). King is of course a giant figure in horror/dark fantasy/science fiction literature. The last couple years he’s added hardboiled crime fiction to his repertoire, publishing a trio of books with Hard Case Crime. I haven’t read the other two as yet, but this novel is a compelling blend […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Later"Koontz is one the of the most successful novelists in recent American literature and this one, like so many of his, was a $1 Best Seller upon its release. It’s essentially a thriller, expertly blending aspects of spirituality and religion, science fiction/fantasy and with a major dose of evil world-running conspiracy theories added to the […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Sole Survivor"Unrestricted Access by James Rollins (Short Story Collection, 2020). A best-selling novelist, James Rollins has now come out with his first collection of short fiction and it’s a dandy. Here you will find 11 previously published short stories, brief nonfiction accounts on where each of these came from, plus 1 brand-new novella. I should note […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Unrestricted Access"Devoted by Dean Koontz (Thriller with SF/F Elements, 2020). It’s common knowledge that best-selling author Dean Koontz is one serious dog lover. He also likes to include either supernatural or science fictional elements in his thrillers. This time out, he features both. Kipp is a golden retriever and as sweet, loyal and loving as any […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Devoted"The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James (Thriller, 2020). This mystery thriller with ghostly underpinnings is set in a small town in upstate New York and involves parallel timelines that ultimately converge. In 1982, Viv Delaney, who had vague ideas of being an actress, left her Midwestern family and through sheer chance found herself […]
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