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Classy Crime Thriller “The Redhead in the Cove” Is a Page-Turning Whodunit

Somewhere near the middle of the smart, fast-paced thriller The Redhead in the Cove (Waterside Productions)by Scott Addeo Young and Edmond G. Addeo appears the sentence, “As the wise old Socrates said in the Forum to the eager young Plato while ankle-biter Aristotle crawled around the sand at their feet, ‘You…

Jim AlkonMay 10, 2021

Fiction

A “Lover Boy” and Murder Mayhem

There’s the old saying, “Man plans, and God laughs.” As he plans a most unorthodox strategy to attain lifelong financial security, Dr. Joseph Peck, ophthalmologist and narrator in Stephen Kronwith’s sharp, witty and wildly entertaining novel Lover Boy, reflects on hearing some weird sounds in the night, “Now that I…

Jim AlkonJanuary 15, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

A Wintry Murder Mystery That Will Give You the Shivers: “The Well of Ice”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/The-Well-of-Ice-1.jpg “Never open a book with weather,” the late bestselling crime novelist Elmore Leonard sternly advised. But Leonard was wrong. Here’s how Andrea Carter begins her Irish mystery novel, The Well of Ice (Oceanview): “…the fire crackles gently in the grate… “‘It’s snowing,’ he says…” Carter’s richly detailed descriptions of…

Sharon GeltnerNovember 10, 2020

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A Killer for Hire With Nothing to Lose in the Terrifying “Endings”

We’ve all read that crime-thriller or seen that mystery show where the killer turns out to be a hitman — a hired gun. One with no relationship to the victim and no motive other than a paycheck, they are nearly untraceable. Usually, the story progresses quickly beyond the hitman to…

Paige VigliaroloApril 6, 2021

Thrillers

Murder Amid the Terrors of Solovetsky in “The Body Outside the Kremlin”

While the little over 400 pages in James L. May’s The Body Outside the Kremlin (Delphinium Books) may not look intimidating, there’s so much there: the isolated emptiness, the cold, the beauty and the violence. It’s a weighty murder mystery that slowly unfolds, in competition with its setting. It takes…

Sherri DaleyJanuary 14, 2020

Recommended Young Adult

Coming-of-Age with a Dark Edge for Fans of “The Sandlot” and “Lord of the Flies”

“The Alien Club was more than a club, it was an accidental brotherhood. We had come together in Jim’s garage attic to better understand ourselves and our environment … We were in essence aliens, and Wilder’s was as much a Martian landscape as any planet in the universe.” If you’re…

Katie BloomerApril 30, 2024

Fiction

Everyone is a Suspect at Isolated Hunting Lodge in Irresistible Murder Mystery

The writer of murder, like all writers, must be a miser, concealing revelations bit by bit; for every novel is a puzzle, and every reader a sleuth. So begins Dann McDorman’s West Heart Kill, and it is a murder mystery like none other. All the classic ingredients are here: corpses…

Neil NyrenSeptember 29, 2023

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A Cozy Rural Mystery Served Up with a Side of Italian Cuisine

What pairs better with a murder mystery than some fine Italian dining? It may seem like an unlikely combo, but Wendy Sand Eckel’s new book, Mystery at Windswept Farm (Level Best Books), will have you eagerly turning pages not only to see who the culprit is but also to savor…

Paige VigliaroloSeptember 27, 2022

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If You Loved “White Lotus”, Try These 7 Must-Read Thrillers

Picture a beautiful getaway, somewhere unfamiliar, with that eerie creeping feeling that something is about to go wrong. Suddenly nobody seems trustworthy, and everybody seems capable of the worst. These are the things that make shows like HBO’s The White Lotus so captivating — and make the finest psychological thriller,…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 2, 2023

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Dark Academia Meets the Gothic, Magical and Murderous in “The Cloisters”

Katy Hays’ debut is dark, seductive and captivating. The first page tumbles into the next and the next, the entire book unfolding in the course of one sitting — it is utterly unputdownable. Exploring fate, class divides, magic and history, The Cloisters (Atria) is a grand piece of fiction that…

Megan BeauregardNovember 3, 2022

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Crimes in Dystopian Society Unlike Anything This Galaxy Has Ever Seen

On Earth in the distant future, there’s little need for detectives. Real Crimes simply don’t get committed (though imaginary ones are another story). And then five people are murdered under mysterious circumstances. And now it’s up to Ansel Black, one of the few remaining detectives, to figure out not only…

Gevera Bert PiedmontSeptember 15, 2022

Thrillers

Checkmate! “Enemy Queen” Has This Lawyer and Professor in an Unlikely Mess

The two protagonists in Robert Steven Goldstein’s Enemy Queen (SparkPress) are reminiscent of those intelligent and respected pairs in entertainment who bumble their way through dubious decisions and actions. One can only imagine Enemy Queen was as much fun for Goldstein to write as it is for readers to read.…

Jim AlkonMay 12, 2020

Thrillers

Mystery, Menace and Motherhood in “The Familiar Dark”

Amy Engel’s The Familiar Dark (Dutton) begins in the darkness, in the final moments of the life of Junie Taggert, a twelve-year-old girl murdered alongside her best friend, Izzy, and laid to rest in an abandoned playground. Junie’s single mother, Eve, receives the devastating news from her brother Cal, a…

Nikki ErlickApril 1, 2020

Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Thriller Fans Will Be Legally Fond of “The Murder List”

When I tried to think through the twisty, spiraling plot of Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest thriller The Murder List (Forge Books), I couldn’t figure it out. As soon as I thought I had the answer and knew what was going on, it would slither away as new facts surfaced. Rachel…

Cathy LambAugust 29, 2019

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The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

"A mystery Mrs. Christie would have approved of.” — Jane Simons, The Dog Eared Book, Palmyra, NY —∞— Bridget Kelly would prefer to stay in London to complete her nursing training and aid the injured, but her matron has other plans for her. As World War II rages, children are…

Amanda GardnerOctober 12, 2021

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Shards of Artisan Glass Shatter a Devon Hamlet in “The Heron’s Cry”

Detective Matthew Venn of the North Devon Police Department reminds his staff, his suspects and his husband, Jonathan, of this noble bird in Ann Cleeves’ latest Two Rivers mystery, The Heron’s Cry (Macmillan). Matthew is revered by his team, Detective Sergeant Jen Rafferty and Detective Constable Ross May, as they…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 7, 2021

Classy Crime Thriller “The Redhead in the Cove” Is a Page-Turning Whodunit

A “Lover Boy” and Murder Mayhem

A Wintry Murder Mystery That Will Give You the Shivers: “The Well of Ice”

A Killer for Hire With Nothing to Lose in the Terrifying “Endings”

Murder Amid the Terrors of Solovetsky in “The Body Outside the Kremlin”

Coming-of-Age with a Dark Edge for Fans of “The Sandlot” and “Lord of the Flies”

A Cozy Rural Mystery Served Up with a Side of Italian Cuisine

If You Loved “White Lotus”, Try These 7 Must-Read Thrillers

Dark Academia Meets the Gothic, Magical and Murderous in “The Cloisters”

Crimes in Dystopian Society Unlike Anything This Galaxy Has Ever Seen

Checkmate! “Enemy Queen” Has This Lawyer and Professor in an Unlikely Mess

Mystery, Menace and Motherhood in “The Familiar Dark”

Tall Poppy Review: Thriller Fans Will Be Legally Fond of “The Murder List”

The Manor of Mystery: Agatha Christie’s Home Hosts Wartime Evacuees and Intrigue

Shards of Artisan Glass Shatter a Devon Hamlet in “The Heron’s Cry”

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