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A Family, and a City, Confront Their “Monsters”

“Memory, of course, is also a story. It feels like the truth, especially when there is no one to dispute your recollection of events. But it is a story nonetheless — some moments have been elided, and others have been emphasized and made either luminous or horrific or both ……

Neil NyrenJune 25, 2021

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“Hummingbird: Broken Wings” Is a Coming-of-Age Mystery Where Angels, Demons and Witchcraft Collide

“‘It’s amazing what humans will sacrifice for money and power … I told you, Abby, humans can’t resist what evil sometimes offers.’” In the novel Hummingbird: Broken Wings by Spencer K. Prescott, we meet straight-A student Abigail Anderson, and she has the receipts to brag. She’s the first person in…

Emily WolfeJune 10, 2021

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In “An Unlikely Spy” and World War II London, Espionage Shows Its Dark Side

In Rebecca Starford’s An Unlikely Spy (Ecco), Evelyn Varley is about to find that out the hard way. In 1939 with the war looming, Evelyn is recruited by MI5, first to transport classified material, then to infiltrate a group of Nazi sympathizers. She finds it easy and exhilarating at first.…

Neil NyrenMay 28, 2021

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Sci-Fi Novel “Luray” Introduces New Series Filled With Far-Future Intrigue

In Luray, the far-future science fiction novel that opens the series Behind the Last Gate by Dennis Haupt, we’re introduced to the title character, Luray Ulyssa Cayenne, 31, risk evaluator for SafetyNet. Highly intelligent, skilled and disciplined in her thinking, Luray happens to be the best at her job. So…

Gevera Bert PiedmontApril 27, 2021

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“A Shepherd of Wolves” Depicts A Fictional Murder With Convincing Realism

In a small town in rural America, a quiet boy who likes to draw evolves into a tortured man with an irresistible urge to kill and maim, while another, bullied and abandoned, chooses to become a detective. Author R.J. King doesn’t try to explain why one child becomes a monster…

Sherri DaleyApril 20, 2021

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A Brutal Murder and Black Market Deals in the Electrifying Thriller “Death of a Messenger”

An anonymous 911 call leads to the discovery of a body on Pōhakuloa, a U.S. Army training base in Hilo, Hawai’i. The corpse is brutally mutilated in what looks to be a ritual sacrifice, tucked away in the underground passages left by ancient lava flow. Hilo Detective Koa Kāne is…

Cameron KimballJanuary 5, 2021

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Fortune Favors “The Ruthless” in Latest Crime Thriller

David Putnam’s latest novel starts with an undercover cop and a fidgety meth addict in a stolen car, idling in the parking lot of a seedy bar. It only takes a few pages to introduce readers to at least two possible plotlines with the promise of more, and by the…

Sherri DaleyFebruary 2, 2021

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Agatha Raisin Jumps the Hurdles in “Hot to Trot”

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/hot-to-trot.jpg Agatha Raisin can’t resist men — or a good mystery. She’s attracted to them like a moth to a flame, or as she is to gin and tonic. In the newest M.C. Beaton mystery, aptly titled Hot to Trot (Minotaur), Agatha’s out to clear the name of her former…

Jodé MillmanNovember 17, 2020

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A Christmas Cozy in Cabot Cove for “Murder, She Wrote”

Just in time for the holidays, Jon Land offers a Christmas treat for followers of the “Murder, She Wrote” series. Murder in Season (Berkley), the fifty-second story in the series, finds Jessica Fletcher finally returning to 698 Candlewood Lane after her long temporary residency at the Hill House Hotel. The…

James R. HannibalNovember 24, 2020

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Murder Grips England in the Heart-Pounding Thriller “The Dentist”

For DS George Cross, every weekday starts with the same breakfast at the same diner. Then he rides his bike to work and methodically follows the same procedure for locking it up. From a standing Thursday night take-out dinner with his dad to an incessant need to lay out files…

Paige VigliaroloNovember 30, 2020

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Tana French’s Standalone Stunner Follows Chicago Cop’s Search for Missing Irish Teen

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TheSearcher.jpg "Taught, chiseled and propulsive." — Vogue "Crime fiction fans won't want to miss this one." — Publishers Weekly "A slow-burn stunner that will keep readers turning the pages late into the night." — Library Journal —∞— Old habits die hard. Especially if you’re a middle-aged ex-cop from Chicago who’s specialized…

Jodé MillmanOctober 6, 2020

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“Squeeze Me:” Widow-Eating Pythons Invade Palm Beach

"Scabrous and unrelentingly hilarious ... the Trump era is truly Carl Hiaasen’s moment." —Richard Lipez, The Washington Post I needed this book. You probably do too. It’s been six months and counting of apocalyptic anxiety and stress. The coming months do not promise to be much better. If you are in…

Casey BarrettSeptember 1, 2020

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“The Darkest Evening” Intertwines DS Vera Stanhope’s Estranged Family and Murder

"Superb ... This fair-play mystery brims with fully developed suspects and motives that are hidden in plain sight ... must reading for fans as well as newcomers." — Publishers Weekly "Fans will enjoy matching wits with Cleeves’ eccentric sleuth right up to the dangerous surprise in her denouement." — Kirkus…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 8, 2020

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Tall Poppy Review: A Whodunit That Twists on a Complicated Axis of Lies and Secrets

"Intricate, complex and devilishly clever, The First to Lie is like reading a burning stick of dynamite." — J.T. Ellison, NYT bestselling author "A twisty, winding road of deception and secrets that starts with a bang and ends with an explosion." — Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife Confession: I’m…

Nicole BaartAugust 6, 2020

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Climate Crisis Takes Center Stage in “The Org,” a Thriller Fraught With Political Tension

The Org is set in the near future — a future of a global climate crisis, in which food, water and other resources are scarce, extreme weather is destructive, panic is on the rise and political tensions are becoming increasingly violent. When Org member and activist Marianne Wolfe is violently…

Daniela RamrasAugust 11, 2020

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A Parisian Vacation Leads Armand Gamache to Danger in “All the Devils Are Here”

"This is a rare novel that will definitely linger in your thoughts long after finishing the last page." — Fresh Fiction In Louise Penny’s latest novel, All the Devils Are Here, (Minotaur) Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of Homicide for the Sûreté du Quebec, is in dire need of a vacation to…

Jodé MillmanSeptember 1, 2020

A Family, and a City, Confront Their “Monsters”

“Hummingbird: Broken Wings” Is a Coming-of-Age Mystery Where Angels, Demons and Witchcraft Collide

In “An Unlikely Spy” and World War II London, Espionage Shows Its Dark Side

Sci-Fi Novel “Luray” Introduces New Series Filled With Far-Future Intrigue

A Brutal Murder and Black Market Deals in the Electrifying Thriller “Death of a Messenger”

Fortune Favors “The Ruthless” in Latest Crime Thriller

Agatha Raisin Jumps the Hurdles in “Hot to Trot”

A Christmas Cozy in Cabot Cove for “Murder, She Wrote”

Murder Grips England in the Heart-Pounding Thriller “The Dentist”

Tana French’s Standalone Stunner Follows Chicago Cop’s Search for Missing Irish Teen

“Squeeze Me:” Widow-Eating Pythons Invade Palm Beach

“The Darkest Evening” Intertwines DS Vera Stanhope’s Estranged Family and Murder

Tall Poppy Review: A Whodunit That Twists on a Complicated Axis of Lies and Secrets

Climate Crisis Takes Center Stage in “The Org,” a Thriller Fraught With Political Tension

A Parisian Vacation Leads Armand Gamache to Danger in “All the Devils Are Here”

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