A darkly twisted historical drama… Chowdhury’s latest is a darkly intriguing historical thriller filled with endless twists and political intrigue. The year is 1883. A man named Oman survives religious persecution in his native land along with his eight-year-old son… Read More ›
Mystery
Death of the Cosset by Kimberly Jane Oswald
An electrifying debut… Oswald makes her foray into historical thriller genre with this excellent entry marked with desire and greed, obsession and fear, and murder. Thirty-two-year-old Egyptologist, Cassandra Seldon, is on a mission to find some kind of proof to… Read More ›
Hanging Softly in the Night: A Detective Nick Larson Novel by Maria Elena Alonso-Sierra
A compulsively readable mystery… This exciting installment in the A Detective Nick Larson Novel series from Alonso-Sierra finds the ingenious Detective on the trail of a psychopathic serial killer. With the New York Police Department’s Sixteenth Precinct in Manhattan under… Read More ›
Summer’s Lie (Maggie Dunn Books) by Deborah Court
A rich multi-layered mystery… Court’s outstanding series kicker in the Maggi Dunn series tells the story of one woman who after a tragic accident wakes up in a hospital with no memory of her past and faces an uncertain future… Read More ›
Falling Stars Over Belgrade by Jeffrey Kwitny
An addictive thriller full of suspense, secrets, and surprises… Set in 1989 in Yugoslavia, Kwitny’s engrossing thriller finds a struggling Hollywood director entangled in a sinister conspiracy. Struggling with a dwindling career and a deteriorating relationship, Stephen Krawczyk accepts a… Read More ›
Abide With Me (Sister Agatha Mystery #3) by Jane Willan
A complete page-turner… Willan mixes intrigue and murder in this exceptional third installment in the Sister Agatha Mystery series featuring the endearing Sister Agatha, an amateur sleuth and writer. Claire Pennoyer, an ambitious young reporter for The Church Times, is… Read More ›
Last Exit For Betrayal by G.W. Conklin
An excellently crafted tale of the murder, intrigue, and betrayal… Set against the picturesque background of Cape May with its quaint streets lined with ornate Victorian homes, Conklin’s debut police procedural, featuring the mellow and down-to-earth Porter Benjamin, the town’s… Read More ›
When Bodies Fall (Maggie Dunn Books Book 2) by Deborah Court
An entertaining blend of suspense and intrigue… Set in Scotland, Court’s deeply engrossing second installment in the Maggie Dunn Books finds Jane in the middle of a murder investigation. Trying to escape the forces who want to study her for… Read More ›
Rats in a Maze by Peter Bailey
A well-executed and deeply engrossing SF tale… Bailey visits a bleak future in his deeply engrossing part-mystery-part-dystopian which features NYPD Detective Ray Fisher. After an unusual accident leaves two people dead, Ray Fisher, the NYPD Detective, begins his investigation into… Read More ›
Beasts of the Night by Matejs Kalns
A hard-hitting tale… Kalns’s gritty debut explores child trafficking culture and the power of conviction. When eight-year-old Mei ended up in a dissipated hut after her harrowing escape from the clutches of a child trafficker, it was her grit and… Read More ›