Book Reviews

Reviews of new and upcoming books in the mystery, thriller, horror, crime, and suspense genres. Our editorial staff and reviewers choose which titles to review. All reviews meet standards of notability.

Three Girls Gone

A third girl is taken and the clock starts ticking

The Deepest Fake

Events inside his company make him question everything

Rules of the Heart

Here, married women often take younger lovers

Glitter in the Dark

She witnesses the kidnapping of a famous singer

Dying Cry

Evidence indicates that the fall was no accident

Kiss Her Goodbye

An Afghan refugee was last seen exiting her place of work weeks ago

Knife in the Back

The crooks who framed her have returned

Savvy Summers and the Sweet Potato Crimes

She’s desperate to clear her name

Throwing Shadows

Local legend says there’s caches of stolen gold buried in the area

The Devil’s Advocate

An innocent man faces the death penalty for the murder of a girl

We Are All Guilty Here

She turned away when her best friend’s daughter needed help

An Inside Job

He finds himself in a desperate race to recover a lost masterpiece

What the Night Brings

There’s a possibility that these murders are payback

Spider to the Fly

The woman wasn’t her, but she could have been

Hunter’s Heart Ridge

An early season snowstorm bears down

The Moonshine Women

The moonshine business is unforgiving

Sonora

She is about to be thrust into a world teeming with danger

The Last Wizards’ Ball

A dangerous dance with death that could change the world

Don’t Forget Me, Little Bessie

She accidentally kills an unarmed man to defend her father

Forged in Battle

A vast enemy fleet is lurking somewhere in the system

We Are All Guilty Here

Two teenage girls vanish, and the town ignites

Dead Line

They’re dealing with more than a witness who’s broken protocol

Nightshade

His investigation uncovers closely guarded secrets

The Blue Horse

They’re in the wrong place, at the wrong time

Trouble Is My Business

A graphic novel adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s classic noir

The Medusa Protocol

A doctor subjects her to mysterious experiments

Them Bones

Those behind the theft are willing to do anything to hold onto it

Gone Dark

She tracks down the doctor responsible for the addiction

Parents Weekend

Their kids never show up to dinner

The Cardinal

He became the controlling figure in all matters of church and state

The Ghostwriter

She’s determined to confront the one truth she’s buried for years

Beyond Her Reach

While investigating, she is attacked and left for dead

Nemesis

A suspicious death casts a dark shadow over a peaceful lake colony

The Mademoiselle Alliance

She steps into the role of leader of what is now known as Alliance

Closer Than You Know

The killer, who is dying of cancer, wants his final revenge

A Murder for Miss Hortense

An unidentified man has been found dead

The Starving Saints

Food is running low and there has been no sign of rescue

Her First Mistake

The sheriff’s office reopens everything she thought was behind her

Stuart Woods’ Finders Keepers

He needs help settling his niece into city life post-divorce

Chasing Shadows

She makes a series of shocking discoveries

The Man Made of Smoke

His life has been haunted by the crime he witnessed as a child

King of Ashes

Recklessness has placed them all in real danger

Dogged Pursuit

There’s a pending criminal case involving the owner

A Dead Draw

A legal glitch has allowed a suspected killer to go free

The Last Assignment

She must survive in order to be the world’s witness to war

The Fifth Heart

Holmes has faked his own death

Burned Bridges

Her 12-year-old nephew finds a dead body in a cave

Bodies and Battlements

They look into the entangled dealings of their arrived guests