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.

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

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 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

Parents Weekend

Their kids never show up to dinner

Chasing Shadows

She makes a series of shocking discoveries

Dogged Pursuit

There’s a pending criminal case involving the owner

The Mademoiselle Alliance

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

The Man Made of Smoke

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

A Dead Draw

A legal glitch has allowed a suspected killer to go free

Stuart Woods’ Finders Keepers

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

King of Ashes

Recklessness has placed them all in real danger

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

No Lie Lasts Forever

He’ll have to expose the copycat

Save Her Life

He is refusing to let anyone out until his demands are met

Burned Bridges

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

A Hired Kill

He finds himself on the trail of the Bureau’s original target

Death at a Highland Wedding

They must work fast to uncover the murderer before another life is lost

Bodies and Battlements

They look into the entangled dealings of their arrived guests

My Friends

She seeks out the story of these three enigmatic figures

Circle of Days

As drought ravages the earth, mistrust grows between the herders

Toxic Prey

Only by removing the threat will the planet can continue to prosper

Ruth Run

An alarm goes off and she realizes she’s been discovered

A Fashionably French Murder

The couturier is dead, strangled by a length of lace

Cold Burn

A team of scientists has gone missing

Season of Death

The sudden collapse of a railway tunnel in London kills dozens

Skin and Bones

THE BEAR TRAP, RABID, THE IMPOSTER and more short stories

Their Monstrous Hearts

There’s something wrong in the greenhouse

The Boomerang

The president of the United States has terminal cancer

The Last Session

The patient claims she can’t remember the horrific recent events

Bitterfrost

He finds himself arrested for a brutal double murder

The Heist

The strike was just the opening of an even deadlier gambit

South of Nowhere

A surprise attack along the river obstructs their urgent search

The Retirement Plan

Their golden years are looking as dreary as their marriages

The Cornish Castle Murder

An arrow flies off-course during the archery session

Shadow of the Solstice

She finds a young boy at grave risk

John Winn Miller

The historical thriller author on THE HUNT FOR THE PEGGY C

The Bachelorette Party

It’s her last chance to find out what happened to the four women

Hidden in Smoke

A catastrophic fire destroys a major freeway

The Tenant

He fears someone knows his darkest secrets

Dead Post Society

The headmaster and his wife were killed there decades earlier

Another Fine Mess

They must dig into family lore to uncover what threatens everything

Pride or Die

They might just become the next targets

Hidden Nature

She was shocked back to life on the operating table

Vera Wong’s Guide to Snooping

She wishes more dead bodies would pop up in her shop