Friction
Publishers Weekly 08/03/2015 Bestseller Brown's highly recognizable brand of romantic suspense is on full display as the fates of rugged Texas Ranger Crawford Hunt and Judge Holly Spencer collide in the courtroom, in the bedroom, and in a desperate attempt to save reputations and lives. Crawford's hearing before Holly is to seek custody of his […]
Hostage Taker
Library Journal ★ 07/01/2015 Pintoff switches pace, mood, and genre with this contemporary thriller that is as strong as her award-winning historical mysteries featuring Det. Simon Ziele (Secret of the White Rose). What starts as a shooting outside of Saint Patrick's Cathedral in Manhattan quickly and frighteningly devolves into a complex hostage situation. At stake […]
The Murderer's Daughter
12/01/2014 Kellerman's latest is a stand-alone, but don't worry, Alex Delaware fans; he makes a cameo appearance. Grace Blades is a supremely cool and competent psychologist by day and a thriller seeker by night who relieves the stress of her job and some awful childhood memories by doing crazy things like picking up men in […]
How to Be a Grown-Up
The New York Times Book Review – Eliza Kennedy …intelligent, well made and hugely entertaining…there are no flat characters, no clichés. The territory is familiar…but the authors render it fresh with crisp and witty writing…Usually, such a woman [as Rory] stumbles and flails, full of fear and self-doubt until she discovers her true worth and […]
The Pet and the Pendulum
Kirkus Reviews 2014-12-06 Telepathically conjoined twins, distant relatives of the eminent eponymous author, fall into the clutches of their mad-scientist nemesis one last time in this truly explosive series finale.The lives of single-minded (literally!) Edgar and Allan have only just begun to return to normal in the wake of previous exploits. Now, a series of […]
Once Upon a Midnight Eerie
School Library Journal 03/01/2014 Gr 4–6—Edgar and Allan Poe, identical twins in body and mind, are back with a continuing adventure to outwit their impending murder by an even more sinister enemy than the evil-minded Professor Perry from the first book (Viking, 2013). This time the boys are in New Orleans as part of a […]
The Black Circle
Children's Literature – Summer Whiting Amy and her brother Dan are awakened abruptly by the bellboy at the Egyptian hotel. He has arrived at their room to deliver yet another clue in their search for a most immense power. Amy and Dan are not the only ones in search of the 39 clues. Hamilton Holt […]
The Viper's Nest
School Library Journal Gr 4–7—As the search for the clues to the Cahill family's source of power continues, siblings Dan and Amy are stuck on an Indonesian island after seeing a woman die and are being sought by the police in connection with her death. The pair assembles clues which send them to South Africa […]
Island Treasures: Growing Up In Cuba
School Library Journal 06/01/2015 Gr 4–6—In this memoir collection, Ada vividly recounts childhood stories, painting pictures with words that allow readers to almost taste Cuban foods, smell her grandmother's talcum, and feel the red clay used to make pottery. Ada presents five original vignettes in the section "Days at La Quinta Simoni," which is sandwiched […]
Devil's Bridge
Publishers Weekly 06/08/2015 In bestseller Fairstein’s subpar 17th novel featuring ADA Alexandra “Coop” Cooper (after 2014’s Terminal City), a paralegal steals Coop’s files for a sex trafficking case and gives them to the defendant. Then investigators find a connection between the theft and a shady self-styled pastor and community agitator with suspiciously close ties to […]