Eve
Library Journal Shedding light on forensic sculptor Eve Duncan's (Quicksand; Stalemate) past, Johansen's latest thriller brings to the forefront the father of Eve's missing daughter. When Eve tries to find out if John Gallo had anything to do with Bonnie's disappearance, she ends up as bait in a perilous game between Gallo and dangerous ex-military […]
Chasing Fire
Library Journal: Rowan Tripp, like her legendary firefighter father, is a veteran Missoula, MT, smoke jumper, and she knows nothing can match the thrill of leaping into the heart of a forest blaze and beating it into submission. Even the lingering grief over the death of her jump partner can't keep her from feeling the […]
Save Me
Library Journal What begins as an ordinary day for lunch mom volunteer Rose McKenna quickly morphs into a harrowing event that will spiral her life out of control. When a tragedy occurs at her daughter's elementary school, Rose transforms from heroine to villain in a matter of hours after she is forced to make a […]
The Informant
Library Journal Some two decades after his first war with the Mafia, Perry's hit man is back in this engaging follow-up to the author's Edgar Award-winning debut, The Butcher's Boy. Retired for the last ten years, the Butcher's Boy is forced to take action when the same crime family who betrayed him years ago finally […]
Hiss of Death : a Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Publishers Weekly Readers concerned about breast cancer will welcome Brown's 19th Mrs. Murphy mystery (after 2010's Cat of the Century). While Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen copes bravely with a diagnosis of stage one breast cancer, a sad discovery distracts her from her illness. Shortly before the 5K Run for Breast Cancer Awareness, Harry and her […]
Crunch Time
Library Journal Davidson's 16th episode (after Fatally Flaky) with Goldy Schulz, caterer extraordinaire, seems longer and more contrived than usual. Some of the old favorites are back; husband Tom, best friend Marla, and Arch, Goldie's son, show up. However, there are almost too many other characters involved in what can be a confusing plot line. […]
Sixkill
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio …Spenser applies his usual skills (one part muscle flexing to three parts snappy repartee) to a case in which mobsters and movie people figure prominently. But Parker's real coup in this novel is introducing us to Zebulon Sixkill, the athletically gifted Cree Indian Spenser rescues from a demeaning […]
44 Charles Street
Library Journal When Francesca's relationship with her longtime boyfriend ends, she stands to lose the art gallery and the house they co-owned. But she comes up with financial plans to keep the business and the house by making sacrifices—selling some cherished original artwork and taking in boarders. Despite her opinionated mother's fears and objections, Francesca […]
The Paris Wife : a Novel
The Washington Post – Donna Rifkind The Paris Wife is a richer and more provocative book than many reviewers have acknowledged. What they call cliches are simply conventions that all historical novels share…And The Paris Wife is a more ambitious effort than just a Hallmark version of Americans in Paris. It's an imaginative homage to […]
Wicked Lies
Library Journal It's been two years since Laura (Lorelie) Adderley has heard psychopathic serial killer Justice Turnbull's voice in her head. His sibilant whispers suddenly scratch at her mind, and she learns that he has escaped and is on his way back to Discovery Bay. It's clear that the gifted women of her family cloistered […]