Treachery In Death
Library Journal In this latest series entry (after Indulgence in Death), Lt. Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, investigate a case of crooked cops. Peabody has just wrapped up her first case as lead detective—an elderly store owner murdered by a trio of junkies—when she decides to end the day in the precinct's gym. Alone […]
Witches On the Road Tonight
Library Journal This new novel by Holman (Mammoth Cheese) centers on Eddie Alley, raised by his mother in the mountains of rural Virginia during the Depression while his father works away from home. Cora isn't like other mothers—there are rumors that she's a witch. Their isolated life is disrupted when a writer and a photographer […]
The Red Garden
The Washington Post – Anne Trubek: …Hoffman has developed her own brand of magical realism. Lulling and thought-provoking, she conjures soothing places where readers, like the children to whom we tell fairy tales, can learn with pleasure…"A story can still entrance people even while the world is falling apart," Hoffman writes in "The Fisherman's Wife," […]
Strategic Moves
Synopsis The new page-turning Stone Barrington novel from the perennially entertaining New York Times bestselling author. Stone Barrington is enjoying his usual dinner at Elaine's when his boss at Woodman & Weld, the law firm where Stone is "of counsel," walks in, sits down, and hands Stone a check for one million dollars. It seems […]
Fatal Error
Library Journal What seems like a routine job of providing a background check for a former colleague's ex-boyfriend turns into a murder case in which Ali Reynolds (Trial By Fire) is trying to find Brenda, the person of interest. Ali must also deal with the loss of her job as a deputy sheriff, the eminent […]
The Sentry
Library Journal Joe Pike has had his partner's back in 11 of Crais's 13 Elvis Cole novels. Yet in 2007's The Watchman and in 2010's The First Rule, Crais spotlighted Pike rather than Los Angeles PI Cole. Fans will celebrate as Pike is once again the alpha male. Stuff happens early on as the ex-marine, […]
Fadeaway Girl : a Novel
The New York Times – Marilyn Stasio: …Emma uses sheer cunning and devious methods of interrogation to pry information from the colorful characters she finds at well-trafficked spots like the Rainbow Cafe. They all quicken to life under Grimes's Dickensian touch, but none more so than Emma. She may keep losing herself in the past, […]
Call Me Irresistible
The Washington Post – Claudia Deane: Even if you're not a self-proclaimed "SEPpie"—one of Phillips's die-hard romance readers—Call Me Irresistible is just a bit irresistible. It's satisfyingly mindless and mirth-inducing without being in the least moronic…Phillips's lead female character is strong, complicated and quick to sass even as she goes about discovering her own potential.
The Weird Sisters
The Washington Post – Ron Charles: A family drama, gracefully costumed in academic garb and lit with warm comedy, 'tis a consummation devoutly to be wished…if you know a Stratfordian who's always quoting the Bard, get thee to a bookstore…Brown is such a clever writer, and she's written such an endearing story about sisterly affection […]