Talk about a mind-bender. This new suspense by author Amy Engel swiftly draws you in to one mystery layered upon another. A small-town thriller with a unique spin on how guilt can be a disturbing bedfellow. When Greer Dunning decides to take an extended break from her school counseling job in Chicago, she doesn’t go […]
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So Close
This book took my breath away. The cover was gorgeous, the writing was enthralling, the plot and point of views, incredible. Sylvia Day is a master storyteller and this first installment in her new Blacklist series has me hooked. Wealthy, successful widower, Kane Black is hailed as the sexiest, most eligible bachelor in Manhattan. Women […]
The Dead Won’t Tell
When you’re assigned to report on a case that rattles a community, you need to watch your back—especially when it becomes personal. Historian and journalist, Abbie Adams, is handed a cold-case murder dating back to 1969. With the opportunity to take up the thread from her injured colleague, and positively impact her byline, Abbie jumps […]
Last Protector (Clayton White Book 1)
The first book in this series, Last Protector, introduces Clayton White, a secret service agent making the biggest step in his life—he’s proposing to his girlfriend Veronica. But when Veronica’s life is threatened, he becomes entangled in a political and deadly quest for answers and mutual survival. It’s rare that a political and spy thriller starts […]
Noble Man: A Jake Noble Thriller
Ex-CIA agent Jake Noble is still smarting from a critical decision that cost him his job. Doing the right thing resulted in the organization making Noble the fall guy. But he’s resurrected his skills as a mercenary, less to stay in the game and more to expense his dying mother’s medical bills. Living as a […]
The Good Client
This is book one in the Mitch Turner legal thriller series by Dan Decker. I’m amid reading them all because, if you’re like me, you love a good series and a great protagonist. Against his better judgement, defense attorney Mitch Turner agrees to defend his law clerk Timothy Cooper when accused of murdering his estranged […]
The War Widow
This historical fiction release by Tara Moss is a cleverly woven tale of love, mystery, and empowerment, set in 1946 Sydney, Australia. It might sound like a strange combination, but it’s my take. I’ll tell you why. First, I love the protagonist, Billie Walker, a war widow who’s taken over her late father’s struggling detective—or, […]
Misjudged: A Sam Johnstone Legal Thriller
Don’t you just love it when you find a character that you fall in love with? I know I do. That’s the way I feel about James Chandler’s character Sam Johnstone introduced in Misjudged, the first of this legal thriller series. To date, I’ve read all three—including One and Done and False Evidence—and can’t wait […]
Close To Home
This is the first in the mystery series by L.T. Ryan coupling an unlikely pair of allies. Riley “Bear” Logan is a larger-than-life ex-hitman on the run accompanied by his adopted teen daughter Mandy. When Bear decides to take the rare opportunity to free himself and Mandy from this unforgiving life, he soon realizes that […]
I Swear to Tell
Lately, I’ve been on a legal thriller reading streak, so it’s no surprise I’ve included J.J. Miller on my must-read author list. I Swear to Tell is the first of the series featuring protagonist Candace Elliott, a newly minted lawyer at a prestigious D.C. law firm. She’s proven herself both at law school and as […]