Crime
Long After Midnight, by Iris Johansen
The race to complete a new superdrug puts Kate Denby and her family at great risk from a pharmaceutical giant, intent on preventing the drug from making it to the market. After her ex-husband and father of her child is killed before her eyes, Kate finds herself the target of a Native American assassin, her only protection against whom is mercenary Seth Drakin and unlikely friend Noah Smith. So the story unfolds; the suspense making an intriguing backdrop for the developing relationships between the characters.
Read More...Natural Suspect by William Bernhardt
Despite being a single story line, Natural Suspect is divided into chapters, each written by a different famous mystery writer! The story tells of small-time lawyer Devin McGee’s attempt to defend Julia Hightower against the charge of murdering her rich husband and the staggering number of skeletons he discovers in an equally staggering number of closets!
Read More...One Scream Away by Kate Brady
Can two people who lost love earlier in their lives learn to love each other, can Beth keep her daughter out of Bankes’ hands, and can Neil save the woman he loves from her worst nightmare?
Read More...Nine Dragons (Audio) by Michael Connelly
The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a detective from the Asian Gang Unit for help with translation–not just of languages but also of the cultural norms and expectations that guided Li’s life. He uncovers a link to a Hong Kong triad, a lethal and far-reaching crime ring that follows many immigrants to their new lives in the U.S…
Read More...The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay
Aliens (who hate being called aliens) now live on earth with humans, and some humans possess supernatural powers. Charlie and her Siren-partner, Hank, have been working on a disastrous case—trying to track down the source and destroy a new drug that is putting people all over Atlanta in comas….
Read More...The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver
Whilst responding to a call, newbie policewoman Amanda Sachs (who has never worked on a crime scene before) discovers a hand sticking out of some railway tracks!
Read More...25 Books To Buy This Christmas
And here it is: the top 25 must have books by Chrismas this year! We cover everything from paperbacks to hardbacks, fantasy stories, biographies, suspense, thrillers, fiction, non-fiction, chicklit: you name it and its here.
Read More...The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith
When they mistake small-time conman Tom Ripley for a friend of their son, Dickie Greenleaf’s parents offer to pay him to go to Italy and convince their son to come home – and so a classic tale begins.
Read More...Valhalla Rising, by Clive Cussler
Valhalla Rising is a kraken of a thriller than will grip your from beginning to end in the many tentacles of Clive Cussler’s imagination.
Read More...The Picture of Dorian Gray (Vintage Classics)
By now, most people are aware of the basic plot of this book: young man foolishly wishes that, upon seeing his current beateous youth captured forever in a picture, he could remain in that moment of youth forever, and the picture age in his stead. Not only that, but the picture becomes twisted and cruel [...]
Read More...Persuader
This latest Jack Reacher novel has all the fast-paced action that we
The characters are all well-developed and believable with Lee’s trademark
strong women adding special dynamics to this story. Combined with an unusually twisted plot, it is probably one of Lee’s best books yet. Written in the first person, Jack Reacher goes undercover, partly to help [...]
World Without End
A RIVETING STORY OF LIFE IN FOURTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND
Having read and loved the author’s epic saga, “Pillars of the Earth”, a novel about the building of a cathedral in the town of Kingsbridge in twelfth century England, I very much looked forward to reading this book. I was not disappointed. This is a masterful saga [...]
Faceless Killers
Familiar Story, Unfamiliar landscapes
Faceless Killer is the first of the Kurt Wallander Novels by the Swedish crimewriter Henning Mankell. The book deals with the double murder of an elderly farmer and his wife in a brutal manner which apparently lacks motive. Subsequent investigation leads the hapless detective, Kurt Wallander, on a trail which brings him [...]