Fragile

It’s hard to pick up a contemporary book these days and not run smack into small town living. Most books capture the small towns we want to live in, a sort of Cheers with homes and streets, where everybody knows your name and is interested in your life. Few capture the insulated, isolated world that…

Presumed Dead

A noble hero, near-perfect in looks and conduct, is easy to admire. However, I have to admit that well-drawn characters who are rougher around the edges draw my attention just as easily. After losing his job as a police officer, Dylan Scott’s marriage imploded and his wife has kicked him out. To compound things, Dylan’s…

Live to Tell

Are our childhood memories ever as accurate as we think they are? Do our minds sometimes force us to forget the unthinkable, shielding us from things that might make it hard for us to heal? Live to Tell is all about memories that destroy, but more, it is about the dangerous place that the human…

Ice Cold

I’m not a big fan of ice cold wilderness survival stories, probably because I live in the North and am very aware of just how deadly a pristine winter wonderland can be. But used right, this setting can really add an eerie element of suspense to a novel as the surroundings suddenly become not just…

Live to Tell

I love books based upon what I call Ordinary Evil that begins with an event that can happen to anyone. A car accident. An unwanted pregnancy. A child picking up something they shouldn’t. It is what happens after that takes these ordinary instances – accidents typically, mild carelessness at worst – into devastating crime. And…

Undone

Undone

I have read all three books in the Will Trent series this year and enjoyed them in differing amounts, but having finished Undone, I think I’m ready for a little break from the bleak and violent world Slaughter has created. The book opens with retired couple Henry and Judith Coldfield traveling to see their grandchildren…

Riptide

While I treasure the emotion and happy endings of romance, I also like a good, edgy suspense thriller. Riptide definitely delivers in the latter department. Though some aspects of the novel could use a bit more polish, I still found myself enjoying this book. It’s not for the faint of heart, but it’s definitely a…

Hot Pursuit

Hot Pursuit is a bit of a departure for Brockmann. The Troubleshooters series has always had plots within plots and storylines that take several books to resolve, but this is the first I’ve read that doesn’t resolve anyone’s romance. That’s not to say that there aren’t romantic moments; however, no one new gets a happy…

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