The Burning Island is Hester Young’s third novel featuring Charlotte (Charlie) Cates, a journalist with an extremely rare psychic ability that allows her to see missing or deceased children in her dreams. This is a book that could be read as a standalone, but readers will have a much clearer understanding of Charlie’s life circumstances…
A belated Happy New Year to all reading this review. Winter is a bad time for me health-wise, and in England believe me when I say we all need winter pick- me-ups. Thus, for my first review of 2019, I went for a favourite American, romance author, Josh Lanyon and a hot sounding title, Seance…
Serena Kent’s cozy mystery Death in Provence is a twisty and well-written little bit of fiction that combines tourism porn with a funny heroine and a genuinely surprising mystery. Penelope Kite is in over her head – and the body floating in her newly-purchased swimming pool is just one example of that. All she’d wanted…
In her tenth full-length novel featuring Detective D.D. Warren, author Lisa Gardner immerses her readers in a fast-paced and twisty mystery involving a man fatally shot in his home. D.D. is no stranger to crimes like these, but what sets this particular homicide apart from the many others she’s worked on is the fact that…
The Winter Sister is the first novel from author Megan Collins, but nothing about it felt like a début. It’s one of those books that feels so incredibly well-done in every conceivable way that I found myself myself constantly wondering how it could possibly be someone’s first novel. It’s been sixteen years since Sylvie’s older…
A mysterious death in the Australian Outback is the chilling center piece for Jane Harper’s latest thriller, The Lost Man. The men of the Bright family don’t have the best reputations. Their father Carl had been known for his nasty disposition. Nathan and Bub each have issues. But middle brother Cam is charming, educated, and…
In the fall of 2017, I read and reviewed Joanna Schaffhausen’s début novel, The Vanishing Season, and while I wasn’t completely blown away by it, I did find it to be quite enjoyable and I was eager to see what else the author might have up her sleeve. No Mercy is her second book, and…
Malia Obama did it. Prince William did it. They’ve become increasingly popular over the last decade or so. Fiona Barton’s The Suspect takes a hard look at the latest hot trend – The Gap Year – and shows that while for some it can be fun, for others it can easily prove otherwise. Alex had…
Lisa Gardner’s D. D. Warren is one of my favorite detectives and this short story contains all the elements that have lofted her to that elevated position. Humorous, clever and intriguing, The Guy Who Died Twice presents D.D. with her ‘strangest case’ ever. This is number 9.5 in the series and while it can certainly…
There is an old saying: ‘Two can keep a secret, if one of them is dead.’ Tami Hoag’s The Boy is a dark, gritty mystery that highlights how keeping a secret often involves making sure that everyone else who knows it is, indeed, dead. This is Hoag’s second book featuring Annie Broussard and Nick Fourcade….
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