Unlucky 13 was written by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. This installment in the Women’s Murder Club is a breathtaking thrill ride. Unlucky 13 opens with a traffic accident on the Golden Gate Bridge; the victims died a terrible death. Death by hamburger! The bomb...

The Devil came to Abbeville by Marian Phair is a horror story to end all horror stories. The story opens with a 17-year-old girl, smothered in blood, dying in the arms of Father O'Connor but there are few clues. Then Sally, a girl blinded...

Rings of Smoke, an intense thriller, is written by Diane O’Toole. John Fallon thinks his problems cannot get any worse after his mean-spirited wife abandons him and their children. But it does, as his daughter, Erin, goes missing when a serial killer is abducting teenage...

Margaret M. Ford’s novel, Lament for the Dead, is a thriller set in Drayford Village, a small and close knit community where people know almost everyone and where serious crimes are simply unheard of. The year is 2006 when the village is shaken by the...

Dr. Chandrix Dies is the second volume in Christopher D. Abbott's historical mystery series, The Dies Trilogy. It's set in London in 1930 and features the Dutch detective and psychologist, Doctor Pieter Straay. While it's the second volume in the series, Dr. Chandrix Dies can...

Random Acts of Malice is a police procedural written by George R. Hopkins. Cindy Waters was an intermediate school teacher in Staten Island. She was rushing off to school after attending mass in her local church when a truck drove at her, catapulting her body...

The Kohinoor by Nikki Spryer is a murder mystery with a bit of style. Mira, Tasha and Roma are on board a grand cruise ship for their holiday. The Kohinoor is opulence itself and the last thing they expected was murder and the theft of...

Jim Pugmire continues to enthrall me with The King of Dalatia, which is the third medieval novel in the Quinn Hawk Series. I recommend reading the previous books first to fully appreciate this one. Quinn is no longer an insecure illiterate teen, and is now...

Unfinished Business by Ted Tayler is the sequel to The Final Straw. Colin Bailey has some unfinished business he needs to attend to. Shortly before losing his wife to cancer he gets word that his daughter’s murderer is about to be released. Plans are made...

The Executioner's Hood by Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton is a tale of intrigue, mystery and murder. Phil Grayson, respected judge and collector of Old West memorabilia, is found dead with an executioner's hood over his head – a hood that has come from his...