It’s fascinating to come away from a crime novel more disturbed by the psychological aspects of why the crime happened than by the crime itself. That’s what impressed me most about Housewife by Karen Crawford. Erica, a bored, wealthy housewife, is ready for an affair....

What would make anyone kill a helpless woman? This was one of the many questions that raced through the minds of retired Las Vegas Metropolitan PD detective Taryn Winter and her former partner detective Daniel Brady, as they stared at a pile of dead bodies...