NUMBER ONE FAN by Meg Elison

Being a Literary Star Isn’t All It’s Written Up to Be Everyone loves fame and fortune, right? But what happens when a fan’s obsession turns into a deadly pursuit because…

Review of Novel THE OC by D.P. Lyle

Can a Lethal Celebrity Stalker Outwit This Snarky Ball-Player-Turned-Private-Eye? In award-winning author D.P. Lyle’s newest detective thriller, The OC (Oceanview), former pro baseball player Jake Longly — reluctant private investigator, lover of women…

A Fatal Lie by Charles Todd

Murder and A Missing Girl in Post-World War I England The bestselling mother-son writing duo known as Charles Todd takes readers back to 1921 England in A FATAL LIE, book…

Margaret Truman’s Murder on the Metro by Jon Land

Counterterrorism, Conspiracies, and the Capitol With the horrendous event that transpired at the Capitol on January 6, this thriller about terrorist attacks in Washington, DC, and across America is even…

Review of The Talented Mr. Varg by Alexander McCall Smith

A Droll Detective and a Lip-Reading Dog Alexander McCall Smith makes the irrelevant relevant in The Talented Mr. Varg (Pantheon), a satirical social commentary on the mundane. Ulf Varg is not your average…

The Sword of Justice: Cheering For Tori Eldridge’s Unlikely Ninja Hero

In her debut novel, The Ninja Daughter, author Tori Eldridge turns a young woman with a passion for justice into a modern-day martial-arts hero. Lily Wong is an anachronism — a…

Sisters, Secrets, and Ties That Bind in LAST DAY by Luanne Rice

Two sisters, part of a pact of “blood-sister” best friends—the Compass Rose. One of them is murdered. In LAST DAY, prolific author Luanne Rice explores how secrets can lurk just…

Review of WITHIN PLAIN SIGHT and Interview With Bruce Robert Coffin

A staged body missing its head sends Detective Sergeant John Byron of the Portland, Maine, police department on a chase for the killer. In WITHIN PLAIN SIGHT, author Bruce Robert…