Book Reviews

Reviews of new and upcoming books in the mystery, thriller, horror, crime, and suspense genres. Our editorial staff and reviewers choose which titles to review. All reviews meet standards of notability.

Catherine Lloyd

The cozy historical mystery author on her Miss Morton series

Robert B. Parker’s Hot Property

There’s no short list of suspects who might want revenge

Summit’s Edge

The hijacker has fled into the wilderness

A Long Time Gone

He meets resistance from friends and foes who want him to stand down

The Pretender

He will either become king or die in battle

Tooth and Claw

Their co-workers are after treasure and will stop at nothing to get it

The Crash

She comes to realize she is in grave danger

The Specimen

Missing persons cases are all too common in Edinburgh

Death by Misadventure

He knows that their bliss cannot last forever

Please Tell Me

Playtime takes a grim turn

This Girl’s a Killer

She culls South Louisiana of unscrupulous men

One of Us Is Dead

He spots a familiar face in the church

Mask of the Deer Woman

A local college student is missing

Midnight and Blue

A convict is brutally murdered in his locked cell

In Too Deep

He wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed

Identity Unknown

Her deceased friend seems to have deliberately left her a clue

The More the Terrier

An extra dog eagerly awaits them at home

The Trap

She faces the most perilous mission of her career

The Waiting

They encounter a baffling web of secrets and legal hurdles

The Valley

She discovers the victim is a close blood relative

I’ll Be Waiting

She has been hounded by spiritualists promising closure

Frozen Lives

The eleven-year-old turns up days later, alive and unharmed

The Mirror

She has visions of an antique mirror

The Swimmer

She witnesses the murder of a swimmer

High Wire

They are forced to commit a series of increasingly murderous missions

Disturbing the Bones

They soon find themselves in the middle of a wild military conspiracy

Spirit Crossing

The tribal officers dig into the circumstances of a grim discovery

Two Good Men

He develops a formula able to predict those most likely strike again

The Hushed

She can’t escape her curiosity—or her growing attraction

The Inhabitants

She also begins to suspect that her neighbor isn’t what he seems

The Boyfriend

She can’t shake her own suspicions that the perfect man may not be

This Cursed House

She receives an unexpected job offer

Precipice

A sexual intrigue becomes a matter of national security

The Colony Club

The Trial of the Century discloses the architect’s scandalous personal life

Out in the Cold

Someone is waging a ruthless campaign of attacks against Finland

Dear Hanna

She is determined to manipulate the events and people around her

Schemes & Scandals

She has until Hogmanay to uncover the blackmailer

The Solstice

Rumors that he was sacrificed in a midsummer ritual resurface

The Black Loch

The body of eighteen-year-old TV personality is found abandoned

The Lightning Bottles

She’s perhaps the most hated—and least understood—woman in music

Bad Liar

She swears her son was turning his life around

William

His fixation on his project keeps him up in the attic

Passiontide

A woman is brutally murdered, and still in her costume

Cinnamon Girl

His beloved former piano teacher makes a deathbed request

Red River Road

No witnesses, no leads, and no DNA evidence

Dominoes, Danzón, and Death

Bones start popping up in unexpected places

Cold Trail

An explosion at a nearby natural gas plant injures several workers

For Your Benefit

He fights to save the people he loves