FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Less byplay among the regulars than usual, mainly since whenever promising domestic and group complications arise, Adler-Olsen lets them die on the vine. But the detection and thrills are authentic."
Inspector Carl Mørck and his raffish colleagues at Copenhagen's Department Q (
The Absent One, 2012, etc.) go up against a truly fiendish kidnapper.
Read full book review >
FICTION
Released: May 28, 2013
"Once again, Gaus probes the tension between the self-reliance of the Amish world and the urgencies of the English world with depth and sensitivity."
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2013
"Buckley seasons another charming episode of historical intrigue with several surprises."
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2013
"The sixth in this highly enjoyable series (Keeping Bad Company, 2012, etc.) adds social commentary to a rich broth of historical tidbits and an excellent mystery."
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2013
"Mid-19th-century sexism and racism galore, presented with Hambly's usual verve and historical accuracy."
Benjamin January, free man of color, leaves New Orleans for the iniquities of Washington City.
Read full book review >
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2013
"Another solid procedural from Rowson, with a little kick of spy stuff for the adventurous."
DI Andy Horton (
Death Lies Beneath, 2012, etc.) waxes increasingly frustrated when his superiors just can't seem to connect the dots.
Read full book review >
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"Like Malin's debut (Midwinter Blood, 2012), this second of four seasonal procedurals is evocative, atmospheric, ingenious and overlong."
A Swedish summer is no kinder than winter to Malin Fors, her colleagues in the Linköping police department or the young girls who've become the targets of a murderous stalker.
Read full book review >
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"Politically savvy, but overstuffed with plots and bios of Greek deities. And Dinah (Bonereapers, 2012, etc.) could do with a verve implant."
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"Bolton, who specializes in over-the-top psychological mayhem, ratchets up the tension with OCD diagnoses, past furies unresolved and a reworking of the Peter Pan story."
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"The tale sags as it lumbers toward its foreordained conclusion, but it's all worth it to hear Judge Flinch tell a witness who's taking the Fifth: "You're plenty incriminated already.""
Back from a 10-year sabbatical, ebullient St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold (
Trophy Widow, 2002, etc.) is faced with a Frankenstein civil suit that just won't be settled.
Read full book review >
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"Carlisle's eighth Bibliophile mystery provides interesting suspects, a historical puzzle and the usual appended recipes."
FICTION
Released: June 4, 2013
"The third action-packed case for Manny (Death Where the Bad Rocks Live, 2012, etc.) teems with historical interest, even if you're not a re-enactor."