FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Thompson's latest tour of early-19th-century New York (Murder on Fifth Avenue, 2012, etc.) combines the requisite historical details with a surprise ending that bodes well for future entries in this enjoyable series."
FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"The second in Young's promising series features a strong heroine, a twisty mystery and the obligatory historical detail."
FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Patrik's still no great shakes as a detective—people keep bringing him crucial evidence other cops would have to hunt for—but the surprising punch the big reveal packs makes this the best of Läckberg's four appearances in English to date."
Fjällbacka, which must already be the most crime-ridden little town in Sweden (The Stonecutter, 2012, etc.), gets both a serial killer and a reality program.
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FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Carlotto (Bandit Love, 2010, etc.) provides a machine-gun pace, a jaundiced eye for political corruption and a refreshing absence of anything approaching a moral vision."
Giorgio Pellegrini's 11 years of playing it straight (
The Goodbye Kiss, 2006) come to an shrieking halt when he finds out that his lawyer, a rising political star, has bilked him out of €2 million.
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FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Viets' 12th proves that moving Helen from dead-end jobs into full-time employment does nothing to stifle her quirky good humor."
Florida private eye Helen Hawthorne (
Final Sail, 2012, etc.) helps a small businessman fight city hall.
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FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"Some thrillers are beach reads. Palumbo's are strictly for late at night and for readers who have no pressing engagements early the next day."
Pittsburgh clinical psychologist Daniel Rinaldi (
Fever Dream, 2011, etc.) finds to his sorrow that even serial killers have fans.
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FICTION
Released: May 7, 2013
"A collection of white-hot short stories."
The baddest noir stylist of them all (
That's How I Roll, 2012, etc.) digs into his archives from the past 15 years and comes up with 20 visits to hell.
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FICTION
Released: May 2, 2013
"McAvoy's second (The Dark Winter, 2012) is an excellent police procedural featuring sex, violence and complex characters who are quirky but likable."
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"Black handles multiple plots like a pro, building a story with almost as many layers as the new Cleveland jail."
Forensic detective Theresa MacLean (
Trail of Blood, 2010, etc.) takes the risk of getting too close to a murder victim's daughter.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"The latest from MacDonald, a longtime specialist in family potboilers (Missing Child, 2012, etc.), won't disappoint her fans."
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"Nile and Céleste's relationship--at times bantering, at times lovingly hectoring--will give enthralled readers the stamina to deal with the stomach-turning descriptions Moore (The Memory Artists, 2004, etc.) provides of past and present animal cruelty."
Animals don't have rights, and they don't torture beings for fun. So why do we call people civilized?
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2013
"Hightower takes a break from her three series characters (Fortunes of the Dead, 2003, etc.) for a stand-alone nightmare that will keep you awake till the last page and maybe even afterward."
A mother with a troubled family past flees her ruined marriage to a peripatetic manager only to realize that you can't go home again, especially if you're sharing your home with a truly malignant ghost.
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