FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012
"More complicated and somewhat sillier than the previous Cade novels; fans of nonstop action can skim over the politicizing passages to get to the blood and guts, while ignoring the author's tendency to preach politics."
Farnsworth's universe of vampires and otherworldly creatures comes alive for the third time in this latest installment of the Nathaniel Cade series.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012
"In this deft novel of intelligence, the CIA actually shines."
The Chinese are gearing up for a takeover of Taiwan, offering a scary vision of the future with the monstrous destruction of a Taiwanese naval base.
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012
"Dull protagonist, cliché-ridden situations; a so-called legal thriller that's long on law and short on thrills."
Intrigue snares an American lawyer visiting Cuba in this sluggish third novel from Goldstein (
A Patent Lie, 2008, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: April 24, 2012
"The pages turn at such a blistering pace that readers will happily overlook the improbable plot."
A Hollywood writer, not content with adequate wealth, aims for filthy lucre with disastrous results.
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FICTION
Released: April 24, 2012
"Melodramatic and implausible in places, but still entertaining."
Former prosecutor McLean juggles a vast cast of characters in this courtroom drama, her second legal thriller, set in the crime-ridden Boston neighborhood of Charlestown.
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FICTION
Released: April 24, 2012
"A novel that sets itself apart from most noir fiction with its lighter and looser feel. "
Lured into the jungle of Thailand by the promise of pure bliss with lovely tribal girls, British backpacking buddies Jake and Will discover their guide Howard is using them as a cover to deal drugs across the nearby Burmese border. Taking matters in their own hands, they cross the line between self-preservation and moral depravity.
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FICTION
Released: April 17, 2012
"The book, weighed down by a predictable plot, won't thrill the reader with its super-woman heroine, wickedly handsome love interest and by-the-numbers supporting cast."
FICTION
Released: April 12, 2012
"Bernie's voice--ironic, mordantly funny, inimitable--reflects a world-weary journey. Still--and this is the entertaining heart of the matter--readers are never permitted to forget that survival is his religion."
Good cop and confirmed Nazi-hater Bernie Gunther (
Field Gray, 2011, etc.) lands in the middle of a homicidal riddle.
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FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012
"A freshly imagined work, this novel boasts clever twists and revelations right up until the end."
Prague is the setting for this unusual meta-mystery, in which an American's investigation of his older brother's disappearance occasions stories-within-stories involving Nazi occupiers, Communist spies, a gangster known as Rumpelstiltskin and a still-ticking watch that goes back to Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.
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FICTION
Released: April 10, 2012
"The story's fast pace helps it go down easy, but it's almost all empty calories."
Even protagonist Joe Ledger, hero of three previous Maberry novels (
The King of Plagues, 2011, etc.), knows that the premise of his latest adventure is totally ridiculous: Ledger scoffs at the idea of vampires with nuclear bombs, and Maberry can't quite make a convincing case for them either.
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FICTION
Released: April 4, 2012
"Iran's nuclear ambitions are prominent in the news. That makes this novel a perfectly timed, first-class read."
FICTION
Released: April 3, 2012
"Readers hooked by the futuristic excitement may be disappointed in the lack of follow-through."
Sci-fi veteran Sawyer (WWW: Wonder, 2011, etc.) turns in a solid if bland techno-thriller, which hums along nicely until an absurd mystical finale.
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