FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012
"A tepid case that heats up only when Matthews (Bet Your Bones, 2011, etc.) delves into Norse myths. "
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"A generally satisfying puzzler whose hero takes a little too long to connect the dots."
DI Andy Horton (
Blood on the Sand, 2010, etc.) misses the mark when he mistakes a murder for an accidental drowning.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"The killer is surprisingly lightweight for someone of Atkins' formidable ability to evoke evil. And Lillian isn't a patch on Jessica Fletcher, still less Miss Marple. First of a series."
Generally scarifying Atkins (
Mother's Milk,
2009, etc.) dials down the violence, though not the body count, in a demi-cozy that asks who's declared war on the antique dealers of Grenville, Conn.
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"The immediacy of Duns' writing grabs and suspends the reader in a beautifully realized heartbeat of recent history."
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"Dodging questions about why he's working a cold case when there's so much at stake in the volatile present, Raveneau connects the dots methodically and convincingly, though with little sense of urgency. "
The coldest of cold cases meets the hottest of hot-button crimes for San Francisco's Inspector Ben Raveneau (
A Killing in China Basin,
2011).
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"Munger's third Dead Detective case (Angel Interrupted, 2010, etc.) is a police procedural with a twist. Kevin's latest attempt at redemption is filled with anger and anguish right up to the exciting climax."