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BROWSE BOOK REVIEWS




New Mysteries & Thrillers (page 6)


Cover art for THE INQUISITOR'S KEY
FICTION
Released: May 8, 2012

"This novel isn't better than average as a thriller, but it provides plenty of food for thought about religious artifacts and their role in people's lives."
Can the ancient bones discovered in a stone chest in Avignon, France, possibly be the remains of Jesus of Nazareth? Urgently summoned from the scene of a more mundane horrible killing in Tennessee to find out, forensic anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton investigates with the Vatican and a religious zealot bearing down on him. Read full book review >
Cover art for DEATH'S DOOR
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012

"Not all the details of the complex investigation are equally compelling, but the quality of Kelly's prose and the ongoing upstairs-downstairs relationship between the two protagonists will propel readers past the dry spots. "
For CID coppers Shaw and Valentine (Death Toll, 2011, etc.), an unsolved murder poisons the air 20 years later. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012

"Talton (Deadline Man, 2010, etc.) crafts a solid mystery while telling the engrossing, sometimes poignant story of a cop with a cane who refuses to be pigeonholed."
A brave cop finds the kind of courage he didn't know he had. Read full book review >
Cover art for SILENT COURT
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012

Christopher Marlowe's role in history is rewritten. Read full book review >
Cover art for NO HOLDS BARRED
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012

"Dog lovers will cheer this fast-paced tale that shows the worst and the best of man and beast."
Two ex-cops--one human, one canine--investigate a dog-fighting ring in rural Wiltshire. Read full book review >
Cover art for FALLEN ANGELS
FICTION
Released: April 1, 2012

"A veteran cop herself, Dial (The Broken Blue Line, 2010, etc.) does authenticity to the max, and readers will like that. But it's tough, vulnerable, never-say-die Josie that they'll love. "
She's a wife, a mom, an LAPD captain and compelling no matter what she does. Read full book review >