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The Silk Road Affair, a Highly Recommended Heist Thriller by Larry Witham

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The Bottom Line: This high-stakes, meticulously researched international art heist caper is pure gold.  Larry Witham’s art crime expert Julian Peale is back on the case in an engrossing tale with significant geopolitical consequences. The novel opens in Vienna, as a Swiss art agent fronting a company called Silk Road Company purchases 26 paintings – including works by Degas and Monet – from a local […]

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The Haunted Artist, a Fascinating Art-Crime Mystery by Larry Witham

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The Bottom Line: The Haunted Artist is a taut, refreshing and fascinating work of detective fiction you can easily finish on a coast-to-coast flight.  The fourth installment of the Julian Peale Art-Crime Mystery series begins with a small town funeral for 28-year-old Sam Mason. Regarded as a rising young star in the art world, Sam had apparently sold enough paintings to pay off his mothers’ mortgage. His

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At the Risk of Recovery, a Futuristic Psychological Thriller by Finn Adair Morgan

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The Bottom Line: A futuristic psychological thriller that will keep readers guessing and gripped until the very end. At the Risk of Recovery opens with a startling confession from a serial killer. The letter, written in the 24th century by Adrian Darrow, and addressed to his local police department, describes some of the names of the victims as well as grisly details about their death. In

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The Stuntman, an Impeccably Paced Action Thriller by Evan Graver

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The Bottom Line: Don’t miss this sharply funny, impeccably paced action thriller. Amidst an ocean of heroes who take themselves far too seriously, Luke Wesson is a breath of fresh air. The Stuntman opens on a Hollywood movie set as Luke Wesson – doubling for actor Jordan Reese – prepares to jump his motorbike onto the roof of a moving train. After a bee sting triggers

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The Best C.J. Box Books, Ranked in Order

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What are the best CJ Box books? For newcomers to Box’s work, deciding which book to pick up first is a serious challenge. That’s because Box has been incredibly prolific in the years since the publication of his first novel. Box is best known for his Joe Pickett series, featuring an honest, upright, hardworking and faithful Wyoming Game and Fish warden. Pickett’s famous flaw is

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The Best Medical Thriller Books of The 21st Century

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The best medical thriller books of the 21st Century range from conspiracies about terrifying places where shocking research is carried out, to period pieces about the horrors of mental institutions. Elsewhere, technology threatens to take something that seems like a cure and turn it into something positively lethal. Fertility treatments are invented to save humanity, only to go horribly awry. And don’t forget what may

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Don’t Look Down, a Surprise-Filled Murder Mystery by Matthew Becker

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The Bottom Line: Brimming with strong personalities, Don’t Look Down is a surprising and propulsive murder mystery, as well as a worthy follow-up to Run.  The follow-up to Matthew Beckers’ must-read debut novel Run opens on Theodore Roosevelt Island with the murder of a United States Senator. As homicide Detective Emilia Brown and her new partner begin investigating the Senator’s disappearance, she interviews Ben Walsh in an attempt to get insight into a

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The Devil’s Eye, a Highly Recommended Supernatural Thriller by Ox Devere

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The Bottom Line: Ox Devere’s second Ridley Samaras novel delivers a truckload of tasty thrills. Highly recommended.  The Devil’s Eye opens in 1582 London, where a terrifying celestial event causes widespread panic. After witnessing a sky that quite literally appeared to be afire, John Dee – Mathematician, alchemist, conjurer, and the personal astrologist of Queen Elizabeth I – expects to be called to the royal court. He’s soon visited

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Psychopathic, a Highly Recommended Psychological Thriller

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The Bottom Line: Melby reinvigorates the psychological thriller with a peerless heroine, masterclass pacing and a judicious sense of foreboding throughout.  Psychiatrist Faith Galloway is the epitome of resilience. The blind physician, accompanied by a German Shepherd named Zeus, seems to have a heightened sense of awareness, moving easily through city streets and train stations. She enjoys a strong professional reputation for treating especially troubled patients,

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Best Christmas Mystery Books for the Holiday Season

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This time of year, screens across the globe are filled with Hallmark Christmas movies, modern classics like Elf and old gems like It’s a Wonderful Life. But readers need classics too, and there’s no shortage of great holiday-themed books that warm the hearth while getting your blood racing. Here are three that are just about guaranteed to put you in the holiday spirit. Hercule Poirot’s

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