New Book Releases

The latest mystery and thriller book reviews, including crime fiction, legal thrillers, historical fiction, horror, fantasy, medical, romantic suspense, sci-fi and much more.

Death by Justice by Anne Kennison

Death by Justice, a Romantic Suspense Novel by Anne Kennison

By

The Bottom Line: Deliciously conflicted love, murder and trickery are afoot in this worthy new entry in the Ryan Hamlin series. Highly recommended for murder and romantic mystery fans. Retirement has hardly softened homicide detective Ryan Hamlin. If anything, he seems to have hardened, having hooked his son, Josh, up with ethically dubious matchmaking firm Romance LTD. As we learned in Anne Kennison’s terrific Death […]

Death by Justice, a Romantic Suspense Novel by Anne Kennison READ MORE >

Blood of Like Souls, a Medical Thriller by Val Conrad

By

The Bottom Line: This addictive first entry in the Julie Madigan series tells the story of a woman traumatized by a past her sadistic tormentor won’t let her escape. Why would an officer of the New Mexico State Police leave the force? That’s the dark secret kept by Julie Madigan, now a medical examiner investigator based in Michigan. But when a bomb blast at a

Blood of Like Souls, a Medical Thriller by Val Conrad READ MORE >

Earth Alone, a new Sci-Fi Thriller by Daniel Arenson

By

They came from deep space. They came to destroy us. Fifty years ago, bloodthirsty aliens devastated the Earth. Most of humanity perished. We fell into darkness. But now we rise from the ashes. Now we fight back. Marco Emery was born into the war. After his mother is killed, he joins the Human Defense Force, Earth’s ragtag army. Emery must survive basic training, become a soldier,

Earth Alone, a new Sci-Fi Thriller by Daniel Arenson READ MORE >

The Legacy, a New Action Thriller by Craig Lawrence

By

Academic Lucy Masters is heading out to the Himalayas to climb some of the world’s most challenging mountains. An assassin stalks a man whose company has developed a revolutionary new social media application. Harry Parker, ex-Gurkha officer, Afghan veteran and latter day adventurer, is on leave in Nepal between developments contracts. One of the City of London’s most successful hedge fund managers is about to

The Legacy, a New Action Thriller by Craig Lawrence READ MORE >

Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie, a Crime Thriller by Mark Nolan

By

A mysterious killer who calls himself The Artist is assassinating wealthy lawyers in San Francisco. When photo-journalist Jake Wolfe accidentally takes his picture during a murder, The Artist adds Jake to his kill list and he becomes a target in a deadly game of cat and mouse that only one of them can survive. Jake is a military veteran with a secret black ops past

Dead Lawyers Don’t Lie, a Crime Thriller by Mark Nolan READ MORE >

Blood Republic, a Political Thriller by James R Duncan

By

Blood Republic is a political-thriller for a divided modern America. Corrupt politicians, racist generals, NSA surveillance, and viral hate; Blood Republic examines current extremism through a heart-pumping thriller with the fate of the country at stake. Will America survive its next election, or collapse into a 2nd civil war of conservative versus liberal? During the closing hours of the tightest presidential election in US history,

Blood Republic, a Political Thriller by James R Duncan READ MORE >

The Lake House, a new Mystery by Kate Morton

By

The Bottom Line: This mystery partially set in 1930s England is a near-perfect evening companion. Highly recommended. Living on her family’s idyllic lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, inquisitive, and precociously talented sixteen-year-old who loves to write stories. One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest child, eleven-month-old Theo, has

The Lake House, a new Mystery by Kate Morton READ MORE >

Unexpected World, a new Apocalypse Thriller by Chris Pike

By

Assistant District Attorney Dillon Stockdale is on the phone with his daughter when an EMP obliterates the entire electrical grid of the United States. Anything relying on a computer is fried, including the plane his daughter is on. Gripped with the terrifying realization the plane has crash-landed somewhere in the expansive and dangerous landscape of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya Basin, Dillon sets out to rescue her before

Unexpected World, a new Apocalypse Thriller by Chris Pike READ MORE >

The Blood on My Hands - Shannon O’Leary

The Blood on My Hands, a True Crime Thriller by Shannon O’Leary

By

The Bottom Line: For fans of the serial killer genre, this shattering autobiography by the child of a real-life mass-murderer will be absolutely unforgettable. “I first contemplated suicide at the age of four,” writes Shannon O’Leary, who uses pseudonyms to protect family members. “I devised my death plan down to the very last detail but never had the courage to see it through to completion.

The Blood on My Hands, a True Crime Thriller by Shannon O’Leary READ MORE >

Scroll to Top