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The Commons Book Cover Michael Allen Peck

Book Review: The Journeyman, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Michael Alan Peck

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The Bottom Line: A brilliantly written and deeply philosophical odyssey into an afterlife where the essence of human souls are the primary currency. In the first installment of Michael Alan Peck’s series, The Commons, the afterlife is an oppressive nightmare made real by the imaginations of the dead. The view of a wise monk named Po seems to sum it up best: “There is no […]

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The Body Market by DV Berkom

Book Review – The Body Market: A Leine Basso Thriller by D.V. Berkom

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The Bottom Line: Taken fans will be overjoyed with this gritty thriller about a desperate race against the clock to locate a missing teenage girl. If you’re seeking an unambiguously righteous heroine to root for, look no further than the third installment in D.V. Berkom’s Leine Basso series. The Body Market finds the ex-assassin on the hunt for Elise, a 17-year-old from Beverly Hills who

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The Man in the High Castle, a Sci-Fi Thriller by Philip K. Dick

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In celebration of Amazon Studios’ release of Philip K. Dick’s novel The Man in the High Castle, with executive production from Ridley Scott, it’s a good time to revisit this classic. It’s America in 1962. Slavery is legal once again. The few Jews who still survive hide under assumed names. In San Francisco, the I Ching is as common as the Yellow Pages. All because some

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Book Review: The Great Apocalypse, a Thriller by Daniel Thompson

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The Bottom Line: If historical thriller specialist Brad Meltzer co-wrote a book with Foucault’s Pendulum novelist Umberto Eco, the result would be pretty close to the engrossing mystery that is The Great Apocalypse. When Doctor Lauren Glenn disappears under mysterious circumstances, editor Thomas Adams becomes convinced that the answer lies with an ancient rebel from Jewish legend. Adams’ quest for truth knows no bounds, leading

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Corrupted: A Rosato & DiNunzio Legal Thriller by Lisa Scottoline

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Bennie Rosato the founder of the Rosato & DiNunzio law firm hides her big heart beneath her tough-as-nails exterior and she doesn’t like to fail. Now, a case from her past shows her how differently things might have turned out. Thirteen years ago, Bennie Rosato took on Jason Leftavick, a twelve-year-old boy who was sent to a juvenile detention center after fighting a class bully.

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A Cold Day in Mosul by Isaac Hooke

Book Review: A Cold Day In Mosul, a Spy Thriller by Isaac Hooke

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The Bottom Line: Bravo. At last, a truly great spy thriller set in the war against the Islamic State. A breathtaking, nuanced and can’t-put-it-down novel. Samantha Rond, America’s top spy in the Middle East, is laser-focused on a mission of singular importance: to hunt down and terminate the acting caliph of the Islamic State. Sam has gone to great lengths to protect her cover, even

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Absence of Justice Roderick Cyr

Book Review: An Absence of Justice, a Political Thriller by Roderick Cyr

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The Bottom Line: Highly recommended. This globetrotting tale of vigilante justice will not simply enthrall you – it may also change the way you think about the corporations, media and judicial systems that rule our lives. Malcolm Fitzpatrick is a man of unusual skills and ambitions. An unrivaled security technologist, he spends his time breaking into the homes of some of Europe’s wealthiest – and

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Pretty Girls by Karen Slaughter

Book Review: Pretty Girls, a new Crime Thriller by Karen Slaughter

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The Bottom Line: After completely slaying us with the greatness of  Cop Town, Karen Slaughter manages to top herself with Pretty Girls. Prepare to have thy sleep disturbed by this chilling police procedural. Highly recommended. More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is

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The Trial Lawyer by John Ellsworth

Book Review: The Trial Lawyer, a Legal Thriller by John Ellsworth

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The Bottom Line: The Trial Lawyer has everything you could ask for in a legal thriller – edgy courtroom drama, an intrepid defense attorney and a volatile client whose behavior threatens to collapse his own case like a house of cards. The book firmly establishes Ellsworth among an elite group of legal thriller authors. The ninth installment of John Ellsworth’s Thaddeus Murfee Series finds the

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Death By Mournful Numbers, a Political Thriller by John Vance

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Freshman Senator Tom Roper discovers that four of his acquaintances and their wives or lovers have been brutally murdered by the same killer, who leaves a five number sequence and two bloody initials at each of the murder scenes. Circumstantial evidence strongly suggests that Senator Roper is the intended fifth victim, but is he? And just who is the killer and what motivates these savage

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