• Book Reviews

    Book Review: A Wanted Man by Robert Parker

    Media Type: Ebook ARC Title: A Wanted Man Author: Robert Parker Publisher: Endeavour Press Pages: Hardcover; 307 Release Date: May 14, 2017 Source: Author/PUYB ——————————————- Genre: Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy a good who done it with some violence. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon It’s down to fathers and fatherhood.Ben Bracken, ex-soldier, has just got out of Strangeways.Not by the front door.With him, he has his ‘insurance policy’ – a bag of evidence that will guarantee his freedom, provided he can keep it safe – and he has money, carefully looked after by a friend, Jack Brooker.Rejected by the army, disowned by his…

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    Book Review: Mississippi Blood (Penn Cage #6) by Greg Iles

    Media Type: Print Book (ARC) Title: Mississippi Blood    *Series: Penn Cage #6 Author: Greg Iles Publisher: William Morrow  Pages: Hardcover; 704 Release Date: March 21, 2017 Source: TLC Book Tours / Harper Collins Publishers ———————————————- Genre: Mystery / Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 5 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series, because this ending is EXPLOSIVE! Add it on: HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble The endgame is at hand for Penn Cage, his family, and the enemies bent on destroying them in this revelatory volume in the epic trilogy set in modern-day Natchez, Mississippi—Greg Iles’s epic…

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    Book Review: The Bone Tree by Greg Iles

    Media Type: Print Book Title: The Bone Tree    *Series: Penn Cage #5 Author: Greg Iles Publisher: William Morrow Books Pages: Hardcover; 804 Release Date: April 21, 2015 Source: Harper Collins Publishers and TLC Book Tours ——————————————————————— Genre: Mystery / Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who have previously joined Penn Cage on his journey to pin down the Double Eagles. Add it on:  HarperCollins | Amazon | Barnes & Noble #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles continues the electrifying story he began in his smashing New York Timesbestseller Natchez Burning with this…

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    Book Review: Natchez Burning (Penn Cage #4) by Greg Iles

    Media Type: Print Book Title: Natchez Burning    *Series: Penn Cage #4 Author: Greg Iles Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks Pages: Paperback; 816 Release Date: Reprint Edition; August 4, 2015 Source: TLC Book Tours / William Morrow Paperbacks ——————————————————- Genre: Mystery / Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who enjoy hard hitting, well fleshed out crime dramas with a hefty helping of historical background. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes #1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles returns with his most eagerly anticipated novel yet—Natchez Burning—the first installment in an epic trilogy…

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    Book Review: The Run Begins by J. Frank James

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Run Begins    *Series: Lou Malloy Crime Series Author: J. Frank James Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Pages: Kindle; 52 Release Date: August 26, 2013 Source: Author ————————————————- Genre: Crime / Fiction / Mystery / Thriller / Suspense / Action / Adventure HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who love a good back story and want to read more in the series Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Lou Malloy is 18 years old and ready for the world. His brother Sam has left and his sister wants to move to Florida with the family. Malloy is having none of it and on a wild…

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    Book Review: The Daylight Marriage by Heidi Pitlor

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Daylight Marriage Author: Heidi Pitlor Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: Hardcover; 256 Release Date: May 5, 2015 Source: Publisher / Netgalley ———————————————- Genre: Mystery Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Readers who are interested in reading about a family’s struggle to cope after an unexpected event. Add it on: Goodreads | Amazon | BookLikes Hannah was the kind of woman who turned heads. Tall and graceful, naturally pretty, often impulsive, always spirited, the upper-class girl who picked, of all men, Lovell–the introverted climate scientist, the practical one who thought he could change the world if he could just get everyone to listen to reason. After a magical…

  • Feature Posts/Weekly Memes

    Waiting on Wednesday

    “Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. It’s hosted by Breaking the Spine. *** This week I thought I’d share a mystery/thriller that I can’t wait to get my hands on!  Everything about this book sounds like things I love in a good thriller. Vigilante justice is clearly not approved by law, but at what lengths will the Scotland Yard go to find the culprit? Is there more to this criminal than meets the eye? I can’t wait to find out! While Acton and Doyle, two of Scotland Yard’s finest, pursue…

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    Review: Havoc by Steven F. Freeman

    Media Type: Ebook  Title: Havoc Series: Blackwell Files Book 4 Author: Steven F. Freeman Publisher: Self Pages: Ebook; 371 Release Date: July 22, 2014 Source: Author ——————————————- Genre: Thriller/Mystery HDB Rating: 2 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes Technology So Valuable It Could Change Your Life…Or End it When Cryptologist Alton Blackwell takes his girlfriend, FBI Agent Mallory Wilson, on a surprise trip to Italy, the couple expects the vacation of a lifetime, but their pleasure is short-lived. Intent on selling Vidulum Inc.’s proprietary technology to the highest bidder, a rogue employee of the high-tech company arranges a clandestine meeting at one of…

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    Book Review: The Demeter Code by Russell Brooks

    Media Type: Ebook Title: The Demeter Code    *Series: Ridley Fox/Nita Parris Spy Series #3 Author: Russell Brooks Publisher: Self-published Pages: Paperback; 422 Release Date: July 4, 2014 Source: Author —————————————————– Genre: Crime Thriller HDB Rating: 4 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of high stakes thrillers with vividly written characters. Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes CRACK THE CODE AND YOU’LL SAVE LIVES…BUT KNOWING IT EXISTS COULD GET YOU KILLED. When two American embassies in northern Africa are bombed, CIA operatives, Ridley Fox and Nita Parris, are assigned to track down the perpetrators. However, when their…

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    Book Review: Solomon’s Whisper (Liv Bergen #5) by Sandra Brannan

    Media Type: Ebook (ARC) Title: Solmon’s Whisper    *Series: A Liv Bergen Mystery #5 Author: Sandra Brannan Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group Pages: Ebook; 350 Release Date: September 2, 2014 Source: NetGalley / Publisher ——————————————– Genre: Mystery / Thriller HDB Rating: 3 Keys to My Heart Recommended to: Fans of the series, if you haven’t started it yet you definitely should! Add it on: Goodreads / Amazon / BookLikes As Liv Bergen investigates the long-ago murder of her niece, she uncovers a well-guarded secret—and stumbles into one the most prolific killer she’s faced yet Once an amateur sleuth, Liv “Boots” Bergen…