by Kristopher | Aug 13, 2019 | Review
It is certainly challenging to find a way into a crime plot that has not been attempted before, but in The Hidden Things, Jamie Mason has managed to do just that. Teenager Carly Liddell is attacked as she enters her home one afternoon and her ability to fend off the...
by Kristopher | Aug 12, 2019 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: This week is jam-packed with excellent book releases. You have already seen my reviews of Alex Segura’s Miami Midnight and Lisa Lutz’s The Swallows – two of the best books of the year and both are available this week. Tomorrow...
by Kristopher | Aug 9, 2019 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: I first discovered Susan Elia MacNeal when she was a member of the award-winning Jungle Red Writers blog. It was there that I learned that in addition to writing the excellent Maggie Hope historical series, Susan had also penned a collection of...
by Kristopher | Aug 8, 2019 | Review
When one knows that a book is the last in a series, some expectations are bound to exist. Longtime fans of the series will be looking for some closure, some sense that their time investment served some “higher” purpose. With Miami Midnight, the final Pete Fernandez...
by Kristopher | Aug 7, 2019 | Review
There is a long held notion that science fiction is a predicator of the future, but what happens when the near-future world described is much closer than anyone would like to think? In Rob Hart’s The Warehouse, that future is now (sort of.) This novel feels almost...
by Kristopher | Aug 6, 2019 | Review
If written by a less astute writer, The Wolf Wants In – a story permeated by the opioid crisis and rise in crime in rural locations – would have been a depressing slough difficult to get through, but under Laura McHugh’s guiding pen, it becomes essential reading and a...
by Kristopher | Aug 5, 2019 | Bolo
From the Booking Desk: It is a great week to be a reader. You can’t go wrong with any of these choices, so why not read them all. Hallie Ephron – Careful What You Wish For (William Morrow, Hardcover, $26.99, 08/06/2019) BOLO Books Comments: Every book by Hallie...
by Kristopher | Aug 2, 2019 | Composite Sketch
From the Booking Desk: Listen, until this year, I had not read any of Annette Dashofy’s books. Annette has always been a friendly face at the various crime fiction conventions and we certainly engaged in some light conversations while waiting for panels to...
by Kristopher | Aug 1, 2019 | Review
In Never Have I Ever, Joshilyn Jackson turns the iconic party game into a method for harassment. While the whole neighborhood will eventually end up in turmoil, it is Amy Whey who might just have the most to lose. It all starts when the neighborhood’s newest resident,...
