Quicksand is the first book in the Nora Khalil series by the author Carolyn Baugh. Nora Khalil is a heroine that the crime thriller genre was a long time missing. Daughter of Egyptian immigrants, she is living with her father in Philadelphia now that her mother has passed away. She is a Muslim police officer, a fact which plays a main part…
The 15th book in the acclaimed Pendergast thriller series by the author duo Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, called Crimson Shore, delivered everything we’ve come to expect from the series and left us wanting for more. Special Agent Pendergast does not do freelance work involving private cases and he is very clear about that. However, even he…
I picked up The Collector by Anne-Laure Thiéblemont because the blurb mentioned it is a thriller set in the art world, which is a sub-genre I enjoy reading every now and then. This world is full of shady ‘experts’ who steal, plunder and sometimes even kill others to get their greedy little hands on valuable artifacts, so I knew I would…
Humber B Boy a book that stayed long with me after I’ve read it. However it is also a book where I took my time before deciding to finally review it because it’s an incredibly sad story about a lost boy who had everything going against him right from the start. Cate Austin, the probation…
Finally! The second book in the Pen Wilkinson series, Windfall, is here. When I’ve first read Downfall last year, I was not even sure there would be a sequel, but luckily the author didn’t disappoint his readers. Pen Wilkinson is a paraplegic. She is also a lawyer, and darn good at her job. In her…
The Murderer’s Daughter is one of Jonathan Kellerman‘s standalone novels. As with most of his books, the main protagonist here, Dr. Grace Blades, is a psychologist. She is very good at her job, which earns her respect and a great reputation, with patients coming to her for treatment from all over the country. And yet dr….
The Stranger is the latest novel written by Harlan Coben, one of my favorite thriller and mystery authors. It is a standalone novel, not part of his two popular Bolitar series. To be honest, while I enjoy reading his series, I do prefer his standalone books. It’s what got me hooked on author’s books in the…
The Burning Man is Solange Ritchie’s debut novel, featuring dr. Catherine (Cat) Powers, a FBI forensic pathologist working in the Behavioral Analysis Unit at Quantico. There is a serial killer on the lose and Cat is sent to Orange County-Irvine, California, to assist the local police force in apprehending him. She is divorced with a 6 years…
Jianghu is I think one of the darkest books in the Randall Lee series by Charles Colyott. Compared to the first book, Changes, which started out on a much lighter note, Jianghu is a hardcore thriller, bordering on deranged and disturbing. Be warned! Yet it is one of my most favorite books, at least so far….
The Return Of The Fallen Angels Book Club, the third book in the Hollis Morgan mystery series by R. Franklin James finds Hollis as a successful probate attorney at a respected law firm in the Bay Area. Her climbing up the ladder was not easy. She started with being conned by her ex and spending time in…
