Dorchester Terrace: The Latest Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel by Anne Perry

On May 22, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Anne Perry’s acclaimed Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novels have made London’s exclusive world of wealth and power an addictive literary destination for readers everywhere. This new masterpiece, a haunting story of love and treason, invites us not only into the secret places of Britain’s power but also into the innermost sanctums of the fin de siècle Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Don’t Cry, Tai Lake: A Chief Inspector Chen Novel by Qiu Xiaolong

On May 22, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Chief Inspector Chen Cao of the Shanghai Police Department is offered a bit of luxury by friends and supporters within the Party – a week’s vacation at a luxurious resort near Lake Tai, a week where he can relax, and recover, undisturbed by outside demands or disruptions. Unfortunately, the once beautiful Lake Tai, renowned for its clear waters, is now covered by fetid algae, its waters polluted by toxic runoff from local manufacturing plants.

The Lower River: A Return to Africa Turns Into a Nightmare – A Novel by Paul Theroux

On May 19, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Interweaving memory and desire, hope and despair, salvation and damnation, this is a hypnotic, compelling, and brilliant return to a terrain about which no one has ever written better than Theroux.

The Chemistry of Tears: A Puzzling Novel Full of Secrets by Peter Carey

On May 17, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

An automaton, a man and a woman who can never meet, two stories of love—all are brought to incandescent life in this hauntingly moving novel from one of the finest writers of our time. And it is the automaton, in its beautiful, uncanny imitation of life, that will link two strangers confronted with the mysteries of creation, the miracle and catastrophe of human invention, and the body’s astonishing chemistry of love and feeling.

Teaser Tuesday: Dante, Shiftchanger: Teaser From “Vampire’s Trill”, a novel by Lorelei Bell

On May 15, 2012, in Guest Writers, Lorelei Bell, Vampire Corner, by Lorelei Bell

Absently, I threw some fluffy white kernels on the floor for Dante, who snapped them up with his tongue as though he were starving to death, and then looked expectantly up at me for more. He had wolfed down his share of spaghetti earlier, and didn’t complain that the sauce had come out of a jar something he would never have served were he human, as he’s part Italian.

The Stonecutter: A Swedish Crime Novel by Camilla Läckberg

On May 14, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

In the third novel from the bestselling female writer in Sweden—and for the first time in English—the mysterious drowning of a little girl threatens to tear apart the town of Fjallbacka.

A Land More Kind Than Home: A Novel of Evil in a House of Worship by Wiley Cash

On May 11, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

A stunning debut reminiscent of the beloved novels of John Hart and Tom Franklin, A Land More Kind Than Home is a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town.

Eyes of Justice, A Sloppily Written Mystery Novel by Lis Wiehl (with April Henry)

On May 10, 2012, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Cassidy, Allison, and Nicole fight for justice everyday–Cassidy as a crime reporter, Nicole as an FBI agent, and Allison as a federal prosecutor. Together they’re a Triple Threat to be reckoned with. A force that, together, has solved the toughest mysteries.

The Family Corleone: A Prequel to Mario Puzo’s Godfather by Ed Falco

New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organizations will rise and which will face a violent end.

HHhH: A Novel About Nazis as the Embodiment of Evil by Laurent Binet

HHhH: “Himmlers Hirn heisst Heydrich”, or “Himmler’s brain is called Heydrich”. The most dangerous man in Hitler’s cabinet, Reinhard Heydrich was known as the “Butcher of Prague.” He was feared by all and loathed by most. With his cold Aryan features and implacable cruelty, Heydrich seemed indestructible—until two men, a Slovak and a Czech recruited by the British secret service, killed him in broad daylight on a bustling street in Prague, and thus changed the course of History.