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Inferno, The New Robert Langdon Thriller by Dan Brown

On May 13, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his highest-stakes novel to date.

Every Contact Leaves A Trace: A Mystery About a Murder at Oxford University by Elanor Dymott

On May 9, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Elanor Dymott’s gorgeous debut tells the story of Alex, a solitary lawyer who has finally found love in the form of his beautiful wife, Rachel. When Rachel is brutally murdered one midsummer night on the grounds of their alma mater, Worcester College, Oxford, Alex’s life as he knows it vanishes.

The River of No Return, A Novel of Literate Time-Travel by Bee Ridgway

On May 5, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Science Fiction, by Editor

In Bee Ridgway’s wonderfully imaginative debut novel, a man and a woman travel through time in a quest to bring down a secret society that controls the past and, thus, the future.

A Delicate Truth, A New Thriller by John le Carre

On May 1, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

A Delicate Truth opens in 2008. A counter-terrorist operation, codenamed Wildlife, is being mounted on the British crown colony of Gibraltar. Its purpose: to capture and abduct a high-value jihadist arms-buyer. Its authors: an ambitious Foreign Office Minister, a private defense contractor who is also his bosom friend, and a shady American CIA operative of the evangelical far-right.

The Tooth Tattoo, A Peter Diamond Investigation by Peter Lovesey

On April 30, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

Peter Diamond, head of the Criminal Investigation Division in scenic Bath, England, is investigating the murder of a young woman whose body has been found in the canal, the only clue to her identity a tattoo of a music note on one of her teeth. For Diamond, who wouldn’t know a Stradivarius from a French horn, the investigation is his most demanding ever.

Maya’s Notebook, A Lyrical Melodrama by Isabel Allende

On April 25, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, by Editor

This contemporary coming-of-age story centers upon Maya Vidal, a remarkable teenager abandoned by her parents. Maya grew up in a rambling old house in Berkeley with her grandmother Nini, whose formidable strength helped her build a new life after emigrating from Chile in 1973 with a young son, and her grandfather Popo, a gentle African-American astronomer.

A Man Without Breath, The Latest Bernie Gunther Mystery by Philip Kerr

On April 22, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

From the national bestselling author of Prague Fatale, a powerful new thriller that returns Bernie Gunther, our sardonic Berlin cop, to the Eastern Front. This is no psycho case. This is a man with motive enough to kill and skills enough to leave no trace of himself. Bad luck that in this war zone, such skills are two-a-penny. Somehow Bernie must put a face to this killer before he puts an end to Bernie.

The Other Child: A Psychological Suspense Novel by Charlotte Link

On April 21, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

An old farm, a deserted landscape, a dark secret from times past with fatal consequences for the present.In the tranquil northern seaside town of Scarborough, a student is found cruelly murdered. The Other Child is a suspenseful, atmospheric new psychological crime novel from Germany’s most successful living female author.

There Was an Old Woman: A Novel of Suspense by Hallie Ephron

On April 16, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Mystery, Thrillers & Suspense, by Editor

There Was An Old Woman by Hallie Ephron is a compelling novel of psychological suspense in which a young woman becomes entangled in a terrifying web of deception and madness involving an elderly neighbor.

The Obituary Writer: A Novel About Two Women Living in Different Eras by Ann Hood

On April 11, 2013, in Book Reviews, Fiction, Historical Novel, by Editor

A sophisticated and suspenseful novel about the poignant lives of two women living in different eras. Part literary mystery and part love story, The Obituary Writer examines expectations of marriage and love, the roles of wives and mothers, and the emotions of grief, regret, and hope.