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August Thomas’s Liar’s Candle is the story of diplomatic intern Penny Kessler's fight for survival after the bombing of the American Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Penny wakes up at a hospital the day after a devastating bomb has killed hundreds of people at the embassy’s Independence Day party. She is one of the few survivors... Continue Reading →
Detective Inspector Rachel Narey has her back against the wall in Craig Robertson’s The Photographer, the latest book in his Narey and Winter series. The case against tech guru and suspected serial rapist William Broome gets dismissed as important photographic evidence is thrown out forcing her key witness and victim to refuse to testify. Narey... Continue Reading →
Olen Steinhauer’s latest thriller The Middleman is an excellent look into the world of domestic terrorism. Special Agent Rachel Proulx, an expert in left-wing fringe groups, is the lead in the investigation of the overnight disappearance of hundreds of followers of revolutionary leader Martin Bishop. Family members worry and the media speculates what Bishop’s group... Continue Reading →
Michael Koryta continues his stellar writing career with this novel about Rob Barrett, a long-time academic in interrogation techniques, but new to the FBI and field work. He works his first case in the same coastal Maine town where he spent his summers as a youth. After two months working the case, he finally gets... Continue Reading →
D.B. John’s Star of the North is an exceptional thriller about the relationship between The United States and North Korea. Based on actual historical policies within the DPRK, the book follows three plot lines that the reader knows will eventually intersect. Mrs. Moon has been living on a prison farm for over 20 years, but... Continue Reading →
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