Surf’s Up: Malibu, a city in California, is known for its gorgeous beaches, celebrity homes, surfing fans, proximity to Hollywood… and fires. Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Malibu Rising set mostly in the…
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The Angel Wore Hermes: Elin Hilderbrand has got her beach read template down flat—scenic locations of Nantucket that she describes vividly, romance, suspense, garnished with a dash of sex. Her…
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Greed Kills: Alyssa Cole’s gripping and disturbing novel, When No One is Watching, deservedly won an Edgar Award for best paperback original this year (given by the Mystery Writers of…
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The PI And The Show Girl: In One Good Deed (2019), David Baldacci had introduced a new series hero called Aloysius Archer, a World War II veteran, who was released…
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Troubles Catch Up: It’s been a while since Myron Bolitar made an appearance in a Harlan Coben book. The sports agent and occasional crime solver got married in Home (2016),…
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The Evil That Men Do: Most serial killer books have men attacking and brutally murdering women, and more often than not they are sex workers. These women easy targets, the…
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Heart And Soul: Chris Whitaker’s We Begin At The End has been listed among the best thrillers of 2020, but to label it a thriller is to do it an…
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Plum Pudding: When things look grim outside (a pandemic will invariably cause a few lows), a Janet Evanovich book is just the right pick-me-up. The bestselling author has created one…
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An American In Ardnakelty: Tana French’s new novel, The Searcher, is not as complex as her last book,The Witch Elm, but it has more emotional heft, plus the kind of…
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Lethal Strike: Readers of thrillers expect a fast pace, shootouts, chases, bloodshed, fancy gizmos and all the chaos of crime solving. What they don’t expect– and more often than not,…