Tag Archives: Suspense Thriller
Quickie: The Strain (Book 1 of The Stain Trilogy) by Guillermo Del Toro & Chuck Hogan
I read this book in fits and starts during the end of my pregnancy and the first weeks after my daughter was born. That was over two months ago so the exact details of The Strain escape me, but I … Continue reading
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Review: The Emperor’s Tomb by Steve Berry
Book 6 of Steve Berry’s “Cotton Malone” series takes our favorite ex-Magellan Billet agent to China where he must rescue his friend and sometime-lover, Cassiopeia Vitt. Vitt’s gotten herself wrapped up in a web of conspiracy involving the Chinese premier and … Continue reading
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Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Slap-happy review here folks because if you are like me circa a month ago, you’re one of the few people who actually had no idea what this book was about until you picked up a copy from your home-town bookstore … Continue reading
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Review: The Paris Vendetta by Steve Berry
I’m sad to say it, folks, Mr. Berry has let me down. Something about The Paris Vendetta, the fifth book in the Cotton Malone series, did not catch me as his previous books have. I wasn’t hooked, I wasn’t excited … Continue reading
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DNF Review: The Lucifer Code
Y’all know I hate giving up on books, but I’ve done it again. It’s a shame too, because I really enjoyed the plot of The Lucifer Code, it was thrilling and promised to be unique, but I know the second … Continue reading
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Review: City of Veils by Zoe Ferraris
Zoe Ferraris’s second novel, City of Veils, is a follow-up to her debut, Finding Nouf. A literary mystery set in Saudi Arabia, City of Veils is a different kind of suspense thriller. Among the cloaked town, hidden in the desert … Continue reading
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Review: Damaged by Alex Kava
Maggie O’Dell can’t ever relax. As an FBI profiler for murder cases, she’s frequently in the line of fire (and other unpleasant things) when she’s trying to do her job. Barely off a case where she’s blamed for not predicting … Continue reading
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Review: Crashers by Dana Haynes
A good thriller is one that keeps you anticipating the outcome up until the very last page; it’s one where you don’t know who will live or die, and who the bad guy is until the author tells you. Dana … Continue reading
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Review: Still Missing by Chevy Stevens
I hated that I was even considering the opinion of a freak. But if somebody is telling you the sky is green, even though you know it’s blue, and they act like the sky is green and they keep saying … Continue reading
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Review: The Passage by Justin Cronin
“I don’t know what we’ll find in Colorado, if we ever get there. I’m not even sure it matters. All those years, waiting for the Army, and it turns out the Army is us.” The Passage – Justin Cronin Close … Continue reading
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