Thriller Book Reviews

A tragic ghost from the past upends the life of a veteran lawyer in A Tissue of Lies by CD Wilsher.

Frank Connor is a lawyer who has spent his career defending murderers, but when he finds himself on the wrong side of an ex-client’s death vengeful spree, it feels like the small mistakes of his past are closing in. Connor begins digging into the old case, trying to protect or defend himself, but only ends up finding more questions and dead ends, as well as the whiff of a cover-up. When the freshly released and heavily financed Tyrell Sikes […]

Horrific moral fantasies come to life in Quando Dormo: When I Sleep by Edward Izzi, a chilling mystery that initially seems clear, but reveals more twists than any reader expects.

When Dr. David Fazio’s waking life and moral compass is knocked askew by his employers’ demands, his unconscious appears to take over his pro-life passion, and all signs point to the good doctor’s guilt in a string of violent arsons. Wrestling with his own beliefs, along with his uncontrollable body in the dead of night, David must define the shape of his own morality and reclaim his sanity before going […]

Author Edward Izzi has penned an emotionally gripping thrill in El Camino Drive, a psychological tale of stolen revenge and dead ends.

Decades after his father was murdered, Detective John Valentino has reached the end of his proverbial rope – battling depression and self-loathing, living the shell of a life, and unable to escape the demons of his past. When the violent and vengeful escape route he chooses is hijacked by someone else, he becomes the prime suspect in a string of murders, but also discovers a new reason to live.

Izzi explores ideas of grief and abandonment, substance […]