Thriller Book Reviews

Frozen Statues, Perdition Games by L.E. Fraser

Frozen Statues Perdition Games by L.E. FraserPsychological thrillers are supposed to be compelling but the really good ones, like Frozen Statues, Perdition Games by L.E. Fraser, will really throw the reader for a loop.

University freshman have begun disappearing without a trace and soon one of them turns up dead, a frozen statue with his eyes gouged out and replaced with black stones. When the frozen body of a second student is found shortly after, the media is quick to anoint the crimes as the work of the Frozen Statue Killer. The murders soon become personal for Toronto P.I. Samantha (Sam) McNamara, and partner Reece Hash, […]

2019-11-20T11:23:41+02:00July 31st, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Everybody Bleeds by L.J. Forster

Everybody Bleeds Layla-Rae Bryce is a woman with a deeply troubled life, and with a dark vocation: she works in the murder-for-hire industry, where clients can choose how victims die and watch the death streaming live. When Layla finally tries to raise herself up from the depths of despair, her employers may have other thoughts about her own fate.

Everybody Bleeds is a breath of fresh air in the thriller genre, when many crime thrillers star a disgruntled, middle-aged detective that is more trope than character. The novel’s cast of women, all old enough to have children and/or established careers, are perfect […]

2017-07-06T10:32:52+02:00July 6th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: Terror Trip by Delaney Landon

★★★½ Terror Trip by Delaney Landon

If you have a thing for British suspense novels, Terror Trip by Delaney Landon is for you, especially at a time when the UK is facing its biggest challenges with domestic terrorism since the IRA attacks of the last decades.

Gabriel, a young black man, and his female companions board a train in London, going to Brighton, a seaside town on the South coast, in good spirits. As the journey progresses, they reveal that there are tensions and feelings between them no so obviously apparent. But when they are faced with a terror attack from a group of extremist […]

2017-08-14T11:05:30+02:00June 22nd, 2017|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

A Burning in the Darkness by A P McGrath

A Burning in the Darkness by A P McGrath A Burning in the Darkness by A P McGrath is a compelling thriller about the dynamic Father Michael Kieh, who hears people’s confessions at a busy English airport, including the confession of a murderer. When a murder happens at the airport, and Kieh recognizes one of the victims, accusations fly his way, and he must prove his innocence, as well as reconcile his dark past.

A Burning in the Darkness is riveting because the strength of its characters, primarily Michael Kieh. At times, he is dynamic to a fault, but his thoughtful interior life and his life story is what […]

2017-06-14T09:11:44+02:00June 14th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |

Before the Sun Goes Down by Clif Petty

Before the Sun Goes Down by Clif PettyAncient beliefs and modern madness converge in Before the Sun Goes Down, a military thriller from Clif Petty that touches on everything from Native American traditions to the looming threat of global war.

Reuben Axtell is an unassuming college student, fumbling his way through the world, when his life is suddenly swept into conspiracy and confusion following the death of his friend Rains. What begins as a localized murder mystery – albeit a strange one – soon becomes a broad and sweeping thriller that goes far deeper than old ghost stories told around the reservation campfire.

Clif Petty captures […]

Size Zero by AC Moyer

Size Zero by AC MoyerMost people realize that the beauty industry may not be all beautiful under the surface. In Size Zero, a thriller by AC Moyer, the veneer is pulled back and then some revealing a world that is not just unsavory, but criminal. A cold case rears its ugly head when a girl who’s been dead ten years shows up on the runway as a grim fashion accessory. Cecil LeClaire, her boyfriend who was a suspect in the case, aims to clear his name, and teams up with the irreverent Ava Germaine, who has scores to settle of her […]

2017-05-19T06:18:06+02:00May 19th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

The Protector’s Promise by Tom Bourguillon

The Protector's Promise by Tom BourguillonThe Protector’s Promise by Tom Bourguillon is the second novel focusing on DeAndre Johnson – formerly a hitman, now a bodyguard – who’s tasked with protecting Kate Voltaire, the object of fan obsession. When Kate and DeAndre’s bond becomes more than professional, DeAndre may have to go back to his old ways as a cold-blooded hired gun in order to protect the woman he loves.

A fun and quick read, there are obvious parallels with the movie “The Bodyguard” with Whitney Houston, but DeAndre is really a more interesting character than the Kevin Costner’s bodyguard, who’s the strong, silent type. […]

2017-04-25T10:38:19+02:00April 24th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Duty and Betrayal: The SS Brotherhood and the NASA Connection by Toby Oliver

Duty and BetrayalDuty and Betrayal: The SS Brotherhood and the NASA Connection by Toby Oliver is a riveting Cold War-era spy thriller in which former Nazi spies, American and British spies, a sultry double agent, and other intriguing characters are bent on righting the wrongs of the past, while trying to protect their countries in the present, many with conflicting objectives. A novel of well-drawn characters, Duty and Betrayal will have you continually trying to guess at people’s motivations.

The cover and subtitle of the novel are a bit misleading, as they give the appearance of a non-fiction work, when this is […]

2019-01-22T05:55:25+02:00April 20th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |
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