Thriller Book Reviews

Review: Moscow Venture by A. K. Celer ★★★★

Moscow VentureMoscow Venture, by A. K. Celer, is a good old-fashioned spy thriller.

When John Baran learns that his friend and coworker has died under mysterious circumstances he’s determined to unearth the truth. This means he has to travel to Moscow where David Chernov was struck with the bizarre ailment.

In the summer of 1991, hardliners in Russia don’t want to see the breakup of the Soviet Union and will go to great lengths to stop Gorbachev from signing the new union treaty, even if that means overthrowing the communist leader. While Baran is in Moscow managing his company’s cellular […]

2017-03-24T10:49:24+02:00April 28th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: The Dissector by L. L. Spriggs ★★★★

The Dissector The Dissector, by L. L. Spriggs, is medical school mystery that will make most readers think twice the next time they see their doctor.

Dr. Sarah Whitley is ecstatic when she’s hired as an Assistant Professor of Anatomy in a prestigious medical school in New Orleans. Soon she learns that not everything is as it seems. When Sarah was a student she admired her professors. Now that she witnesses what happens behind the scenes, she starts questioning the motives, qualifications, and morals of those she teaches with. When Sarah is asked to help out in the morgue she learns […]

2017-03-24T10:56:02+02:00April 13th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: The Kingdom of Assassins by Erik Mackenzie ★★★★

Kingdom of AssassinsThe Kingdom of Assassins by Erik Mackenzie is the exciting and impressively detailed story of an NYPD detective, Mike Maclaymore, who teams up with a Saudi princess to stop a terrorist attack in New York City. It traverses the globe between New York, the Middle East, and Europe, covering every angle of the operation. Throughout the book, there are many twists and surprises, as it is unclear who exactly is responsible for the threat. In this way, Kingdom of Assassins moves like a whodunnit murder mystery as much as a rolling political thriller, as the clues unravel fast and furiously, […]

2017-03-24T11:00:05+02:00April 2nd, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Secret Somethings by Amber Kay ★★★★

secretsomethingsSecret Somethings, by Amber Kay, will shock, terrify, and intrigue readers. And they will keep turning the pages until the end.

When Jude marries Bryce she thinks she’s finally found happiness. Her life hasn’t been easy, and after battling a debilitating mental disorder, she wants to have a normal life. Bryce is funny, charming, good looking, and insanely wealthy. On the surface he’s the perfect catch. But Bryce has secrets of his own. As Jude falls in love with Bryce she has to come to terms with who he is. Can she survive his secret?

Right from the start, […]

Review: Fathers House by C. Edward Baldwin ★★★★★

Fathers House by C. Edward BaldwinThe town of Duraleigh, NC, has had an astonishing turnaround. Once a den of iniquity, with drugs and sex workers on every corner, over a decade of work by county officials and local figures has seen major improvements in every category of crime each year ongoing. Touted as an epitome of what America’s cities can strive for, the movers and shakers of the town have unspoken rules and relationships to maintain their records, and one of them concerns a certain well-renowned home for under-priviledged boys.

“Uncle” Mayo Fathers seems by day to be nothing more than a kindly man concerned […]

2017-03-24T11:09:29+02:00March 16th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

House Divided by Peter G Pollack

HouseDividedPeter G Pollack’s new international political thriller centers around Courtney, a student who decides to join the Students for Palestinian Justice (SPJ) group on her university campus, and her retired CIA father Leonard’s reaction to her decision. But when Courtney becomes a target for a planned bombing assignment hitting Jewish organizations, it’s up to Leonard and her mother Allison to try and save her before it’s too late.

With a dash of stories like The Honorable Woman, 24, and Rendition, and in the tradition of writers such as David Baldacci and John Grisham, this race against time tale will get […]

2015-02-25T10:03:35+02:00February 25th, 2015|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: Robyn: Family Secrets by Glen R. Stott ★★★★

RobynRobyn by Glen R. Stott, author of Dead Angels and Timpanogos, is the harrowing tale of sexual abuse in a Mormon family. Skipping between past and the present, it is an epic tale about how sexual abuse has affected people over generations, while the perpetrator has gotten away with it for so many years. Robyn acts as a kind of detective of her family, trying to uncover the awful truth about her grandfather, Joshua Godwin. Eventually, the full truth may be revealed.

At first I was left wondering why this book was written. Why the author, as a man […]

2017-03-24T06:24:45+02:00February 24th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Henry Baum’s “Oscar Caliber Gun” Gets New Release in 2015

oscarcalibergunFirst written when SPR founder Henry Baum was only 19 years old, living in LA as a child of Hollywood movie professionals, this novel is now re-released, in time for The Oscars, with a new cover and in Kindle format, and captures the male angst of living in the City of Dreams, faced with oblivion and little hope of “making it.”

“Hollywood celebrity stalker Ray Tompkins prowls the underbelly of Los Angeles, his new target is A-List Actor Tim Griffith, and Ray’s going to see this one through to the star-studded end. This Noir thriller set in pre-Internet 90s LA […]

2015-03-13T04:33:15+02:00February 20th, 2015|Categories: Features|Tags: |
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