Publication Info: Delacorte press, August 2006. Kindle edition, courtesy of my local library Summary : Detective Michael Ormewood is called to the scene of a gruesome murder in one of Atlanta’s decaying projects. The victim, a prostitute, was obviously tortured and raped before her death. The killer also left his unique signature by biting off her tongue. Other victims have also been found this way. The higher ups in law enforcement knew they were dealing with a serial killer. Michael is none too pleased when Will Trent appears at his office. Trent works for the Special Criminal Apprehension Team of …
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Bethlehem by Karen Kelly
Publication Info: Expected publication date: July 9th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press. Kindle pre-pub edition courtesy of NetGalley Summary: Joanna Collier recently moved into her husband’s family home in Pennsylvania with her two young children, Charlie and Daisy. Frank Collier moved them there to help his aging mother after his father died. With her husband working and traveling most of the time, Joanna is feeling at loose ends, not quite sure of her place in the Collier family’s overly-large house or her relationship with her aloof mother-in-law, Susanna. On a walk with her children, Joanna meets Doe, one of the …
Lock Every Door by Riley Sager
Publication Info: Expected publication date: July 2nd 2019 by Dutton. Pre-pub kindle edition courtesy of NetGalley. Summary: In the initial foreshadowing chapter, Jules Larsen wakes up in a white room surrounded by doctors and nurses. She is told she was injured when a car hit her. As her memory returns, she is terrified and begs then not to send her back. The reader is then taken back six days, to the start of Jules’ story. Jules Larsen, a young woman in her mid-twenties, just lost her job and her boyfriend on the same day. She pulls herself together and responds …
Recursion by Blake Crouch
Publication Info: Published June 11th 2019 by Crown. E-book kindle edition courtesy of Netgalley. Summary: Helena Smith, a neuroscience researcher, feels disheartened. Her project is about to run out of money and she’s nowhere near a solution. Driven by her desire to help her mother who is in the late stages of Alzheimer’s, Helena is trying to discover a way to preserve and restore memories. She’s on the verge of giving up when a mysterious man offers to fund her project beyond her wildest dreams. Barry Sutton, an NYPD detective tries to talk a despondent woman, Ann Voss Peters, down …
The Satapur Moonstone by Sujata Massey (Perveen Mistry #2)
Publication Info: Published May 14th 2019 by Soho Crime. Hardcover edition courtesy of my local library. Other editions available. Summary: The Kholhapur Agency, which has jurisdiction over twenty-five states in Western India, hires Perveen to mediate in a situation that requires a woman. As one of the few female lawyers in India, Perveen once again is called upon to visit women in purdah–seclusion from any men–who are stuck in an argument that affects the future of their state of Satapur. The women, both widowed, are the grandmother and mother of a future Maharajah, a boy named Prince Jiva Rao. The …
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Vicious Circle by C.J. Box
Publication Info: Published March 21st 2017 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons . Hardcover copy courtesy of my local library. Other editions available. Joe Picket series #17. Summary: Joe Picket had a deadly altercation with the Cates family in the 15th book in the series, Endangered. Now it looks like one of the few remaining family members is seeking revenge against Joe and his entire family in Vicious Circle. It begins with a missing hunter, Dave Farkus. During the search for the missing man, Joe spots what appears to be a shooting from his vantage point in a plane. Shortly after this, …
The Echo Killing by Christi Daugherty
Publication Info: Published March 13th 2018 by Minotaur Books. Hardcover edition courtesy of my local library. Other editions available for purchase from online and local retailers. This is the first book in the Harper McClain series. Summary: Harper McClain is a newspaper crime reporter in Savannah, Georgia. Like newspapers all over the country, the one she works for is struggling. Each day Harper’s job is on the line as she struggles to get the scoop for page one, headline grabbing stories. One evening, while grabbing a quick bite at a local diner, she gets a call from her photographer partner, …
