Vicki Weisfeld

The Pine Barrens Stratagem by Ken Harris

By Vicki Weisfeld

1 February, 2022

In Ken Harris’s new thriller, witty and profane private investigator Steve Rockfish tackles a series of long-hidden crimes that powerful forces are determined should stay under wraps. The prologue is a bit over-long, but provides a chilling history lesson. In the early 1940s, the young…

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Find Her First by Emma Christie

By Vicki Weisfeld

18 January, 2022

Former newspaper journalist Emma Christie is a crime author whose reputation is growing. Her first novel, The Silent Daughter, was close to winning a number of awards in 2021 and her second, Find Her First, is another wonderful read. It can be described as a…

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Power in the Blood by Hiawatha Bray

By Vicki Weisfeld

7 January, 2022

Debut fiction author Hiawatha Bray draws on his deep knowledge and experience in writing this highly entertaining techno-thriller set mostly in Boston. Like Bray himself, his protagonist, Weldon Drake, is a technology reporter for a leading newspaper, and both are deacons in an African-American Baptist…

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The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville audiobook

By Vicki Weisfeld

4 January, 2022

Narrated by Caroline Lennon — Northern Ireland writer Stuart Neville’s domestic noir thriller creeps into your consciousness bit by bit until it becomes an irresistible story of women dominated and abused by the men in their lives. Sara Keane and her rather new husband Damien…

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The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

By Vicki Weisfeld

9 December, 2021

Art crimes are one of the more intriguing branches of international crime and in The Last Mona Lisa American author Jonathan Santlofer melds past and present to explore several motivations. His conceit begins with a real crime that took place in 1911. Fired from his…

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KGB Banker by William Burton McCormick and John Christmas

By Vicki Weisfeld

21 November, 2021

This financial thriller by William Burton McCormick and John Christmas was inspired partly by the real-life experiences of whistleblower Christmas, who worked for a corrupt Latvian bank. The bank collapsed, information about its billions in bad assets was suppressed, and the Latvian government covered its…

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Appointment in Tehran by James Stejskal

By Vicki Weisfeld

14 November, 2021

If you remember the 1979 crisis when radical Iranian students seized the US embassy in Tehran and took more than 50 Americans hostage, you’ll read James Stejskal’s riveting new thriller with an increasing sense of foreboding. That’s especially if you also recall that the US…

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The Quiet People by Paul Cleave

By Vicki Weisfeld

28 October, 2021

The title of award-winning author Paul Cleave’s new crime thriller, The Quiet People, is both straightforward and ironic. On one hand, it refers to news coverage of heinous crimes, in which neighbours so often say, ‘Unbelievable! He was always so quiet.’ On the other, the…

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The Pine Barrens Stratagem by Ken Harris

Find Her First by Emma Christie

Power in the Blood by Hiawatha Bray

The House of Ashes by Stuart Neville audiobook

The Last Mona Lisa by Jonathan Santlofer

KGB Banker by William Burton McCormick and John Christmas

Appointment in Tehran by James Stejskal

The Quiet People by Paul Cleave

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