The Fix
Written by David Baldacci — The third novel in the series begins with Amos Decker on his way to work one morning at the FBI in Washington, DC. Right outside, he witnesses a murder. Walter Dabney, a contractor with the FBI, shoots school teacher Anne Berkshire in the back of…
First look: Jack Reacher - the prequel
Mark 8 November in your diary, Jack Reacher fans, because that’s the day Lee Child’s 21st Reacher novel, Night School, comes out as a hardback. It’s happy 21st, Jack, because this novel has plenty to bring to the party. To begin with, Child will take…
Shoot the Messenger by Shane Kuhn
Trained killer John Lago is in prison, held by the FBI in Quantico, Virginia for a variety of violent crimes. Assistant Director Winton ‘Fletch’ Fletcher is his interrogator. Lago used to work for an elite contract assassination firm, Human Resources Inc and its this company…
Life or Death
Michael Robotham’s Life or Death not only received five stars when DeathBecomesHer reviewed it during the summer, but it has also picked up the CWA Gold Dagger for 2015. Though Robotham is Australian, this story is set in Texas where Audie Palmer has been in prison…
Blood and Bone by VM Giambanco
Written by VM Giambanco — The London-based author introduced us to Detective Alice Madison in The Gift of Darkness in 2013 and followed it with The Dark the following year. Madison is a complex and conflicted woman, who fled an abusive home in her teens…
The Samaritan by Mason Cross
There’s a serial killer operating in Los Angeles, here in Mason Cross’ latest Carter Blake thriller. Trouble is, nobody realises it until the mutilated body of a young woman is found in the Santa Monica mountains after torrential rain produces a mud slide and reveals…