The Rise by Ian Rankin

Before I discuss Ian Rankin’s The Rise, I have to point out this was an Amazon Original Story, so it’s only available as a Kindle download or an Audiobook. It’s short, just 86 pages, and worth the hour or hour and a half it takes to read it....

Judgment Prey by John Sandford

I enjoy John Sandford’s Prey novels so much more when Virgil Flowers is an essential character. Judgment Prey is called “A Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers Novel”. I hope Flowers’ fans are as happy as I am with this book. Lucas and Virgil...

Traitors Gate by Jeffrey Archer

If heist novels are favorites, you might want to pick up Jeffrey Archer’s latest William Warwick novel, Traitors Gate. I’ll admit it’s easier to jump into it, though, if you’re following the series. The series began with Nothing Ventured. Next...

Payback in Death by J.D. Robb

J.D. Robb takes Lieutenant Eve Dallas into the world of dirty cops and death in the fifty-seventh In Death mystery, Payback in Death. Fans of the series and the characters won’t want to miss this one. Eve and her husband Roarke celebrated their third anniversary...

Whispers at Dusk by Heather Graham

While I’m a big fan of Heather Graham’s Krewe of Hunters series, and I liked one aspect of the first in her new Blackbird Trilogy, Whispers at Dusk took a turn I don’t like. I like that Blackbird is a new Euro Special Assistance Team, and the FBI...