Archive for January 2018

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware is a thriller about a young woman who makes the mistake of attending a bachelorette party for her ex-best friend whom she has not seen in ten years. Only after she arrives at the cabin in the woods where the women gather does she learn that the groom…

Indecent Exposure by Stuart Woods is another Stone Barrington and Holly Barton novel in which Holly becomes the Secretary of State and Stone beds the wrong woman. This gossip columnist writes an article about him that causes him to insult her. She sets out on a course for vengeance. I have enjoyed all of Stuart Woods…

White Plague by James Abel is a Joe Rush thriller about the rescue of the crew of a damaged American submarine trapped in artic ice. Members of the crew have developed a strange virus. Many have died or are dying. To make matters worse, a Chinese submarine is rushing to the “rescue” with an agenda of…

The Time Thief by Charles Stoll is a novel about a professor, his father, and his students who search for meaning in a complex world filled with distractions of sex, drugs, and a far away war. It delves into issues of God, time, love, and death and makes one look at them from a different prospective.…

Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben introduces Myron Bolitar and the series of books about this former basketball star who becomes a sports agent after an injury ends his promising basketball career. In this thriller, Myron investigates the disappearance of the sister of his former girlfriend and confronts the seedy side of professional sports. I have loved…

Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook is a medical thriller about a woman descended from a victim of the Salem witch trials. As she investigates the illness that consumed her relative, a doctor discovers a chemical compound in mold from the ancestral home. The chemical elicits startling symptoms that promise a therapeutic breakthrough in treatment of emotional…

Promise Me by Harlan Coben is a Myron Bolitar novel about two teenage girls who disappear and Myron Bolitar’s efforts to find and rescue them. As usual, things get complicated, and Myron’s friend, Windsor Horne Lockwood III, provides muscle and brains. I enjoyed the book. It kept my interest from the first page to the…

The Other Extreme by T J MacGregor is a thriller about Kit, a woman lawyer defending a young doctor charged with murder, a judge who committed the murder and is willing to kill again, and Kit’s young son who hears voices and knows things that only her dead brother could have known. Sparks fly between Kit…

In Sorry and Morticum, Charles E Stoll creates a futuristic world damaged by global warming and war. Mutant creatures, who have acquired the ability to talk, dominate the earth and help a wizard and his werewolf lover to battle the hostile environment. The author entertains with a vivid imagination, witty dialogue, and thought-provoking philosophical ideas.