Harper Collins March 3rd, 2015 Past Crimes by Glen Erik Hamilton is his debut novel starring Army Ranger Van Shaw. It is a book about family and forgiveness, and how circumstances can affect the interaction between people as they embrace and reject their past. Within...

THE EVIL DEEDS WE DO (Five Star) by Robert S. Levinson is the full package, great characters, a superbly twisty plot and pacing that makes it a true page turner. Lainie Gardner was big time in the music industry and her past is catching up with her. Legal problems...

THE LONG AND FARAWAY GONE Lou Berney 2015 William Morrow The summer of 1986 was a violent one in Oklahoma City. Armed robbers killed six employees at a movie theatre, leaving one young man inexplicably alive. A few months later a 17-year-old girl went missing from the...

YOUNG GOD Katherine Far Morris 2014 Farrar, Straus and Giroux The dividing line between groundbreaking and gimmicky is very thin. When an author decides to take a risky approach, the results are usually either fantastic or awful. In the case of Katherine Faw Morris’...

THE GOOD LIFE Frank Wheeler Jr. 2014 New Pulp Press The tradition of naming is taken less seriously now than in previous generations, but the responsibility of sharing a namesake has never lost the blessings and curses that come with it. At the heart of Frank Wheeler...

A HIGH-END FINISH Kate Carlisle 2014 Obsidian Mystery A charming seaside setting in Northern California is the town of Lighthouse Cove. The town’s contractor is Shannon Hammer. Her business is renovating Victorian homes. The business left to her by her father. Shannon...