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Faithless in Death In the 52nd In Death novel, J. D. Robb rachets up the scale of crime New York City Detective Eve Dallas confronts as she deals with the death of Ariel Byrd, a West Village artist. Dallas and Read more...
The Kobalt Dossier Eric Van Lustbader combines international espionage with family dynamics in this second Evan Ryder novel that relates a compelling story while providing context and background. After completing a successful assignment, Evan Ryder returns to D. C. and finds her secret Read more...
Little Black Book LITTLE BLACK BOOK is Kate Carlisle’s 15th Bibliophile Mystery, and it is an intriguing adventure with a group of characters that makes the visit worthwhile. After visiting Dharma, Brooklyn and Derek return home to San Read more...
Death on the Night of Lost Lizards DEATH ON THE NIGHT OF LOST LIZARDS is Julia Buckley’s third entry in her Hungarian Tea House Mystery series, and the stories keep getting better and delightfully steeped in Hungarian ambiance. A complex tale, Ms. Buckley blends family Read more...
Find You First Reading FIND YOU FIRST is an amazing experience. Linwood Barclay crafts an unsettling yet original thriller that he renders at a relentless pace. His doctor informs tech millionaire Miles Cookson that he is dying from a terminal disease Read more...
Checking Out Crime Minnie and Eddie find themselves at a crossroads, both professionally and personally. Then they miss hitting a dead body in the middle of the road with the bookmobile, and things get a little more complicated in CHECKING OUT CRIME by Read more...
Win Harlan Coben introduces Windsor Horne Lockwood III, or WIN, known in his newest novel as the wealthy, intelligent protagonist in a new series. Readers get to know Win as he narrates the intriguing story of how he figures out the Read more...
A Matter of Life and Death Philip Margolin’s fourth Robin Lockwood novel, a MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH, follows the lawyer's handling of three cases, demonstrating her analytical strength and uncompromising courtroom presence. Ms. Lockwood easily bests Ian Hennessey’s Read more...
Never Far Away NEVER FAR AWAY begins with two professionals discussing how to kill a woman sitting in her car, watching them discuss her fate while waiting for the end. In this first chapter, the two assassins create enough evidence to convince their client that Nina Morgan is dead. The chapter ends Read more...
Undercover Kitty In UNDERCOVER KITTY, Charlotte’s Angels recruit Elvis to go undercover for their new case involving recent sabotage at cat shows. Elvis is Sarah’s small black cat with an “adorable head tilt and scarred nose” along with a ‘purrfect’ personality.
The Broken Spine Trudell Becket is the assistant librarian in the small town of Cypress, where the Mayor announces a significant transformation to the library as a money-saving move: no more books and, as soon as new equipment arrives, the library is all digital. The story begins with Tru Read more...
Savage Road White House intern Hayley Chill is back, serving two masters in this edgy, new adventure, SAVAGE ROAD. For saving President Richard Monroe's life in Deep State, Hayley now serves as Chief of Staff for presidential advisor Kyle Rodgers. And then, there is Publius, an organization of past presidents Read more...
Shadows in Death J.D. Robb’s In Death series continues to break new ground with this 51st adventure featuring Eve Dallas with her crime-fighting colleagues, including her wealthy husband, Roarke. SHADOWS IN DEATH Read more...
Mimi Lee Reads Between the Lines Mimi Lee and her school teacher sister Alice discover Alice’s colleague, Helen Reed, in her car in the Roosevelt Elementary School parking lot--dead. The second Sassy Cat Mystery, MIMI LEE READS BETWEEN THE LINESRead more...
The Awakening Nora Roberts’ storytelling magic conjures up the compelling tale of Breen Kelly, who discovers her mother married a native of the distant world Talamh. THE AWAKENING introduces Breen’s heritage in volume one of Ms. Roberts’ new Read more...
Daylight When FBI Agent Atlee Pine’s search to uncover the truth about her twin sister Mercy’s abduction runs afoul of Army CID Agent John Puller’s attempt to arrest a potential drug dealer, the suspense in DAYLIGHTRead more...
Murder in the Margins Penelope Parish suffers from writer's block after her first novel, Lady of the Moors, becomes a best seller. Trying to reunite with her muse, Pen applies and wins the position of writer-in-residence at the Open Book bookstore in Upper Chumley-on-Stoke, located just outside London Read more...
The Readers' Room In THE READERS' ROOM, author Antoine Laurain skillfully weaves the elements of two mysteries into a complex, intriguing tale, focusing on the readers’ room for a Parisian publishing house and murders that are somehow related. Violaine LePage Read more...
Murder in Devil's Cove Just the idea of ‘book magic’ ignites the imagination and curiosity of any cozy mystery reader. The good news is that Melissa Bourbon delivers with a series debut that introduces a family gifted with bibliomancy, a divination ability that uses books to foretell the future and unravel Read more...
One for the Books ONE FOR THE BOOKS finds Lindsey and Sully a week away from their wedding when they discover the friend who is to perform the ceremony dead on the beach at Bell Island. Unfortunately, that is not the only Read more... |
Ruth CastleberryRuth Castleberry has worked as an investigator for Pinkerton’s, city desk assistant on the Charlotte News, free- lance writer, marketing/business strategy consultant, competitive intelligence practitioner and digital marketing consultant. Features & PostsNo posts found.
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