Category Archives: Thriller

Review: Helpless by Daniel Palmer

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover: 416 pages Publisher: Kensington (January 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 075824665X Source: Author Former Navy Seal Tom Hawkins doesn’t have the best of relationships with his teenage daughter, Jill. Frankly, he has no relationship with her, thanks to his ex-wife. When she dies, apparently … Continue reading →

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Review: Taken by Robert Crais

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jenn

Reading level: Ages 18 and up Hardcover:352 pages Publisher:Putnam Adult (January 24, 2012) Source: Publisher Krista is a first generation Hispanic-American.  When she goes off on a trip with her boyfriend and doesn’t return when planned, her mother doesn’t worry. … Continue reading →

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The Retribution by Val McDermid

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Jenn

Hardcover:416 pages Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press (January 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0802120172 Source: Publisher Clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and detective Carol Jordan make quite the dynamic team. The work they’ve done together to put away dangerous criminals makes them the envy … Continue reading →

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Frightful Friday: The Innocent by Taylor Stevens

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! This week’s featured book is The Innocent by Taylor Stevens: Hardcover:352 … Continue reading →

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Review: The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Jenn

Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Penguin ((December 27, 2011) ISBN-10: 0143120700 Source: Publisher Seven years ago, the daughter of Texas police dispatcher Ian Hunt was abducted while he and his wife were out to dinner. The abduction destroyed his family; he and his wife … Continue reading →

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Best of 2011: Thrillers

Posted on December 27, 2011 by Jenn

Top Thrillers of 2011 Last week, I shared with you my favorite books of 2011, the Girl Power edition. Next up was the list that was hardest for me to compile, to whittle down.  Thriller is a genre of book I … Continue reading →

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Review: Patient Zero by Jonathan Maberry (Audiobook)

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Jenn

Audible Audio Edition Listening Length:14 hours and 45 minutes Program Type:Audiobook Version:Unabridged Publisher:Blackstone Audio, Inc. Source: Publisher Joe Ledger is a Baltimore detective, recently recruited to lead a new secret task force created to battle forces Homeland Security cannot. The first mission … Continue reading →

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Mx3 Review: Dead of Night by Jonathan Maberry

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback:368 pages Publisher:St. Martin’s Griffin; Original edition (October 25, 2011) ISBN-10: 031255219X Source: Publisher Serial killer Homer Gibbon is sentenced to death. Except, it’s not quite the death he expected.  Rather than truly being executed, the prison doctor, hell-bent on … Continue reading →

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Mx3 Review: Darkness All Around by Doug Magee

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Touchstone (October 18, 2011) ISBN-10: 1439154023 Source: Author Eleven years ago, Risa’s alcoholic husband, Sean disappears. Shortly after, her best friend Carol is found brutally murdered.  She was able to move on despite these life-altering events.  Another man was … Continue reading →

Posted in Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Simon & Schuster, Thriller, Touchstone Books | 5 Comments

Mx3 Review: T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jenn

  Paperback:416 pages Publisher:Berkley Trade (April 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0425245632 Source: Publisher In Grafton’s 20th crime novel featuring Kinsey Millhone, private investigator is tasked with investigating an automobile accident when her elderly neighbor Gus, suffers a fall requiring hospital attention.  … Continue reading →

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