Category Archives: Thriller

Audio Book Review: The Affair by Lee Child

Listening Length: 15 hours and 33 minutes Version: Unabridged Publisher: Random House Audio Release Date: September 27, 2011 Source: Personal Copy The year is 1997. Jack Reacher is still in the military police, ordered to go undercover in a small town in … Continue reading

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Review: Black Fridays by Michael Sears

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Putnam Adult (September 18, 2012) ISBN-10: 0399158669 Source: Publisher Jason Stafford has just been released from federal prison after serving a two-year sentence for financial fraud. Admittedly, he was a greedy man, trying to provide a … Continue reading

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Mini-Review: Worth Dying For by Lee Child (Audiobook)

Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (October 19, 2010) ISBN-10: 0307749436 Listening Length: 13 hours and 45 minutes Source: Publisher Hitch-hiking his way to Virginia, Reacher is dropped off outside a desolate small town in Nebraska. He only intends on staying in … Continue reading

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Review: A Killing in the Hills by Julia Keller

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: Minotaur Books; First Edition edition (August 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 1250003482 Source: Publisher In the small town of Acker’s Gap, Virgina, three elderly man are shot and killed as they drink their morning coffee in the town … Continue reading

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Review: The Survivor by Gregg Hurwitz

Hardcover: 384 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Press; First Edition edition (August 21, 2012) ISBN-10: 0312625510 Source: Publisher Nate Overbay is outside the eleventh story of a bank, standing on the ledge, preparing to end his life. Suffering from PTSD, separated … Continue reading

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Review: Miss Me When I’m Gone by Emily Arsenault

Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062103105 Source: Publisher After her divorce, Gretchen Waters traveled the south, writing a book about her failed marriage and the lives of country music icons like Tammy … Continue reading

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Review: Dare Me by Megan Abbott

Hardcover: 304 pages Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 0316097772 Source: Publisher (via BEA) Addy Hanlon and Beth Cassidy, it seems, have always been a duo, a force to be reckoned with. They are revered, … Continue reading

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Review: The Trinity Game by Sean Chercover

Hardcover: 356 pages Publisher: Thomas & Mercer; First Edition edition (July 31, 2012) ISBN-10: 1612183506 Source: Publisher In all his years as an investigator for the Vatican’s Office of the Devil’s Advocate, over 700 cases, Daniel Byrne has yet to … Continue reading

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Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French

Hardcover: 464 pages Publisher: Viking Adult (July 24, 2012) ISBN-10: 0670023655 Source: Publisher (via Netgalley) In a half-developed neighborhood of McMansions, the bodies of Patrick Spain, his wife Jenny, and their two children are found. Patrick and the children are beyond resuscitation, but Jenny … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. This week’s featured book is 172 Hours on the Moon by Johan Harstad: Listening Length: 8 hours and 43 minutes Program … Continue reading

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