Category Archives: Thriller

Audiobook Review: The Inquisitor by Mark Allen Smith

Listening Length: 8 hours and 48 minutes Program Type: Audiobook Version: Unabridged Publisher: Macmillan Audio Source: Publisher Geiger’s art is “information retrieval,” he can tell if someone is lying the instant the words are spoken. His methods aren’t always traditional, using physical … Continue reading

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Review: A Land More Kind Than Home by Wiley Cash

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: William Morrow (April 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 0062088149 Source: Author Nine-year-old Jesse Hall and his older, mute brother Christopher “Stump” live in the small town of Marshall, North Carolina. Jesse is very protective of Stump, a child … Continue reading

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Review: White Horse by Alex Adams

Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books (April 17, 2012) ISBN-10: 1451642997 Source: Publisher Thirty-year-old Zoe Marshall work as a janitor for Pope Pharmaceuticals. One day, she returns home to find a jar sitting in her apartment. The source of … Continue reading

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Review: The Inquisitor’s Key by Jefferson Bass

Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: William Morrow (May 8, 2012) ISBN-10: 006180679X Source: Author In the seventh volume of the Body Farm series, forensic investigator Dr. Bill Brockton leaves the body farm-an outdoor enclosure that studies various levels of body decay-to … Continue reading

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Review: Assassin’s Code by Jonathan Maberry

Paperback: 432 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin (April 10, 2012) ISBN-10: 0312552203 Source: Publisher U.S. Department of Military Sciences Captain Joe Ledger and the Echo Team have been sent to Iran to rescue a group of American students held hostage. … Continue reading

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Frightful Friday: The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi

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 actually an audio book, The Whisperer by Donato Carrisi.   Listening Length: 13 hours and 43 … Continue reading

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Review: The Next One To Fall by Hilary Davidson

Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Forge Books; First Edition edition (February 14, 2012) ISBN-10: 0765326981 Source: Publisher Three months after the events of The Damage Done, travel writer Lily Moore is still grieving the loss of her sister. Her best friend, … Continue reading

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Review: Helpless by Daniel Palmer

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

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

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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