First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader Somehow, I lost track of Eric Van Lustbader ... until now. I loved his Nicholas Linnear series, starting with The Ninja, a NY Times bestseller for 24 weeks in 1980. (There are 8 in the series and I think I may have missed the last two ... but…
House Revenge by Mike Lawson Ok, so I cheated a little. I told you I was going to power through Stephen King's Bill Hodges Trilogy. I did finish Mr. Mercedes and had #2, Finders Keepers in my sights, but I decided to turn left to a familiar series. The Joe DeMarco series…
Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Mr. Mercedes is Book #1 in the Bill Hodges Trilogy, the first hard-boiled detective novel by the ridiculously prolific Stephen King. While I am a huge fan of Stephen King's writing, he usually writes in a genre I don't prefer. In this case, I waited…
Ace Atkins is a New York Times best-selling novelist with 19 novels to his credit. Ace has been nominated for every major award in crime fiction, including the Edgar three times and twice for novels about former U.S. Army Ranger Quinn Colson. Ace lives in Oxford, Mississippi, the home of countless…
The House of Secrets by Brad Meltzer It's a difficult challenge for novelists in the Mystery-Thriller-Suspense genre to walk the line between keeping things vague enough to sustain the mystery ... while not so vague that the reader is mystified by what's going on. I'm usually a big fan of…
There aren't many series characters that have been around for 25+ books, but Lucas Davenport is still kickin' ass and takin' names in Extreme Prey ... and I've read one each year since 1990.John Sandford, the pseudonym for Pulitzer Prize winning John Roswell Camp, has now written #26 in the Davenport series,…
Have you read any of the books or authors on the 9 Must-Read Thrillers Written by Women? I think I have read a book or two from Tana French, but I've never heard of these other authors. That's not to say, however, there aren't many women authors and characters I've…
The Last Mile by David Baldacci David Baldacci has written 32 novels, translated into more than 45 languages, sold in over 80 counties ... and with over 110 million copies in print worldwide. So, unless you don't read fiction at all, you've probably read at least one of his books.…
Redemption Road by John Hart The Edgar Allen Poe Awards, known as the Edgars, is one of the most prestigious awards in the Mystery-Thriller-Suspense genre, and are presented by the Mystery Writers of America. John Hart earned history's only consecutive Edgar Awards for Best Novel with Down River and The…