Reviews by Author

*updated 1/31/15

Ablow, Keith

• Denial

Adler-Olsen, Jussi

• The Keeper of Lost Causes

Aiken, Ronald

• Death Has Its Benefits

Andersen, Christopher

• After Diana: William, Harry, Charles, and the Royal House of Windsor
• Diana’s Boys: William and Harry and the Mother They Loved
• These Few Precious Days: The Final Year of Jack with Jackie
• William and Kate: A Royal Love Story

Andersen, Laura

• The Boleyn King

Antrim, Kathleen

• Capital Offense

Archer, Jeffery

• Shall We Tell the President?

Asher, Jay

• Thirteen Reasons Why

Austin, Max

• Duke City Split

Baldacci, David

• Divine Justice
• Hell’s Corner
• Hour Game
• Split Second
• Stone Cold
• The Camel Club
• The Collectors

Barker, Nicole

• Dancing with Ana

Barton, Beverly

• Killing Her Softly
• The Dying Game

Bass, Jefferson

• Carved in Bone

Beaton, M.C.

• The Deadly Dance

Bell, Ted

• Hawke

Benjamin, Melanie

• The Aviator’s Wife

Berry, Steve

• The Alexandria Link
• The Charlemagne Pursuit
• The Paris Vendetta
• The Templar Legacy
• The Venetian Betrayal

Bird, Anne

• Blood Brother: 33 Reasons My Brother Scott Peterson is Guilty

Blanchard, Alice

• Darkness Peering

Bolin, Robert B.

• The Broken Parachute Man

Branham, Shanae

• DiSemblance

Britton, Andrew

• The Assassin

Brown, Holly

• Don’t Try to Find Me

Brown, Laurence

• Eighth Scroll

Brown, Sandra

• Low Pressure
• The Witness
• White Hot

Burke, Alafair

• If You Were Here

Burton, Mary

• The Seventh Victim

Butcher, Jim

• Storm Front

Byers, Paul

• Arctic Fire

Cain, Chelsea

• Evil at Heart
• Heartsick
• One Kick
• Sweetheart

Caldwell, Ian & Dustin Thomason

• The Rule of Four

Calkins, Susanna

• A Murder at Rosamund’s Gate

Callow, Pamela

• Damaged

Cannon, Taffy

• Class Reunions are Murder

Carpenter, Sally

• The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper

Cheuvront, Robbie & Erik Reed

• The Guardian

Chiaverini, Jennifer

• The Spymistress

Childs, Allen MD

• We Were There: Revelations from the Dallas Doctors Who Attended to JFK on November 22, 1963

Christoff, Nichole

• The Kill List

Christopher, Paul

• Michelangelo’s Notebook
• The Aztec Heresy

Clark, Carol Higgins

• Snagged

Clark, Marcia

• The Competition

Clark, Mary Higgins

• I Heard That Song Before
• No Place Like Home
• The Shadow of Your Smile
• Two Little Girls in Blue
• Where are the Children?

Coben, Harlan

•  Deal Breaker
• Drop Shot
• Fade Away
• Hold Tight
• No Second Chance
• Shelter
• The Innocent
• The Woods

Coffey, Tom

• The Serpent Club

Collins, Max Allan

• Bye Bye, Baby
• The Titanic Murders

Connally, Nellie

• From Love Field

Connelly, Michael

• The Black Echo
• The Black Ice
• The Concrete Blonde
• The Lincoln Lawyer
• Trunk Music

Connolly, John

• Dark Hollow

Cook, Robin

• Marker

Cornwell, Patricia

• All That Remains
• Black Notice
• Blow Fly
• Body of Evidence
• Book of the Dead
• Cause of Death
• Cruel and Unusual
• From Potter’s Field
• Point of Origin
• Postmortem
• Predator
• Scarpetta
• The Body Farm
• The Last Precinct
• The Scarpetta Factor
• Unnatural Exposure

Coulter, Catherine

• The Cove
• The Maze

Cox, Simon

• Decoding the Lost Symbol

Crombie, Deborah

• The Sound of Broken Glass

Cross, Ethan

• Father of Fear
• The Prophet

Cussler, Clive

• Iceberg
• The Mediterranean Caper
• Pacific Vortex
• Raise the Titanic!
• Vixen 03

Cussler, Clive & Craig Dirgo

• Golden Buddha

Dalton, Matt

• Presumed Guilty

David, Patrick A.

• The General

Davidson, Diane Mott

• Catering to Nobody
• Dying for Chocolate
• The Cereal Murders
• The Last Suppers

Deaver, Jeffery

• The Bone Collector
• The Coffin Dancer
• The Empty Chair
• The Sleeping Doll

Dekker, Ted

• BoneMan’s Daughters

Dekker, Ted & Erin Healy

• Burn

Delinsky, Barbara

• The Secret Between Us

DeMille, Nelson

• Night Fall

Di Mambro, Dina

• True Hollywood Noir: Filmland Mysteries and Murders

Dodson, Brandt

• The Sons of Jude

Doulgeris, James & V. Michael Santoro

• The Dyodyne Experiment

Drake, Rebecca

• The Next Killing

Duffy, Jack

• The Man From 2063

Dugoni, Robert

• My Sister’s Grave

Ellis, David

• The Wrong Man

Ellison, J.T.

• 14
• All the Pretty Girls
• Judas Kiss
• The Cold Room
• The Immortals
• So Close the Hand of Death
• Where All the Dead Lie

Emanuelli, Lenny

• At the Crossroads of Terror

Eteraz, Ali

• Children of Dust

Evanovich, Janet

• Three to Get Deadly
• Two for the Dough

Fairstein, Linda

• Entombed
• Final Jeopardy

Farnsworth, Christopher

• Blood Oath

Faye, Lyndsay

• Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson

Felber, Ron

• A Man of Indeterminate Value
• The Kafka Society

Fergusson, Bruce Chandler

• The Piper’s Sons

Fielding, Joy

• Heartstopper

Fischel, Elaine B.

• Defending the Enemy

Fishman, J.E.

• The Dark Pool

Fleeman, Michael

• Laci

Flynn, Vince

• Executive Power
• Separation of Power
• The Third Option
• Transfer of Power

Ford, Jack

• The Osiris Alliance

Freedman, J.F.

• The Disappearance

French, Tana

• In the Woods

Fuhrman, Mark

• Murder in Greenwich

Gardner, Lisa

• Gone

Gayle, Kathryn

• Connected

Gerritsen, Tess

• Body Double
• Ice Cold
• The Apprentice
• The Keepsake
• Last to Die
• The Mephisto Club
• The Silent Girl
• The Sinner
• The Surgeon

Giorello, Sibella

• The Clouds Roll Away

Godbersen, Anna

• The Blonde

Goldman Family

• If I Did It

Grace, Nancy

• Death on the D-List
• Objection
• The Eleventh Victim

Grafton, Sue

• A is for Alibi
• B is for Burglar
• C is for Corpse
• D is for Deadbeat

Gregory, Jill & Karen Tintori

• The Book of Names

Gregory, Philippa

• The Other Boleyn Girl

Gresham, Jack

• 18 Billion

Griffin, W.E.B.

• By Order of the President
• The Hostage

Grimes, Roberta

• The Fun of Dying

Grisham, John

• The Confession
• A Time to Kill

Gudenkauf, Heather

• These Things Hidden

Haig, Brian

• The President’s Assassin

Hall, James W.

• Under Cover of Daylight

Harper, Karen

• The Falls

Harris, Charlaine

• A Bone to Pick
• Club Dead
• An Ice Cold Grave
• Dead to the World
• Dead Until Dark 
• Grave Secret
• Grave Sight
• Grave Surprise
• Living Dead in Dallas
• Real Murders

Harris, Thomas

• Hannibal
• Hannibal Rising

Hayes, Joseph

• When No One is Watching

Hayman, James

• Darkness First

Healey, Emma

• Elizabeth is Missing

Healy, Erin

• Never Let You Go

Hillier, Jennifer

• The Butcher

Holloway, Dave

• Aruba

Honig, George R.

• The Alexandria Letter

Horan, Ellen

• 31 Bond Street

Iles, Greg

• Blood Memory
• The Quiet Game

Jackson, Lisa

• Lost Souls
• Whispers

James, Steven

• The Pawn

Jance, J.A.

• Name Withheld

Johansen, Iris

• Firestorm
• Quicksand
• The Face of Deception

Karlin, Eve

• City of Liars and Thieves

Kava, Alex

• A Necessary Evil
• Black Friday
• Damaged
• Exposed
• Fireproof
• Hotwire
• The Soul Catcher
• Stranded

Keam, Abigail

• Death by Bourbon

Kellerman, Jonathan

• Blood Test
• Compulsion
• Over the Edge
• When the Bough Breaks

Kerley, Jack

• The Hundredth Man

King, Jonathon

• The Blue Edge of Midnight

King, Stephen

• The Shining

Konrath, J.A.

• Bloody Mary
• Whiskey Sour

Koontz, Dean

• Odd Thomas

Kraus, Harry MD

• Perfect

L., David

• Over Your Dead Body

Lehane, Dennis

• Mystic River

Lehrer, Jim

• Top Down 

LePore, James

• A World I Never Made
• Blood of My Brother

Lescroart, John

• Damage
• Dead Irish
• The Vig

Lewis, Robert K.

• Critical Damage
• Untold Damage

Lindsay, Jeff

• Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Linedecker, Cliff

• The Murder of Laci Peterson

Lippman, Laura

• Baltimore Blues
• To the Power of Three

Lord, Walter

• The Night Lives On

Lotz, Sarah

• The Three

Ludlum, Robert

• The Chancellor Manuscript

Luft, Benjamin J. MD

• We’re Not Leaving

Lyga, Barry

• I Hunt Killers

Mancheski, Jason

• The Chemist

Mann, Catherine

• Hotshot

Margolin, Phillip

• Executive Privilege
• Supreme Justice

Marlett, David

• Fortunate Son

Marshall, Evan

• City in Shadow

Mathews, Francine

• Jack 1939

Mayne, Andrew

• Angel Killer

McBain, Ed

• Cop Hater

McBeth, Colette

• Precious Thing

McConkey, Jess

• The Widows of Braxton County

McCreight, Kimberly

• Reconstructing Amelia

McGilloway, Brian

• Little Girl Lost
• Someone You Know

McHugh, Laura

• The Weight of Blood 

McMahon, Jennifer

• The One I Left Behind
• The Winter People

Meltzer, Brad

• The Inner Circle
• The Tenth Justice

Meyer, Stephenie

• New Moon
• Twilight

Mitchard, Jacquelyn

• All We Know of Heaven
• The Midnight Twins

Mitzner, Adam

• A Case of Redemption 

Moore, Graham

• The Sherlockian

Neggers, Carla

• The Widow

Noguchi, Thomas T. MD

• Coroner

Norton, Carla

• The Edge of Normal

Novak, Brenda

• Trust Me

O’Brien, Kevin

• Final Breath
• One Last Scream

O’Brien, Meg

• Crimson Rain

O’Brien, Timothy L.

• The Lincoln Conspiracy

O’Connor, Scott

• Untouchable

O’Malley, Suzanne

• The Unspeakable Crime of Andrea Yates

O’Reilly, Bill & Martin Dugard

• Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot

O’Shaughnessy, Perri

• Motion to Suppress

Oates, Joyce Carol

• Rape: A Love Story

Olsen, Gregg

• A Cold Dark Place
• A Wicked Snow
• Betrayal
• Closer than Blood
• Envy
• Heart of Ice
• Victim Six

Olsen, Gregg & Rebecca Morris

• If I Can’t Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children

Pak, Sang

• Wait Until Twilight

Parker, Robert B.

• The Godwulf Manuscript

Patterson, James

• 1^st to Die
• 2^nd Chance
• 3^rd Degree
• 4^th of July
• The 5th Horseman
• The 6th Target
• 7^th Heaven
• The 8th Confession
• The 9th Judgment
• 10th Anniversary
• 11th Hour
• Alex Cross’s Trial
• The Big Bad Wolf
• Cat & Mouse
• Cross
• Cross Country
• Cross Fire
• Double Cross
• Four Blind Mice
• I, Alex Cross
• Jack & Jill
• Judge & Jury
• Kill Alex Cross
• Kiss the Girls
• London Bridges
• Mary Mary
• The Midnight Club
• The Murder of King Tut
• Pop Goes the Weasel
• The Postcard Killers
• Private
• Private: #1 Suspect
• Roses are Red
• Run For Your Life
• Sail
• Step On a Crack
• Swimsuit
• Tick Tock
• Violets are Blue
• Worst Case

Patterson, Richard North

• Silent Witness
• The Spire

Pavone, Chris

• The Accident

Pengelley, Nick

• Ryder

Perry, Anne

• The Cater Street Hangman

Perry, Karen

• The Innocent Sleep

Piccirilli, Tom

• The Night Class

Pickard, Nancy

• The Virgin of Small Plains

Picoult, Jodi

• The Pact

Pirro, Judge Jeanine

• Sly Fox

Price, R.K.

• The Thunderbird Conspiracy 

Pulitzer, Lisa & Cole Thompson

• Portrait of a Monster

Pyper, Andrew

• The Demonologist

Reichs, Kathy

• Deadly Decisions
• Deja Dead

Richardson, Doug

• Blood Money

Rizer, Fran

• A Tisket, A Tasket, A Fancy Stolen Casket

Robb, J.D.

• Glory in Death
• Immortal in Death
• Naked in Death

Roberts, Nora

• Blood Brothers

Robinson, Peter

• Children of the Revolution
• Watching the Dark

Rollins, James

• Sandstorm

Rowling, J.K.

• Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone (2009 review)
• Harry Potter & the Sorcerer’s Stone (2011 review)

Ruddy, Michael

• Conflicts with Interest

Rule, Ann

• A Rose for Her Grave
• Dead by Sunset

Russell, Katharine

• Deed So

Sandford, John

• Eyes of Prey
• Invisible Prey
• Rules of Prey
• Shadow Prey
• Stolen Prey

Saul, John

• Black Creek Crossing

Schlink, Bernhard

• The Reader

Seewald, Jacqueline

• The Inferno Collection

Shreve, Anita

• The Pilot’s Wife

Siegel, Bridget

• Domestic Affairs

Silver, Elizabeth L.

• The Execution of Noa P. Singleton

Sissel, Barbara Taylor

• Evidence of Life
• Safe Keeping

Slaughter, Karin

• Blindsighted

Spelling, Tory

• sTORItelling

Speriglio, Milo

• The Marilyn Conspiracy

Spindler, Erica

• Break Neck
• Last Known Victim
• See Jane Die

Sprout, Marta

• Torn Apart

Stanley, Michael

• Deadly Harvest

Staub, Wendy Corsi

• Don’t Scream
• She Loves Me Not

Steel, Danielle

• Accident
• Johnny Angel

Stevens, Chevy

• Still Missing

Stevens, David

• Resurrect

Stockett, Kathryn

• The Help

Thor, Brad

• Blowback
• Path of the Assassin
• State of the Union
• Takedown
• The Lions of Lucerne

Thorne, Tamara

• The Sorority: Eve
• The Sorority: Merilynn
• The Sorority: Samantha

Turow, Scott

• Presumed Innocent

Twining, James

• The Black Sun
• The Double Eagle

Van Lustbader, Eric

• Father Night

Van Ryn & Cerak Families

• Mistaken Identity

Walker, Bill & Brian Anthony

• Abe Lincoln: Public Enemy No. 1

Wallace, Nicolle

• It’s Classified

Watson, Larry

• In a Dark Time
• White Crosses

White, Kate

• Eyes on You

White, Mary Vensel

• The Qualities of Wood

Willis, D.R.

• Lonely Deceptions

Wolf, Dick

• The Execution
• The Intercept

Wolverton, Nicole

• The Trajectory of Dreams

Woods, Stuart

• Dirt
• New York Dead

Zan, Koethi

• The Never List