Pros: Interesting mystery Cons: Structurally odd Rating: 4 out of 5 Simon Lelic’s The New Neighbors largely takes the form of a manuscript written alternately by Sydney and Jack, a couple who recently bought an old house stuffed with creepy…
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Review: “The Broken Girls,” Simone St. James
Pros: Fascinating story Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Uncorrected proof provided by publisher for review. In Simone St. James’s The Broken Girls, the time period switches back and forth between 1950 and 2014, in the small town of…
Short Take: “Lullaby Road,” James Anderson
Pros: Fascinating little desert town Cons: Ending loses its mooring a bit Rating: 4 out of 5 Lullaby Road, by James Anderson, centers around truck driver and somewhat-thug Ben. He becomes babysitter for a day when someone leaves a child…
Review: “Dark in Death,” J.D. Robb/Nora Roberts
Pros: Good length; plenty going on; lots of detail; multiple murders Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Dark in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel (In Death), by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts), is book 46 in the “in Death” series…
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Review: “Lie With Me,” Sabine Durrant
Pros: Fascinating plot weaving Cons: Main character is definitely not sympathetic Rating: 4 out of 5 Sabine Durrant’s Lie With Me tells the story of Paul, a selfish and self-centered novelist who’s still riding off of the reputation he gained…
Review: “Two Girls Down,” Louisa Luna
Pros: Love the quirky and messed-up characters Cons: Vega’s too-perfect hacker plot device, I mean, colleague Rating: 4 out of 5 Uncorrected proof provided by publisher for review. In Louisa Luna’s Two Girls Down, two young sisters, Kylie (10) and…
Review: “The Chalk Man,” C.J. Tudor
Pros: Fascinating Cons: I was left with a few confusions Rating: 4.5 out of 5 C.J. Tudor’s The Chalk Man is a fascinating tale of a decades-old maybe-solved murder and a new danger. In 1986, a group of friends (Eddie,…
Review: “Pretty Girls Dancing,” Kylie Brant
Pros: Very ‘real’ characters; made me tear up Cons: One character background Rating: 4 out of 5 Kylie Brant’s Pretty Girls Dancing concentrates on how devastating it can be to a family when the worst happens. Whitney DeVries disappears without…
Review: “Mink Eyes,” Max McBride
Pros: Slow unraveling of an interesting plot Cons: Some overwrought language Rating: 4 out of 5 NOTE: Publisher provided book for review. First, I have to get this out of my system. I’ve read a fair amount of erotic…
Review: “Darkness at the Edge of Town,” Jennifer Harlow
Pros: Lots of interesting dysfunctional characters Cons: Undercover choice leads to some difficulties Rating: 4 out of 5 NOTE: Book provided by publisher for review Jennifer Harlow’s Darkness at the Edge of Town: An Iris Ballard Thriller sees ex-FBI…