Pros: Adrenaline-packed, high-intrigue, snarky adventure Cons: Didn’t go quite far enough Rating: 5 out of 5 S.L. Huang’s Zero Sum Game (Cas Russell) is a delightfully sardonic thriller with some unusual characters and relationships. Cas Russell is a retrieval artist–people…
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Review: “Zero Sum Game,” S.L. Huang
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: adventure, Cas Russell, S.L. Huang, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF, thriller
Short Take: “The Fading Place,” Mary SanGiovanni
Pros: Tense! Cons: Starts out a little slowly, but it works Rating: 4 out of 5 Mary SanGiovanni’s novella The Fading Place immediately sees Charlie Van Houten carjacked by Simone. Charlie has her baby Hayley in the back seat, and…
Review: “Connections in Death,” J.D. Robb
Pros: Vintage Robb style; wonderfully quotable text Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 My assessments of the “in Death” books by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) tend to range from 3 out of 5 to 5 out of 5; they…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: Eve Dallas, in death, J.D. Robb, mystery, Nora Roberts, Roarke, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SF, thriller
Review: “Killing Spree,” Various Authors
Pros: A great way to find some new authors Cons: Wildly varying quality Rating: 3.5 out of 5 After trying to read a nice bloody serial killer book only to have it turn out to be horrible, I turned to…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: anthology, Dave Franklin, Dean Wesley Smith, Jeffrey J. Mariotte, Laura Ware, Mary C. Blowers, mystery, P.A. Wilson, Rebecca M. Senese, Robert Jeschonek, Russ Crossley, serial killer, serial killers, thriller
Review: “Dark Legion,” Rob Cornell
Pros: Interesting storyline and characters Cons: Damn that one stereotype; too many supernaturals Rating: 3 out of 5 Rob Cornell’s Dark Legion: An Urban Fantasy Thriller (The Lockman Chronicles Book 2) isn’t as good as the previous book, Darker Things,…
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Review: “Darker Things,” Rob Cornell
Pros: Fabulous world-building; intriguing storyline Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Rob Cornell’s Darker Things: An Urban Fantasy Thriller (The Lockman Chronicles Book 1) starts off with a bang. Thirteen-year-old girl Jessie shows up on Craig Lockman’s doorstep. In…
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: horror, paranormal, Rob Cornell, The Lockman Chronicles, thriller, urban fantasy
Review: “Posing for Picasso,” Sam Stone
Pros: Keeps the reader guessing! Cons: Slow start Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Sam Stone’s Posing for Picasso is a thriller/horror novel that absolutely delighted me. Painter Avgustin Juniper is accused of killing and mutilating his girlfriend and model, Annabel.…
“Weird Thriller” Storybundle
I’m never going to catch up on all these books, but I’m not complaining! There’s a new storybundle, of weird thrillers. Only up for another 20 days, so get it while it’s hot!
Review: “The Cabin at the End of the World,” Paul Tremblay
Pros: This story broke my brain Cons: Truly bizarre perspective/PoV switching Rating: 5 out of 5 Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World: A Novel introduces us to little girl Wen and her Daddy Eric and Daddy…