Category: FICTION

October 30, 2025

Sun Storm by Asa Larsson *** (of 4)

A pastor is ritualistically murdered inside his church in Sweden. Not just Sweden, but under the writing rules of Scandinavian noir, the murder is committed...

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October 16, 2025

Night Heron by Adam Brookes ** (of 4)

This spy drama set in China received excellent reviews when it came out in 2014. A Chinese spy for British intelligence called Peanut breaks free...

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October 11, 2025

Tru Biz by Sara Novic **** (of 4)

The scene is River Valley School for the Deaf just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. Charlie, a teenager with crappy cochlear implants and parents who prevented her...

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October 11, 2025

The Searcher by Tana French **** (of 4)

This is the equivalent of sitting down in an Irish pub to a rich stew of lamb, carrots, and onions, a side of soda bread,...

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September 30, 2025

The Keeper of Lost Causes (Book 1) and The Absent One (Book 2) by Jussi Adler-Olson *** (of 4)

Carl Morck is a very grumpy detective in the Copenhagen police department. He is just getting back to work after having been shot in an...

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September 30, 2025

Pronto by Elmore Leonard *** (of 4)

Harry Arno is a Miami bookie nearing retirement after a happily long illegal career as a bookie until he is framed by the Justice Department...

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September 30, 2025

King of Ashes by S.A. Crosby (*** of 4)

In the broken downtown of Jefferson Run Virginia the dark alleyways and vacant storefronts of downtown are overrun by gangs, addicts, prostitutes, and drunks. The...

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September 30, 2025

Exit by Belinda Bauer (** of 4)

Felix Pink, an aging widower, fills his time by assisting dying patients with their planned suicides, sticking just barely to the right side of British...

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August 20, 2025

Malice by Keigo Higashino *** (of 4)

Keigo Higashino is Japan's most decorated mystery writer, and this book, Malice, the first in a series, catapulted him to fame. Unlike nearly any other...

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July 30, 2025

The Slip by Lucas Schaefer **** (of 4)

Nathaniel Rothstein, a high schooler in Newton, Massachusetts, beats up a student even dorkier than himself. His mother, beside herself, ships him off for the...

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