Tag Archives: thrillers

Audiobook Review: Safe House by Chris Ewan

Title: Safe House Author: Chris Ewan Genre: Thriller Publisher: AudioGO Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program Audiobook reader: Simon Vance Audiobook length: 10 hours and 53 minutes First line: The doctor was … Continue reading

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Mini-reviews: Dirty Blonde by Lisa Scottoline; Promised by Caragh O’Brien; Me Before You by Jojo Moyes; and Don’t Breathe a Word by Jennifer McMahon

Title: Dirty Blonde Author: Lisa Scottoline Genre: Mystery, legal thriller Publisher: Harper Audio Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source: Audiobook from the public library Audiobook reader: Barbara Rosenblat Audiobook length: 10 hours and 30 minutes Goodreads blurb: Cate Fante … Continue reading

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Audiobook Review: What We Saw At Night by Jacquelyn Mitchard

Title: What We Saw At Night Author: Jacquelyn Mitchard Genre: YA thriller Publisher: AudioGO Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from Audiobook Jukebox‘s reviewer program Audiobook reader: Rebecca Gibel Audiobook length: 7 hours and 43 minutes First … Continue reading

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Favorite crime fiction of 2012

This is the first of my end-of-the-year favorites posts. Just to clarify, I read these books in 2012, but they were not necessarily published this year. Quotes are from my reviews, which are linked to the titles. The Informationist by … Continue reading

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Mini-reviews: Prized by Caragh O’Brien; Daddy’s Girl by Lisa Scottoline; and Rainbow Valley by L.M. Montgomery

Title: Prized Author: Caragh O’Brien Genre: YA dystopian fiction Publisher: Roaring Brook Press Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from the public library First line: She grabbed the hilt of her knife and scrambled backward into the … Continue reading

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Mini-reviews: The Human Factor by Graham Greene and Broken Harbor by Tana French

Title: The Human Factor Author: Graham Greene Genre: Spy thriller Publisher: Penguin Classics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Print copy from the public library First line: Castle, ever since he had joined the firm as a young recruit … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Candidate by Paul Harris

Title: The Candidate Author: Paul Harris Genre: Political thriller Publisher: Vantage Point Rating: 4 out of 5 stars Source: Review copy from the author First line: It had been twenty years since she last loaded a gun with the intention … Continue reading

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Book Review: The Cutting Season by Attica Locke

Title: The Cutting Season Author: Attica Locke Genre: Thriller, mystery Publisher: Harper Rating: 5 out of 5 stars Source: ARC from the publisher First line: It was during the Thompson-Delacroix wedding, Caren’s first day on the job, that a cottonmouth, … Continue reading

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