Tag: murder

Title: The Poacher’s Son Author:  Paul Doiron Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur, May 2010 Summary:  Mike Bowditch is a game warden for the state of Maine. Perhaps he chose this career to make amends for his father’s criminal acts. His father, Jack, is a Vietnam vet...

Title: The Interpretation of Murder Author: Jed Rubenfeld Publisher: Picador, May 2007 Summary:  The year is 1909 and Sigmund Freud has arrived in the United States with his protégé Carl Jung for a series of lectures at Clark University.  The same day of Freud’s arrival...

Title: Collusion Author:  Stuart Neville Publisher: Soho Press, October 2010 Summary: Stuart Neville, author of GHOSTS OF BELFAST, does it again with this new novel set in New York and Northern Ireland. Ex IRA hit-man Gerry Fegan has sworn to protect Marie and her young...

Title: The Information Officer Author:  Mark Mills Publisher: Random House ,February 2010 Summary:    It’s the summer of 1942 and Malta is quickly becoming the most bombed place on earth. The strategic location of the island, between Europe and Africa, has increased its value to both the...

Title: Abandoned Author:  Cody McFadyen Publisher: Bantam, October 2009 Summary: Smoky Barrett is a special agent with the FBI, leading a team that specializes in hunting down and capturing serial killers. While Smoky and several other agents are attending the wedding of one of their...

Title: Evil at Heart Author:  Chelsea Cain Publisher: Minotaur, September 2009 Summary:  This is the third book featuring detective Archie Sheridan and serial killer Gretchen Lowell. Gretchen, also known as the Beauty Killer, is on the loose. Archie is in a mental health facility...

Title: Sworn to Silence Author:  Linda Castillo Publisher: Minotaur, June 2009 Summary:   Painters Mill, Ohio – Amish Country. Not your typical setting for a serial murder thriller, but it works in this exciting new novel. The backdrop of a quaint, rural town makes the viciousness...

Title: Columbine Author: Dave Cullen Summary: On April 20, 1999, two boys entered their high school and proceeded to unleash the most unforgettable school shooting of the modern era. Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were troubled outcasts in black trench coats, picked on by jocks...

Title: Lush Life Author: Richard Price Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, March 2008 Summary: I am not a reader of crime stories – but from now on I plan to make an exception for the works of Richard Price. His latest explores the ‘butterfly effect’ of a seemingly...

Title: A Treasury of XXth Century Murder: The Lindbergh Child Author/Illustrator:Rick Geary Publisher: Comics Lit, February 2009 Summary: After his transatlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh became an international hero, icon, and to his chagrin, celebrity. In the early ’30s, he and his wife moved to...