Thriller Book Reviews

Review: Fast Track to Glory by Tomasz Chrusciel

★★★★½ Fast Track to Glory by Tomasz Chrusciel

Fast Track to Glory: An International Action Adventure Thriller, by Tomasz Chrusciel, is a taut adventure that doesn’t allow the reader much time to breathe.

Nina Monte, a professor of History of Religions at the University of Padua, is unexpectedly summoned to a secret meeting with three European officials. They want Nina to verify the authenticity of an ancient artefact, however, during the meeting she isn’t provided with much information, but she’s promised a “gift” to her university. The gift convinces her to push aside her doubts.

Alessandro Pini, a hotelier, seeks the man who was with his […]

2019-01-22T15:08:15+02:00February 10th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Reason for Existence by Richard Botelho ★★★★★

Reason for Existence by Richard Botelho

The people of this land are a strange people, yet they possess a perseverance all their own, a perseverance like the hills themselves, unflagging and contrary to the evidence clearly in plain view.

Reason for Existence by Richard Botelho is an exciting sci-fi thriller that leaves a lasting impression.

When David Jordan, an extraterrestrial human in appearance, agrees to help U. N. Secretary General Nicholas Straka resolve an escalating nuclear crisis, he also learns he must defuse a horrifying plot to exterminate humanity by a hostile race of beings who despise human culture. In Reason for Existence, David Jordan […]

2016-02-21T07:11:06+02:00February 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: What She Knew by Nadine Galinsky Feldman ★★★★★

 What She Knew by Nadine Galinsky Feldman What She Knew, by Nadine Galinsky Feldman, is an insightful and thought-provoking peek into the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

Liz Nabor is driven, intelligent, and ambitious. She’s built a successful Wall Street career, has a gorgeous boyfriend, and enjoys a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle. Then the financial crisis hits. But that’s not all. Liz has to leave New York in the midst of the financial meltdown for a family emergency. While in Washington Bernie Madoff’s multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme is discovered and Liz finds herself in the heart of the scandal.

Can she survive? And can her aunt’s past in the financial […]

2016-02-09T07:43:21+02:00January 28th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Myxocene by Troy Ernest Hill

★★★★½ Myxocene by Troy Ernest Hill

Sarah Bennett is many things: a writer, a scientist, and a mother. Her day job freelancing as a science writer has her meeting with the pioneers of future knowledge, although she doesn’t always find herself toward the cutting edge. When she interviews one Dr. Ronald Keating on the subject of the Chernobyl disaster, Sarah unwittingly enters a whole new world of scientific discovery in viewing an eccentric plan to combat global warming and promote better living through chemistry. As she comes face-to-face with hard questions of morality, ethics, emotional turmoil, and perhaps the safety of her family, Sarah must […]

2016-03-04T03:46:14+02:00January 27th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Fractures (Book 1 of The Divine Revolution) by Will James

★★★★½ Fractures by Will James

Content warning for violence and some mention of sexual assault.

Deborah is a professional. She’s never been one to rest on her laurels and expect an easy job, even if everything seems to be going her way. Somehow she almost expected her own death; almost an inevitability for a life-long assassin. What she never expected was her fate afterward. Contracted into a legendary job by an ethereal client, even she admits she’ll need help on this job. Death breeds more death, but this job comes from beyond death in Fractures, the first part of The Divine Revolution.[…]

2016-03-04T03:46:52+02:00January 22nd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: The Coalition by Samuel Marquis ★★★★

The Coalition by Samuel MarquisThe Coalition by Samuel Marquis is a complex but fast-paced conspiracy thriller about a political assassination. Moderate Republican president-elect Krieger is shot down in Denver by a ruthless female assassin. FBI agent Kenneth Patton tries to hunt her down and becomes embroiled in a far larger conspiracy than one lone assassin. A group called The Coalition is bent on bringing about a far-right government in Washington, and they’re not content with just one assassination. Locke needs to find the assassin, uncover the Coalition’s plot, and make sure the death toll doesn’t go even higher.

Marquis knows his stuff: the interworkings […]

2016-01-18T10:05:57+02:00January 18th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Next of Kin by Melissa M. Garcia ★★★★

Next of Kin by Melissa M. GarciaNext of Kin: Death Valley Mystery Book 2, by Melissa M. Garcia, is a thrilling police procedural that’ll keep you guessing.

Lake City isn’t accustomed to multiple murder investigations. When Will Stellar, a homicide detective, is called to a crime scene he’s shocked to discover the victim is a childhood friend. But the bigger jolt is the mounting evidence connecting the victim, a suspected prostitute, to the Lake City Police Department. Stellar has to walk a fine line.

When a vigilante, named the Coyote, appears in Lake City, Stellar and his team now have multiple murders to solve. […]

2016-02-04T05:36:03+02:00January 14th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

The Web Across the Water by M.J. Heywood

The Web Across the Water by M.J. HeywoodThe Web Across the Water by M.J. Heywood is a thriller about an internet relationship gone awry. Lily Moore meets Bradley Jefferies in a chat room. She’s not seeking love, she’s seeking to swindle wealthy people out of their money. She’s got a system for finding heirs to fortunes. Brad, a wealthy American, might just be the one to stop her chain of thievery, as she considers love for the first time. Only Brad has sinister plans of his own. Unbeknownst to each other, they’re both laying a trap for the other. An entertaining and prescient thriller that combines elements […]

2016-01-04T08:35:27+02:00January 4th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |
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