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623 honest reviews across fiction, non-fiction, mystery, sci-fi, romance, and more.
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Trust Me
by Jeff Abbott
A Jeff Abbott standalone thriller. The kind of high-concept hook with a satisfying execution that the form sometimes still delivers.
The Children of Cthulhu
by Benjamin Adams
An anthology of Lovecraftian horror co-edited by Benjamin Adams and John Pelan. Mixed bag with several real standouts.
Skate Crime
by Alina Adams
A late Alina Adams figure-skating mystery. The formula running smoothly. Skating fans will be happy.
Sleeper
by Paul Adam
A Paul Adam intelligence thriller. Solid but the second-tier Adam.
Enemy Within
by Paul Adam
A Paul Adam political thriller. Italian Mafia and the postwar reckoning. Competent rather than essential.
The Rainaldi Quartet
by Paul Adam
Paul Adam's classical music mystery at its best. Four amateur musicians, a stolen Stradivarius, and a story that takes its setting fully seriously.
Deepcore
by James B. Adair
James B. Adair's submarine thriller. Cold War submarine fiction in the post-Hunt-for-Red-October mold. Reliable.
Rescue Me
by Cherry Adair
A Cherry Adair Black Rose Chronicles entry. Paranormal-talents romance with the formula in confident hand.
Out of Sight
by Cherry Adair
A T-FLAC romantic suspense. Cherry Adair in mid-period form. The formula working hard.
Kiss and Tell
by Cherry Adair
The first Cherry Adair T-FLAC novel. The book that launched a long career. Honest fun and the formula taking shape in real time.
Unlikely Victims
by Alvin Abram
Alvin Abram's Maxie Lewis Toronto mysteries. Yiddish-inflected procedural with serious neighborhood texture.
Crying Wolf
by Peter Abrahams
Peter Abrahams writing campus-thriller territory. A scholarship student, a wealthy roommate pair, and a kidnapping that should have been a prank.
Behind the Curtain
by Peter Abrahams
A Peter Abrahams YA mystery. The first Echo Falls book. Teenage detective work with adult moral weight.
The Blue Wall
by Kenneth Abel
Another Kenneth Abel standalone. NYPD-adjacent crime fiction with the corruption layer treated as a moral problem rather than a thriller device.
Bait
by Kenneth Abel
A standalone from Kenneth Abel. New Orleans-adjacent crime fiction outside the Danny Chaisson series. Still that particular tired-Louisiana voice.
The Promise of Rain
by Shana Abe
Shana Abe in mid-career romance form. Lush, comfortable, slightly thin on plot.
A Kiss at Midnight
by Shana Abe
A Shana Abe medieval romance. The kind of careful chivalric pastiche that the form sometimes still produces well.
The Poet Game
by Salar Abdoh
Salar Abdoh's 2000 debut. Iranian-American intelligence thriller set in pre-9/11 New York. Quietly prescient, quietly elegant.
The Putt at the End of the World
by Lee K. Abbott
A round-robin golf novel with Lee K. Abbott, Tim O'Brien, James Crumley, Tami Hoag, Dave Barry, and others. Whimsical, uneven, occasionally brilliant.
All Things, All at Once
by Lee K. Abbott
Lee K. Abbott's career-spanning story collection. One of the great American short story writers of the late 20th century, finally collected.
The Serpent and The Grail
by Lynn Abbey
Lynn Abbey doing Camelot-adjacent Arthurian fantasy. Her Pagan English roots get a serious airing.
Tip A Canoe
by Peter Abresch
The third James P. Dandy mystery. Retiree-detective at a canoe expedition. Peter Abresch deepening the formula.
Final Frame
by Jane Adams
The fourth Mike Croft. A photographer's posthumous show, an image that should not exist, and Jane Adams in fully realized form.
Fade to Grey
by Jane Adams
The third Mike Croft novel. Jane Adams writing a missing-persons investigation that takes its time and earns its melancholy.