The Stacks

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562 honest reviews across fiction, non-fiction, mystery, sci-fi, romance, and more.

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Cast the First Stone

by Jane Adams

The second Mike Croft novel. Jane Adams writing a child-protection investigation with the kind of moral seriousness that the form rarely allows.

Panic

by Jeff Abbott

Jeff Abbott writing a propulsive standalone thriller. Texas filmmaker discovers his real parents were not the people he thought they were.

Distant Blood

by Jeff Abbott

The fourth and final Jordan Poteet mystery. Jeff Abbott closing out the small-town Texas librarian series with appropriate weight.

Death at Daisy's Folly

by Bill Albert

A Robin Paige Edwardian mystery set at Daisy Brooke's country house. Edward VII makes an appearance and Bill and Susan Albert keep the seams from showing.

Cinnabar Shadows

by Lynn Abbey

The second Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas novel. Lynn Abbey deepening the world and earning a real second act.

Killing of the Saints

by Paul Adam

Paul Adam doing the classical music mystery. Violin-makers, contested attributions, and a death at a Cremona auction. A genuine niche done with love.

Cold Steel Rain

by Kenneth Abel

The first Danny Chaisson novel. Kenneth Abel writing New Orleans politics and corruption with a New Orleans-specific moral exhaustion you cannot fake.

Once A Spy

by Rennie Airth

Rennie Airth's 1981 standalone, before he became known for John Madden. South African anti-apartheid intelligence thriller with weight.

Catching Water In A net

by J. L. Abramo

The first Jake Diamond mystery. J. L. Abramo writing San Francisco hard-boiled with serious 50s-Hammett pedigree.

Dangerous Games

by Joan Aiken

A Joan Aiken Wolves Chronicles entry. Dido Twite in Roman Britain and Aiken at her wild best.

Amendment of Life

by Catherine Aird

The 19th Inspector Sloan. A body in a country church maze and Catherine Aird in her purest form.

Moon's Web

by C. T. Adams

The second Sazi novel by C. T. Adams and Cathy Clamp. Tony Giodone learning to live as a werewolf in Chicago without becoming the kind of werewolf the Council wants.

Projection

by Keith Ablow

The second Frank Clevenger novel. Keith Ablow at his most clinical, with a state hospital murder and a witness who is presenting as someone she is not.

Edge of Fear

by Cherry Adair

A Cherry Adair Black Rose Chronicles entry. Romantic suspense with telekinesis and a deeply ridiculous global threat. Honest fun.

Holly Blues

by Susan Wittig Albert

The 18th China Bayles. Holiday-themed and unusually serious. McQuaid's ex-wife is back in town and the investigation hits closer to home than the series usually allows.

Hatchet Job

by Harold Adams

A mid-period Carl Wilcox mystery by Harold Adams. Depression-era South Dakota, an itinerant sign painter, and a community that knows how to keep its own counsel.

Get Off at Babylon

by Marvin Albert

A Pete Sawyer Riviera mystery by Marvin Albert. Half-French American PI in the South of France. Old-school hard-boiled with sun.