Reviews Archives - Page 12 of 15 - Criminal Element -- Login / Register Search for: -- Search for: Read Excerpts Reviews Author Spotlight Essays Interviews Book Listicles On-Screen Television Film Trailers Cooking the Books Newsletter Login / Register Reviews Book Review: Dog Day Afternoon by David Rosenfelt By Doreen Sheridan July 31, 2024 Andy Carpenter might claim to want nothing to do with the law anymore but even he is shaken when a mass shooting at a local Paterson, New Jersey legal firm kills six. The firm, Moore Law, is one of the area’s most successful personal injury law practices, representing numerous clients in lucrative lawsuits. The only… Book Review: Peg and Rose Play The Ponies by Laurien Berenson By Doreen Sheridan July 19, 2024 Sisters-in-law Peg and Rose are going on a field trip! It’s taken the two women decades to learn how to be friends, and now their relationship is going to face a real test: embarking on a days-long road trip together. In addition to being a widely respected judge on the dog show circuit, Peg also… Book Review: One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon By Doreen Sheridan July 12, 2024 Nicola Yoon’s provocative debut adult thriller is set primarily in a gated California community called Liberty, where everyone, from the wealthiest resident down to the lowliest part-time employee, is Black. Jasmyn Williams is a Los Angeles public defender whose teacher-turned-financier husband King had to work hard to persuade her to move out of their city… Book Review: Better Must Come by Desmond Hall By Doreen Sheridan June 28, 2024 Life in Jamaica outside of the tourist hotspots is a far cry from the image of paradise its government wants to portray. With jobs scarce, many have turned to gangs or migrated overseas in order to make ends meet for themselves and their families. Deja’s mom is one of the latter, trying to make a… Book Review: Trust Her by Flynn Berry By Janet Webb June 26, 2024 Thrillers set in Ireland hold an irresistible allure for me, because of my heritage. My great-grandmother (on my mother’s side) emigrated from Belfast to Ellis Island, NY, in her teens. She joined her older brother in New York after her mother died and her father remarried. Decades earlier my father’s forebears left southern Ireland for… Book Review: Pitch Dark by Paul Doiron By Janet Webb June 20, 2024 Almost always the smartest man in the room, Maine Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch’s career exemplifies courage, self-possession, and off-the-scales stubbornness.  Newly married to Stacey Stevens, Mike is on the cusp of middle-age, and it’s making him self-reflective. Have father-in-law Charley Steven’s homilies and aphorisms finally landed on fertile ground?  Nothing makes a person feel older… Book Review: The Die by Jude Berman By Doreen Sheridan June 12, 2024 In the quasi-dystopian setting of Jude Berman’s The Die, the United States of America has fallen, torn apart from within. The authoritarian tides that swirled throughout the early 21st century finally grew strong enough to allow a tyrant, in these pages known only as the Dictator, to take over the federal government. In response, first… Book Review: Double Tap by Cindy Dees By Janet Webb May 24, 2024 Is it urban legend that a mother can find the superhuman strength to lift a car in order to save her trapped child? Or is it apocryphal? Most would agree that it’s a rare circumstance. Unless you’re retired CIA agent Helen Warwick, from Cindy Dee’s brilliant debut thriller Second Shot. Fifty-five-year-old Helen Warwick is as… Book Review: The Accidental Joe by Tom Straw By John Valeri May 23, 2024 Tom Straw is no stranger to being a ghost. Following the publication of his debut suspense novel, 2007’s Trigger Episode, he secretly assumed the identity of television’s fictional scribe Richard Castle, penning seven New York Times bestselling tie-in books before reasserting his authorial independence with Buzz Killer (2017). This May, Straw—also an Emmy and Writers… Book Review: You Know What You Did by K. T. Nguyen By Doreen Sheridan May 3, 2024 The death of Annie Shaw’s mother sends the middle-aged artist reeling. Mẹ had fled the Vietnam War and made a home for herself and young Annie in America. Their ongoing struggle for survival wound up acutely damaging the mental health of both, as Mẹ became a hoarder who emotionally manipulated her daughter in extreme ways.… « Previous Page 1 … 10 11 12 13 14 15 Next Page » About Advertise With Us Terms of Use Privacy Notice Your Privacy Choices Contact Us Site Powered by Supadu The owner of this website has made a commitment to accessibility and inclusion, please report any problems that you encounter using the contact form on this website. This site uses the WP ADA Compliance Check plugin to enhance accessibility.