Tag Archives: Crime

Jack of Hearts by Christopher Greyson (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
238

ISBN:
9781683990734

Jack Stratton is headed to Florida for fun in the sun and to introduce girlfriend Alice to his parents. What he doesn’t expect is to be nominated by his mother to help her book club solve the mystery of the garden ornament thief. When the mystery takes a deadly turn, will Jack be able to protect his family or will he have to fold?

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The Fourth Monkey by J.D. Barker (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
480

ISBN:
9780008217006

 

Chicago Detective Sam Porter has spent half a decade chasing down the Four Monkey Killer, AKA the 4MK, a brilliant and sadistic killer who uses murder to punish those closest to his victims. Can Porter save the 4MK’s latest victim in time or will evil once again be done?

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One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus (2017)

Review by CJ

Page count:
368

ISBN:
9780141375632

 

When five students attend detention and only four leave alive, the surviving students are thrown into the spotlight as suspects in the deceased’s murder investigation.

When it’s discovered that the deceased was going to publicly reveal secrets that could ruin the four survivors, the geek, the jock, the princess and the criminal must work out which of them is capable of murder.

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And Then She Was Gone by Christopher Greyson (2016)

Review by CJ

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Page count:
255

Format:
eBook

ISBN:
978-1-68399-001-7

 

Jack Stratton is 17-year-old aspiring police officer with a troubled past. Raised by a prostitute mother who abandoned him, Jack now has two loving parents and an extended foster family. So when his former foster mother, Aunt Haddie, asks him to look into the disappearance of Stacy Shaw, Jack doesn’t hesitate.

The son of Aunt Haddie’s neighbour and friend has been collared in connection with Stacy’s disappearance, but this doesn’t sit well with Jack. Can Jack discover the truth or will he lose everything on a wild goose chase?

And Then She Was Gone is the sixth Detective Jack Stratton Mystery novel and first in the series chronology.

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Witch Hunt by SM Reine (2014)

Review by CJ

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Page count:
234 pages

Format:
Kindle ebook

ASIN:
B00I9IM9MW

 

Office of Preternatural Affairs Agent Cèsar Hawke wakes up after a night of drinking with a hangover and a dead waitress in his bathroom. Neither his agency or local law enforcement believe Cèsar is innocent and his own memory was compromised by alcohol. If he is to get out of this, Cèsar must team up with his partner Suzy and the necrocognitive Isobel to reveal what actually happened.

Witch Hunt is the first book in the Preternatural Affairs series.

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