Find Me by Alafair Burke
I finished this book yesterday and I’ve forgotten what this was about already. Oh, sorry, you need more from a review? I guess it was okay. Really, guys, I’m not sure what else to tell you. It wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t super interesting, and it was forgettable. Alright. Fine. It’s about a girl named Hope. A decade or so ago, Hope was in a car crash, driving a stolen vehicle. She had no idea and woke up in the hospital with complete memory loss and […]
The Ex by Alafair Burke
Successful but lonely hot shot New York lawyer Olivia receives a frantic call one morning from a young girl, who turns out to be the daughter of Olivia’s ex – the one she never really got over. Olivia rushes to his defense and soon discovers he’s being held as the prime suspect in a spree killing that took place that morning. Olivia, professional and competent, immediately goes on the defense, using everything she has to protect her old friend. But soon, a nagging feeling appears […]
City of Lies by Alafair Burke
New York, 2010-ish. A woman runs down the street in the pouring rain and stops at a payphone to make a 911 call. She tells them a murder has been committed. A man has been shot in the luxury penthouse that belongs to a wealthy investor. The police try to trace the call but the woman is long gone by the time they reach the pay phone. Months later, college student Megan Gunther is brutally slain after being stalked online. Detective Ellie Hatcher is convinced […]
In the Cut by Susanna Moore
The Papers of Tony Veitch by William McIlvanney
Angel's Tip by Alafair Burke
The Devil in Her Way by Bill Loehfelm
In sleep debt and haven’t had time to write reviews like I’ve wanted to the last few weeks so here are a few things I’ve read lately… In the Cut **** It’s tough to talk about this one. The writing is superb, bordering brilliant. The scenes are rich. The ending…good but not good? I don’t know. I liked it a lot but I can’t really say why except to say it’s well-written and thrilling. Erotic in a messy way. It addresses the way physical attraction […]
The Blackbird by Richard Stark
Dead Connection by Alafair Burke
The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
Anytime I finish a tome (in this case, Don DeLillo’s Underworld), I tend to binge read in order to get back in the swing of things. Here are three books I picked up over the weekend… The Blackbird *** Someone asked on Twitter recently that if you could take three traits from a writer for yourself, what would they be? I should have mentioned Donald Westlake’s amazing versatility. Just consider the Grofield series: first a heist tale, then a locked room mystery, now a spy thriller, […]
Rosemary Dempsey appeals to TV producer Laurie Moran to take on her daughter’s twenty-year-old case, known as The Cinderella Murder, for her next TV special, with the hope that Laurie can produce the same result as her first Under Suspicion special: solve a cold case. Susan Dempsey was a beautiful and talented UCLA student and aspiring actress. She was found dead wearing only one shoe in a park near the home of then hot-shot, now Oscar-nominated Hollywood director with whom she was was set to audition. Read […]
