Category Archives: Detective novel

Descent by Tim Johnston

Posted on July 3, 2015 by bseat

Sometimes, even though a book is well written and has believable characters, the subject matter may be so challenging that all you want to do is look away. It is a mark of a good writer, then who in spite … Continue reading →

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The Prophet by Michael Koryta

Posted on June 12, 2015 by bseat

Michael Koryta is one of a few writers who shifts from genre to genre even though it is considered career suicide to do so. Koryta however, seems to actually thrive on it!  Known as a crime/suspense novelist, Koryta shifted into … Continue reading →

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The Fifth Gospel by Ian Caldwell

Posted on May 15, 2015 by bseat

Father Alex Andreou is an Eastern Catholic priest living inside Vatican City with his 5 year old son, Peter. He is a part of  small  but confounding tradition which follows the Greek Orthodox traditions which allows priests to marry but … Continue reading →

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What Angels Fear by C.S. Harris

Posted on April 10, 2015 by bseat

Sebastian Alistair St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, a title he received when his elder brothers died much to the chagrin and disappointment of his father, the Fifth Earl of Hendon, was having a very troublesome day. In the very early hours … Continue reading →

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Malice by Keigo Higashino, Translated by Alexander O. Smith

Posted on April 3, 2015 by bseat

Higashino, who wrote the Devotion of Suspect X  is back again with a new mystery, Malice. Although written in 1996, it was not translated until 2014 when it became an Edgar Award Finalist. It is wonderful that Higashino is getting … Continue reading →

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The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

Posted on February 27, 2015 by bseat

Rachel is living a lie. Every day she leaves her friend’s home where she has been staying “until she can get back on her feet,”and takes the train into London.  Ostensibly she is going to work, but she lost her … Continue reading →

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Deadline by John Sandford

Posted on December 12, 2014 by bseat

There are some authors who just never disappoint and for me John Sandford is one of those authors.  His books have great characters, good plot lines, suspense, excitement, humor and he still manages to have some deeper insights that make … Continue reading →

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After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman

Posted on October 24, 2014 by bseat

What happens when someone disappears; here one day and gone the next without an explanation or a “good bye?” What happens to the people who are left behind?  Exploring these questions, Lippman deftly brings to light the lives of five … Continue reading →

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The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K Rowling)

Posted on October 3, 2014 by bseat

Cormoran Strike is a bit startled by the insistent and distracted  woman who asks him to find her novelist husband, Owen Quine, who has been missing for 10 days. Leonora Quine is quite sure that he is at some literary … Continue reading →

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A Circle of Wives by Alice LaPlante

Posted on August 8, 2014 by bseat

Dr. John Taylor, a renowned plastic surgeon who specialized in treating disfigured children is found dead in a hotel room under suspicious circumstances. Detective Samantha Adams, of Palo Alto, whose work usually entails nothing more complicated than stolen bicycles or … Continue reading →

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