Category Archives: Suspense

Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman

Posted on March 24, 2017 by bseat

I think at some point in their lives everyone has wanted to be an FBI agent-at least I have! But it is the romanticized version that we see on TV or in the movies that attracts us, not the drudgery … Continue reading →

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Posted on February 10, 2017 by bseat

Sometimes you have complicated feelings about a book. I certainly do about this Pulitzer Prize winning novel about the Vietnam War narrated by a Vietnamese communist sleeper agent. Wonderfully written, dark, evocative, satirical and suspenseful; there is much to savor … Continue reading →

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Redemption Road by John Hart

Posted on January 27, 2017 by bseat

John Hart is a damn good author! The fact that he won back to back Edgar Awards, the only author to do so, should have clued me in, but now after having read two of his books, I know I … Continue reading →

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The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

Posted on January 20, 2017 by bseat

There is something very addictive about the Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly. I eagerly await for each new release and when it comes out I snarf it down immediately and then can’t wait until the next one comes out! … Continue reading →

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The Kept Woman by Karin Slaughter

Posted on January 6, 2017 by bseat

Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite authors and I have been following her characters, Will Trent, a cop with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Dr. Sara Linton the GBI’s coroner for awhile now.  I am always excited to … Continue reading →

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Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich

Posted on December 9, 2016 by bseat

Clayton Burroughs is a bit surprised when an agent from the ATF walks into his office. As sheriff of a small community in Georgia, a visit from an agent of a  federal agency was a rarity, but Clayton guessed that … Continue reading →

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The Unquiet Dead: A Novel by Ausma Zehanat Khan

Posted on December 2, 2016 by bseat

It shouldn’t be, but it is unusual to find a Muslim as the lead character in a book as one of the “good guys” rather than a terrorist. In the Unquiet Dead, Esa Khattak is just such a character. A second … Continue reading →

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Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye

Posted on November 18, 2016 by bseat

You cannot help but be intrigued when the first sentence in a book is: “Of all my many murders, committed for love and for better reasons, the first was the most important.” But when a book really delivers on the … Continue reading →

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Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

Posted on November 11, 2016 by bseat

Scott Burroughs almost missed the plane. In fact he had expected it to have already left, but it was still sitting on the tarmac when he got out of his cab. It was bit embarrassing climbing aboard the private jet, … Continue reading →

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Dark Matter by Blake Crouch

Posted on October 21, 2016 by bseat

Have you ever wondered about the road not taken? I do! I wonder what would have happened if I had taken my speech professor’s advice and joined my college debate team. Would I have ended up where I am today … Continue reading →

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