Category Archives: Mystery

The Hand That Feeds You by A. J. Rich

Posted on November 6, 2015 by bseat

Morgan Prager, a masters student at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has been working on her thesis exploring the idea that identifying what makes a victim could help change the definition of a predator.  To that end she … Continue reading →

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The Investigation by J.M.Lee, Translated by Chi-Young Kim

Posted on October 23, 2015 by bseat

“Life may not have a purpose. But death requires clarity-not to prove that death occurred but for the benefit of those who survive.” And Yuichi Watanabe a Japanese soldier and prison guard during WWII, who is now charged as a … Continue reading →

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Alibi by Joseph Kanon

Posted on October 16, 2015 by bseat

Adam MIller is desperately tired. As a US Army War Crimes investigator he has been working in Germany to bring the Nazis to justice, but it has taken its toll and he struggles with the enormity of the evil he … Continue reading →

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The Murderer’s Daughter by Jonathan Kellerman

Posted on October 2, 2015 by bseat

Prolific authors can sometimes be intimidating, especially if they write a series. Although you might want to read their books it is hard not to feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of books you will need to read!  Kellerman is … Continue reading →

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Perfidia by James Ellroy

Posted on September 25, 2015 by bseat

The reading life sometimes raises interesting conundrums. Originally, I believed that once I started a book I should finish it.  Just like the “clean plate” rule my parents instilled in me for eating food, I approached my reading in the … Continue reading →

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The Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger

Posted on September 18, 2015 by bseat

Agnes, watched from a deep hedge while a nobly born woman was brutally murdered. The man who did it seemed familiar to Agnes but she can’t quite place him. There is no doubt the man was after something because after … Continue reading →

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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and Translated by Ken Liu

Posted on September 4, 2015 by bseat

The search for alien life has been going on for more than thirty years, but if you are like me you don’t think about it about it very much, except when you watch the movie Independence Day and see the … Continue reading →

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All The Old Knives by Olen Steinhauer

Posted on August 28, 2015 by bseat

Six years after the dreadful hijacking in Vienna and the resulting loss of life of those on the plane, Henry Pelham is traveling to California to visit, Celia, a former colleague and lover who was working in Vienna with him … Continue reading →

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Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng

Posted on August 21, 2015 by bseat

“Lydia is dead. But they don’t know this yet.” And with these two sentences we dive deep into the life of a family, who until this moment do not realize how broken they are. The Lee’s are a Chinese American … Continue reading →

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Heresy by S. J. Parris

Posted on July 24, 2015 by bseat

Bruno Giordano, a former priest and now excommunicant, has been running from the Inquisition in Italy because of his proclivity for reading books that are considered heretical, like Erasmus’ Commentaries or Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. Finally, after many narrow escapes … Continue reading →

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