The Paladin by David Ignatius

The Paladin by David Ignatius

Rating: 5 deep fake stars

Summary: CIA agent Micheal Dunne is tasked by his superior to look into a group of hackers capable of creating deep fake events to harm the country. Dunne is quickly compromised and is accused of spying on American journalists. After a year in jail Dunne wants his accusers caught and his family back. Getting both done turns very high tech gizzmo complicated.

Comments: A top notch spy thriller from the very best around. Thank you to WW Norton and Netgalley for a fine highly recommended read.

https://smile.amazon.com/Paladin-Spy-Novel-David-Ignatius-ebook/dp/B07ZTSLKMM

Plender by Ted Lewis

Plender by Ted Lewis

Rating: 4 blackmailing stars

Summary: A tightly wound narrative told by two main characters that have a long tawdry history together. Now adults Plender has turned private detective and expert user of blackmail to achieve his desired results.

Comments: Ted Lewis is greatly missed and can seriously write a crime tale. 

https://www.amazon.com/Plender-Ted-Lewis-ebook/dp/B00UVLR0JM

The Poison Garden by Alex Marwood

The Poison Garden by Alex Marwood

Rating: 5 cult stars

Summary: A mass suicide of a cult group sets off a series of events to uncover who the One is. Told expertly from the past and present tense tells the tale of three siblings who survived the mass killing.

Comments: Marwood digs deep into cults and the culture of there beliefs and does brilliant page turner of a story. Really enjoyable and a bit surprising finale.

https://smile.amazon.com/Poison-Garden-Novel-Alex-Marwood-ebook/dp/B07QXG62YB

The Wild One by Nick Petrie

The Wild One by Nick Petrie

Rating: 5 Viking stars

Summary: Peter Ash the now well developed character in the Petrie series is asked to look for a young boy who his a Grandmother believes is still alive possibly in Iceland. A great mix of back and forth from one year ago to the present tells this story in a creative style most enjoy. Peter is extremely relentless and still deals with a high degree of “static.”

Comments: Skol Vikings!

Remain Silent by Susie Steiner

Remain Silent by Susie Steiner
Rating 5 EE stars

Summary: Migrant workers are being transported to England for work no one else wants to do. Living in awful conditions while there money earned is taken from them and trapping them in inhuman conditions. When DI Bradshaw finds a body in a park swinging from the trees she is called back into action to solve this odd looking suicide. Bradshaws complicated life leads to a terrific crime novel.

Comments: Steiner is at her best here. Social commentary within the novel is spot on and I was nodding away as the pages turned. I hope Ms.Steiner the best of health and recovery. She’s delightful crime writer. 👍

Robert B Parker’s Angel Eyes, by Ace Atkins

Robert B Parker’s Angel Eyes by Ace Atkins

Rating: 4 stars

Summary: Spenser is sent out to the West coast to search for a missing Boston hopeful actress. Plenty of quick Spenser quips and a fun little cast of Spenser helpers.

Comments: Those Hollywood gurus need watching over. Watch Bikram on Netflix

Unspeakable Things by Jess Laurey

Unspeakable Things by Jess Laurey 

Rating: 5 excellent stars!

Summary: A young teenage farm girl growing up with an eccentric father in beautiful central Minnesota narrates this crime novel where boys are being abducted and released by an unknown suspect. Based on the true crime events surrounding Jacob Wetterling and the odd happenings of the late 80’s. If you have liked Mindy Mejia and C J Tudor novels this one will excite you. 

Comments: Avoid peaking through the barn slats, and basements with dirt floors. Just saying!

https://www.amazon.com/Unspeakable-Things-Jess-Lourey-ebook/dp/B07P5BPVGM

The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins

The Lost Ones by Ace Atkins

Rating: 5 star 

Summary: In the second Quinn Colson series installment, Quinn is now the reigning sheriff in rural Mississippi. Quinn up to his eyeballs with gun runners, baby trafficking, and women. What could go wrong? 

Comments: I am enjoying the back reads I missed since coming to read Atkins. He will submerse you in rural a south culture and not hold back. Please take sometime to get to this wonderful reading crime series. It’s some of the best offerings today.   

https://smile.amazon.com/Lost-Ones-Quinn-Colson-Novel-ebook/dp/B0074VTGUS

Heaven’s Prisoners by James Lee Burke

Heaven’s Prisoner by James Lee Burke

Rating: 5 stars

Summary: The second novel by Burke has Robicheaux and his wife back in the bayou and witnessing     a plane crash where Dave saves a little girls life. The girl becomes a major character in Burke’s series and still is written today. Dave fights heart break and loss and finds no peace. A great novel.

Comments: Priceless reading for genre characters. 

 https://smile.amazon.com/Heavens-Prisoners-Dave-Robicheaux-Book-ebook/dp/B003V1WUNK 

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke

The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke

Rating: 5 stars

Summary: The beginning of the Burke detective Dave Robicheaux series. Simply the most immersive reading you’ll do, podna. Must read.

Comments. Getting back to the beginning for 2020. Must read author for any crime reader.