Occam’s Razor by Joe Clifford

Occam’s Razor by Joe Clifford

Rating: 5 stars.

Summary: Away from Cliffords great series featuring Jay Porter, Clifford takes mainly to steamy South Florida with ex college football star Oz who is asked by a long time family heir to get to the bottom her sons conviction in the killing of his niece. Things go downhill fast from there.

Comments: Money can buy you a lot of protection. Clifford nails the crime noir again.

Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks

Bobby March Will Live Forever by Alan Parks

Rating: 5 very hot and sweaty stars.

Summary: The third installment of the Harry McCoy Glasgow crime series. Glasgow is sweltering hot and Harry has his hands in many fires. Missing girls, drug dealers, dirty cops, and the ever present IRA.

Comments: Any crime fiction reader and Scottish Noir needs to read Alan Parks. A talent that I wait for each year. Absolutely must read. Thank you Netgalley and Cannongate for the early peak.

https://smile.amazon.com/Bobby-March-Forever-Harry-Thriller-ebook/dp/B07XC7ZLBF

The Broken Places by Ace Atkins

The Broken Places by Ace Atkins

Rating: 5 flood and tornado stars

Summary: A couple of really bad guys escape from Parchman and make a beeline for Jericho to recover some stolen loot they stole before going to the pen. As always many plot lines follow and really open up the series to what it has become, one of favorite reading series. 

Comments: What makes this a really fun book is the badness of the two convicts. Some nastiness ensues. Great book again! 

https://www.amazon.com/Broken-Places-Quinn-Colson-Novel-ebook/dp/B00AI52PAK

Cold Water by Tom Pitts

Cold Water by Tom Pitts

3 bad neighbor stars.

Summary: A tight knit crime noir about a family that is dragged into a group of drug addicts who are squatting in a empty house across the street.

Comments. You are only one bad neighbor from a move.

Black Cherry Blues by James Lee Burke

Rating: 5 Big Sky Stars
Summary: In the third Robicheaux installment Dave is asked by a friend to look into a murder of a couple on the bayou docks. Dave quickly figure the two bad guys are held up in a local hotel. He is then accused of murdering one of the bad guys. Dave fleas the charges of murder to Montana to clear his name.

Comments: Nothing I will ever say will compare to Burke’s poetic narrative. Great reading.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Cherry-Blues-Novel-Robicheaux-ebook/dp/B005HF9I10

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. 👍