Thriller
Excerpt: The Degrees of Barley Lick by Susan Flanagan
Starr Sign by C.S. O’Cinneide
Season of Smoke by A.G. Pasquella
Her Irish Boyfriend by Chuck Bowie
Scorpion Scheme by Melissa Yi
You Were Never Here by Kathleen Peacock
Operation Wormwood: The Reckoning by Helen C. Escott
The long-awaited sequel to Operation Wormwood (2018, Flanker Press), The Reckoning concludes the story of a disease that appears to only target pedophiles and is accredited to God by those of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Dark August by Katie Tallo
At the beginning of Dark August, 20-year-old Augusta “Gus” Monet learns that her great-grandmother Rose has died. The death of her only blood relative galvanizes Gus to take charge of her meandering life. She ditches her petty criminal boyfriend Lars … Continue reading
Messenger 93 by Barbara Radecki
Barbara Radecki’s sophomore novel, Messenger 93, opens with a flutter of information. A mind-bending conversation with a crow kicks off the absorbing thriller, and cryptic messages, hidden clues, and uncertain instructions become the norm in M, the narrator’s, life. … Continue reading
Access Point by Tom Gabbay
Operation Vanished by Helen C. Escott
Helen C. Escott’s Operation Vanished follows closely on the heels of her bestselling Atlantic Canadian thriller Operation Wormwood (2018, Flanker Press). While that book dealt with an investigation by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, Operation Vanished has the RCMP investigating some … Continue reading
Blindshot by Denis Coupal
On the cover of Blindshot is the silhouette of a crow, which is significant for, near the beginning of the story, a crow flies into the massive window of Valhalla, the country estate of Paul and Catherine Carignan, located in … Continue reading