Claire’s Top 5 Picks
- ‘Phantom Instinct’ by Meg Gardiner
- ‘Deserves to Die’ by Lisa Jackson
- ‘The American Mission’ by Mathew Palmer
- ‘Bones Never Lie’ by Kathy Reichs
- ‘Leaving Tomorrow’ by David Bergen
‘Phantom Instinct’ by Meg Gardiner – This is a new stand-alone thriller from this popular author. An injured cop and an ex-thief hunt down a killer no one else believes exists. Lots of twists and turns right up to the very end of the novel. A good read.
‘Deserves to Die’ by Lisa Jackson – Detectives Selena Alvarex and Regan Pescoli are struggling with a new commander and a department in the midst of upheaval. It’s the worst possible time for a homicide. A body has been found, missing a finger, which usually means a murderer with a personal grudge. But then a second body turns up, bearing the same mark…
‘The American Mission’ by Matthew Palmer – This book kept me reading far into the night, I really enjoyed it. Alex Baines, former rising star of the State Department, receives a call from his old mentor with an incredible opportunity to start over, restoring both his security clearances and his reputation. But the job proves to be not quite what Alex imagined when he finds a shady US-based mining company everywhere he turns. As violence escalates, Alex struggles to balance the best interests of the United States with the fate of the Congo and its people.
‘Bones Never Lie’ by Kathy Reichs – A great story in which forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan engages in a battle of wits against the most monstrous adversary she’s ever seen. It’s the nightmare scenario—a serial killer is on the loose and is targeting children. As Tempe’s past and present collide in this nail-biting chase to stop the deadliest and most elusive of predators, Brennan has to draw her bitter ex-partner out of exile, keep the local and state police from one another’s throats and face more than just her own demons.
‘Leaving Tomorrow’ by David Bergen – This Canadian author has written a thoughtful, tender, often wry novel of growing up and falling in love. With the author’s trademark elegant prose and incisive characterizations, he has created a wise and hopeful character and an emotionally powerful story about being young and finding oneself.
