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A Hole In The World
Review by Diane H, Reviewer Last updated on 28 Oct 2021 My Recommendation Cities disappear in this spinoff from the Sky series, A Hole in the World. The tale is a military thriller with a supernatural twist. I’m not sure if it is because I jumped into this series late, but A Hole in the World is a miss for me. About half the time, I needed a map to figure out what was going on. The other half, I didn’t care. The frequent run-on sentences didn’t help.
Alien: Review: Aliens: Infiltrator
by Weston Ochse Titan Books, out now Pala Station – on the outskirts of known space for a very good reason. Here Weyland-Yutani experiment on the Xenomorphs… Sometimes when a book is a prequel or otherwise connected to a game, there’s a feel that you’re getting a guided tour of the locale in which it’s set, but the story itself is secondary, and you come away feeling a bit dissatisfied. That’s not the case with Weston Ochse’s first full length contribution to the Alien saga.
Aliens: Infiltrator
Description The official prequel to the new Alien video game from Cold Iron Studios. Dr. Timothy Hoenikker arrives on Pala Station, a Weyland-Yutani facility. Lured there by the promise of alien artifacts, instead he finds a warped bureaucracy and staff of misfits testing the effects of Xenomorph bio-materials on living creatures. Unbeknownst to the personnel, however, there is an infiltrator among them whose actions could spell disaster.
The Upcoming 'Aliens: Fireteam' Video Game is Getting a Prequel Novel With 'Aliens: Infiltrator'!
While we wait for the new video game Aliens: Fireteam from Cold Iron Studios, set for release this summer, we’ve learned today that the game is getting its own prequel novel.
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BONE CHASE | Kirkus Reviews
Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been.
Book Review: Three-Fifths by John Vercher
By Gabino Iglesias September 9, 2019 Three-Fifths John Vercher September 10, 2019 John Vercher’s debut, Three-Fifths, is about a biracial black man, passing for white, who is forced to confront the lies of his past while facing the truth of his present when his best friend, just released from prison, involves him in a hate crime. John Vercher had a lot on his back with the release of Three-Fifths.
Book Review: The Bitterroots by C.J. Box
By Gabino Iglesias September 5, 2019 The Bitterroots C.J. Box August 13, 2019 Venture to the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana in The Bitterroots from New York Times bestselling and Edgar Award-winning author C. J. Box.
Book Review: Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
By Ray Palen September 3, 2019 Someone We Know Shari Lapena July 30, 2019 Someone We Know is a new domestic suspense thriller from New York Times bestselling author Shari Lapena, where a murder shakes a quiet NY community that might have some dark secrets among neighbors. Shari Lapena has mastered the domestic suspense subgenre with her unnerving thrillers, and her latest, Someone We Know, is no exception.
Book Review: Too Close by Natalie Daniels
Too Close Natalie Daniels July 9, 2019 Too Close by Natalie Daniels is a haunting, edge-of-your-seat debut psychological thriller about a woman who has been institutionalized for a heinous crime and the psychiatrist assigned to her case who must uncover the truth beneath the madness. Natalie Daniels’s Too Close is a fine psychological thriller that delves into the darkest corners of friendship and marriage.
Book Review: The First Mistake by Sandie Jones — Criminal Element
The First Mistake Sandie Jones June 11, 2019 The First Mistake by Sandie Jones is an addictively readable new domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and the woman who is supposedly her best friend. I was blown away by Sandie Jones’ first book, The Other Woman. I’m a jaded reader that likes to think I’ve seen every twist there is, but I didn’t see the twist coming in The Other Woman, and the book’s female empowerment angle really gave me hope.
Book Review: This Storm by James Ellroy
This Storm James Ellroy June 4, 2019 This Storm by James Ellroy is a massive novel of World War II Los Angeles—when torrential rainstorms hit the city, a body is unearthed in Griffith Park. The cops rate it a routine dead-man job. They’re grievously wrong. I’ve been reading the Demon Dog of American Literature since I stumbled across The Black Dahlia in 1987. Stuck in the American Midwest, James Ellroy offered me a view of 1940s Los Angeles that was immediately etched into my psyche.
Book Review: Hipster Death Rattle by Richie Narvaez
Hipster Death Rattle Richie Narvaez March 11, 2019 Filled with a cast of colorful characters and told with sardonic wit, Hipster Death Rattle by Richie Narvaez is a fast-moving, intricately plotted debut novel that plays out against a backdrop of rapid gentrification, skyrocketing rents, and class tension in New York City.
Book Review: Miraculum by Steph Post
Miraculum Steph Post January 22, 2019 Miraculum is Steph Post’s new novel about a tattooed snake charmer, Ruby Chole, who works in her father’s carnival. Ruby is attracted to Daniel, a new employee of the carnival, though his timing is troubling. Arriving immediately after tragedy strikes, Daniel appears to be connected to the recent calamity and may be keeping other secrets of his own. Pushcart Prize nominee Steph Post, for good reason, has a sterling reputation in the crime fiction community.
Book Review: The Coronation by Boris Akunin
By Doreen Sheridan February 13, 2019 The Coronation Boris Akunin Erast Fandorin Mystery Series #7 February 5, 2019 In The Coronation, Boris Akunin’s seventh novel in the Erast Fandorin Mystery series, the Russian detective and his sidekick, Masa, investigate the kidnapping of a Grand Duke Georgii Alexandrovich’s four-year-old child at the coronation of Tsar Nicholas II. Matters are only made worse when the family receives the ransom request—an enormous diamond from a royal scepter.
Book Review: Once A Liar by A.F. Brady
By Weston Ochse February 12, 2019 Once a Liar A.F. Brady January 29, 2019 Once A Liar is A.F. Brady’s thriller about a high-powered sociopath who meets his reckoning when he’s accused of the brutal murder of his mistress. High-powered Manhattan Defense Attorney Peter Caine is as unlikable as he is compelling. I wasn’t sure I’d like the author’s choice for the main character until I realized that she’d surrounded him with characters possessing even less humanity and compassion.
Alex Michaelides
Join Alex Michaelides, debut author of The Silent Patient, as he lists his five favorite films that were adapted from thrillers! I love the combination of cinema and literature. I studied English Literature and was a screenwriter before writing my first novel, The Silent Patient—a psychological thriller about a woman who shoots her husband five times and then never speaks again.
Book Review: The Black Ascot by Charles Todd
By Eleanor Kuhns February 5, 2019 The Black Ascot Charles Todd Inspector Ian Rutledge Series February 5, 2019 Scotland Yard’s Ian Rutledge seeks a killer who has eluded Scotland Yard for years in The Black Ascot by Charles Todd, the 21st installment of the acclaimed New York Times-bestselling series. A chance meeting with a released convict gives Rutledge a clue to the whereabouts of Alan Barrington, an escaped murderer who has been missing since the Black Ascot.
Book Review: No Exit by Taylor Adams — Criminal Element
No Exit Taylor Adams January 15, 2019 No Exit by Taylor Adams is about four strangers, a blizzard, a kidnapped child, and a determined young woman desperate to unmask and outwit a vicious psychopath. What would you do if you were snowed in at a rest stop and someone, out of the four other people snowed in with you, had a little girl in a cage in his van outside?
Book Review: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
By Weston Ochse February 4, 2019 The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides February 5, 2019 Alex Michaelides’ debut psychological thriller, The Silent Patient, tracks one woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive… Doctor, heal thyself, seems to be the overarching theme of this new, incredibly sly psychological thriller. The narrative is presented from the point of view of an emotionally fragile protagonist, psychotherapist Theo Faber.
Five Books About Heroes Who Shouldn’t Babysit Your Kitten
Who doesn’t like kittens? Kittens are what cats used to be before the irony of a two-legged universe got to them, making them the moody judgmental purring balls of fur they are today. Kittens are fun. Kittens are daring. Kittens are little evil feline ninjas with razor teeth and spikey claws. Kittens wake up every morning and treat the world like it’s their own personal frat house and the air is spiked with catnip. I love kittens. I also love me righteous protagonists in books and comics.
House of Small Spiders
Some houses never have a soul. It’s not their fault. It’s just the way it is. For a soul to be born to a house, almost too many things have to happen. Three or more families have to have lived there. Someone has to die in the house. Blood has to be spilled. And something, even if it’s just an idea, has to be born in the house. You can always tell when a house has a soul because of the small spiders. They’re everywhere, non-obtrusive, and ever watchful.
Review: The Darkest Time of Night by Jeremy Finley
The Darkest Time of Night by Jeremy Finley is a fast-paced debut thriller full of suspense and government cover-ups, which explores what happens to people’s lives when our world intersects with the unexplainable. We had an event called the Pinewood Derby back when I was in Boy Scouts. We were encouraged to build a car from balsa wood to an exact form, add weights, wheels, and paint it to our liking. Then, we’d race our creation to see how well it could do against the other balsa creations.
5 New Books to Read this Week: June 26, 2018
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! This week, Jeremy Finley’s excellent debut combines with Paul Tremblay’s terrifying new novel to highlight a crazy week of books! See what else we’re reading: When the seven-year-old grandson of U.S. Senator vanishes in the woods behind his home, the only witness is his older brother who whispers, “The...
Grunt Hero author Weston Ochse on the ancient art of writing trilogies
I grew up reading The Bobbsey Twins, Tom Swift Jr, Nancy Drew, and The Hardy Boys. These mysteries were packaged by the Stratemeyer Syndicate and specifically targeted kids. Like many of my contemporaries, I liked reading these books because they were about kids like me solving fantastic mysteries. I fell in love with the characters, following them from book to book.
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