Category Archives: Crime, Mystery and Thrillers

Quest for Kriya – Rahul Deokar

Posted on August 23, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Her aroma engulfed him, enticing him to stay. A few seconds seemed like an eternity, but still not enough. Strangers that they were, they stood lost in each other anyway, holding their longing gaze for some … Continue reading →

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Disillusioned – Christy Barritt

Posted on August 20, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Nikki Wright is desperately looking for help for her traumatised brother, who escaped from a detainment camp run by terrorists in Colombia and is now undergoing  an extreme case of PTSD. Or is it really the … Continue reading →

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Friendly Fire- John Gilstrap

Posted on August 5, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) In a fit of rage and as an act of vengeance, Barista boy Ethan Falk stabs a customer to death. On his arrest, he tells an eleven year old implausible story of kidnap and molestation where … Continue reading →

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Deception Island – Brynn Kelly

Posted on July 29, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A kidnapped son. A soldier with a haunted and tainted past. A cornered con woman looking to leave her past behind. A deadly game that has head, heart and lives at stake. The happiest days for … Continue reading →

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Outsider in Amsterdam (Amsterdam Cops) – Janwillem Van De Wetering

Posted on July 26, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “ “Papuans…He saw the wild men from the early ages who once populated the swamp that, now, today, was called Holland.” Today in 1970’s Amsterdam, most have learned about these people from the Dutch colony of … Continue reading →

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Someone Must Die – Sharon Potts

Posted on July 21, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Aubrey Lynd has always lived her life in blessed ignorance, clinging to the illusion of a protective bubble wrap. And then, her nephew is kidnapped from the middle of a carnival while he was with his … Continue reading →

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Seconds to Live – Melinda Leigh

Posted on July 1, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Everyone has a past to run from. Wildlife biologist Mac Barrett is no different from the norm. He returns from Brazil with a physical scare and a secret in heart and ends up in a car … Continue reading →

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Time to Run: Part One (Nick of Time) – John Gilstrap

Posted on June 25, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A young woman, on the verge of dying, decides to take a last joyride with a man who is killing more than time. John Gilstrap has made a name in crime thrillers so I had really high … Continue reading →

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The Jolly Coroner: A Picaresque Novel- Quentin Canterel

Posted on June 4, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Finally, a novel that encompasses what I  enjoy most in a read… “If we can get the news stations interested, maybe we could find something that would lead to the closing down of a prostitution ring and … Continue reading →

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Most Wanted – Lisa Scottoline

Posted on May 24, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Christine always wanted to have a family of her own – a husband whom she loved and who loved her back and the children they would have together. What she never imagined was that her husband might end … Continue reading →

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