Reviews of true crime, investigative primers, and crime fiction
Reviews
Review: “Gone Before Goodbye,” by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben
Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben team up to create a thriller with a gritty, grief-stricken heroine. by Sara Beth West... Read More
Review: “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” by James McBride
A neighborhood unites to protect a child in James McBride’s The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. by Ed Tarkington & Chapter16.org... Read More
Review: “A Very Bad Thing,” by J.T. Ellison
A literary star’s death reveals dangerous secrets in J.T. Ellison’s latest thriller. by Faye Jones & Chapter16.org A Very Bad Thing By J.T. Ellison. Thomas & Mercer. 495 pages. $28.99. A Very Bad Thing, the latest thriller from Nashvillian J. T.... Read More
Review: “Smoking Guns: 12 Original Tales of Crime and Mystery”
Smoking Guns delivers a dozen tales of murder and more. by Billy Kilgore & Chapter16.org Smoking Guns: 12 Original Tales of... Read More
Review: “Code Name: Pale Horse: How I Went Undercover to Expose America’s Nazis”
Scott Payne delivers a riveting account of going undercover with homegrown extremists. by Hamilton Cain & Chapter16.org Code Name: Pale Horse:... Read More
Review: “We Would Never”
In Tova Mirvis’ We Would Never, a terrible crime tests a tight-knit family. by Sara Beth West & Chapter16.org We Would Never By Tova Mirvis. Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster. 368 pages. $28.99. “People liked to make all kinds of... Read More
Things I Loved in 2024
Pursuit‘s managing editor shares her favorite spy- and crime-adjacent books, shows, and movies from this year. This year, I dove... Read More
Review: “The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries,” Edited by Michael Sims
Michael Sims’ latest anthology of short fiction presents antique whodunit gems. by Chris Scott & Chapter16.org The Penguin Book of Murder... Read More