Posts labeled Thriller

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Review - That Little Book Shop in Rome where it's Easy to Murder Someone by Lee Quail

My rating: * * * * *

Adrian’s aunt Clarissa died and left him her bookshop in Rome. He isn’t sure why. On arriving, he meets the eccentric group of people who work in the shop and learns that Clarissa was, in fact, murdered because she and the others were on the trail of a ruthless human trafficking network with ties to the Vatican. Adrian can’t help looking into the problem, which puts him in the sights of people who will kill to keep their lucrative operation running.

Tags: Thriller

 

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Review - How Much For A Broken Heart? by RJ Scott

My rating: * * * * *

August blames himself for the death of a man he was hired to protect. The man’s daughter was also kidnapped in the assassination and August has spent the last two years undercover to take apart the criminal cartel, get to the mystery man behind it, and get the young girl back. Ryder and his partner are tasked with extracting the little girl once August confirms her location in a compound deep in a forest.

Tags: Contemporary Thriller

 

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Review - Desert Run by Marshall Thornton

My rating: * * * * *

Don has a gig playing the piano in a Palm Springs bar, in the off season. Don isn’t his real name. He’s been on the run after accidentally killing the son of a mobster in a bar fight back in Chicago. One night, a woman comes to the bar and takes Don back to her motel, where she eventually reveals she knows who he is. Don is on the run again with hired thugs on his heals.

Tags: Thriller 1970s

 

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Review - Fever by Jordan L. Hawk

My rating: * * * * *

Colin and his older brother Doug have been making a living as con men since they left home to escape from their abusive father. They’re in Seattle when the first miners return from the Klondike, laden with gold from the newly discovered strike. Doug instantly sees an opportunity for a new con and soon the brothers are on their way with a new mark. Getting to the Yukon as winter closes in proves harder than expected, but Colin makes friends with Steve and his family, who are also out to strike it rich.

Tags: Thriller Supernatural Historical Nineteenth Century

 

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Review - My Name Is Jimmy by Garrick Jones

My rating: * * * * *

Australian Jimmy and his best friend, Sandy, grew up together and are closer than brothers. At the start of World War II, the two enlisted. Jimmy got sent to Ceylon and then on to India and Southeast Asia. Sandy is posted to Darwin but then killed in the first big Japanese bombing in February 1942. After the war, Jimmy goes to Darwin to find out what happened to his friend.

Tags: Thriller Novella

 

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Review - How Much For The Whole Night? by RJ Scott

My rating: * * * * *

Josh is almost there. He’s been fighting with his ex-wife and her rich fiance for custody of his son, Ben. Tomorrow is the last day in court and Josh is confident the judge will find in his favor. He wants to celebrate, so Josh heads out to a gay bar hoping to find someone to scratch an itch he’s been ignoring for years. In the bar, Josh spots a man that’s everything he could want, physically.

Tags: Contemporary Thriller

 

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Review - Hostage to Fortune by L.M. Somerton

My rating: * * * * *

Milo is an extremely wealthy young man, or he will be in another year when he inherits the money his parents left to him after they were killed. Until then, he's under the thumb of his sadistic uncle, who seems to delight in inflicting the maximum amount of mental and physical pain on the young man. There's no escape, since Milo's uncle pays for the care of his twin brother, who was also injured in the crash that killed his parents.

Tags: D/s Thriller

 

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Review - Finished by Cara Dee

My rating: * * * * *

The operation to take out the mastermind of the human trafficking operation has gone sideways. Now, Gray is heading to the abandoned brothel, not knowing if Darius is alive or dead. Gray is sure the man who rescued him was the one he was going to spend the rest of his life with, so he has no idea what he'll do if Darius doesn't make it. It's time to put all his training to work.

Tags: Thriller

 

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Review - Played by Cara Dee

My rating: * * * * *

Darius has settled into life with Gray and their two adopted boys in the forest cabin he built. It was not at all how he saw his life going, but he wouldn't trade it for anything. However, there's still some unfinished business for the two men: tracking down the mastermind of the human trafficking ring that kidnapped Gray. That will help give the young man the closure he needs.

Tags: Thriller

 

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Review - The Job by Cara Dee

My rating: * * * * *

Case has been estranged from his adopted brother Boone for a few years, even though the two share parental responsibilities for the daughter of a friend who passed away. When their cousin Darius calls with a “job” for the two, Case is forced to admit he and Boone need to work together. Working together forces the brothers to face the issues that caused Case to pull away from Boone, but will they be able to sort out their differences?

Tags: Thriller