Detective Lindsay Boxer has one of her strangest cases begin with a very different type of bombing that opens “Unlucky 13,” the newest installment of the Women’s Murder Club. Yuki, on her honeymoon with her new husband in Alaska, becomes a hostage when terrorists attack the ship they are on while Claire and Cindy, the other two members have their own conflicts unfold. “Unlucky 13” like the other novels in the series is rapidly paced to its final conclusion. The novel has many twists and turns to keep readers turning pages until the end. “Unlucky 13” is a great addition to this popular series.
Unlucky 13
James Patterson & Maxine Paetro
Little Brown and Company
c/o Hachette Book Group USA
237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
9780316211291, $28.00 www.amazon.com
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Robert B. Parker’s: Cheap Shot – A Spenser Novel
It is always hard for another author to take over a series after the original author dies. Ace Atkins in “Robert B. Parker’s Cheap Shot A Spenser Novel” shows why he was a perfect choice to continue the Spenser novels. He captures the feel of Spenser with witty dialogue, fast pacing and a plot of a football player’s son who is kidnapped that is a lot more complicated than it first appears to be. Spenser is hired by the father to investigate and hopefully bring back the son. In typical fashion Spenser deals with many interesting characters as he gets involved in the case. Fans of the Spenser novels will love “Cheap Shot”.
Ace Atkins
Putnam
c/o Penguin Group USA
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
9780399161582, $26.95, www.amazon.com
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Only Time Will Tell
Archer novels have always been interesting reading but “Only Time Will Tell” begins the Clifton Chronicles that ranks as Archer’s best work. The story begins in with two British families, the Barringtons and the Clifton 1919. The main characters of the Barringtons are Hugo, Elizabeth, Giles and Emma. The Cliftons are Maisie, Stanley, and Harry. As the novel opens Harry and Giles become friends at a school they both attend. It is at a birthday celebration of Giles at his home where Harry first meets Giles’ father, who despises Harry. It is also when Emma and Harry first meet. From around the end of the first world war to the year 1940, the novel moves along with solid writing and great character development to its final cliff hanger ending, leaving the door open for many other books about these two families. Fans of Downton Abbey should read and enjoy the series that begins with “Only Time Will Tell.”
Jeffery Archer
St Martin’s Press
175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
9780312539566, $9.99, www.amazon.com
