Lee Rogers is a governor, now running for a Senate seat. He has a history of infidelity. And like any politician who manages to be successful despite some checkered behavior he has a good political fixer working behind the scenes.  For Lee, that’s Barton Brock. Brock is currently working hard on Rogers’ campaign when the Continue reading

Gina Royal, young and naive, thought she was living the ‘typical’ and expected life as a woman, married with two children.  But then her life was completely upset when a drunk driver drove his car into the wall of her attached garage … to reveal a horror she never imagined. Her quiet, often absent husband Continue reading

It is summer in northern Iceland, but the 24 hour sunlight is blotted out of the sky by an ash cloud from a recent volcanic eruption.  The darkness is a constant reminder of the darkness of the human heart. A man is found in a peaceful fjord, brutally beaten to death. Who is the dead Continue reading

This is my first foray into the Jack Stratton detective/thriller series.  This is the seventh book in the series and the ratings on Goodreads are quite stellar, so I was really looking forward to this. Jack Stratton is an ex-military, ex-police, private detective. Along with his fiancee Alice Campbell, they run a detective agency which Continue reading

I first discovered Icelandic author Arnaldur Indriðason about three years ago and I was immediately captivated by the tone of his novels and I’ve now got our small town library filled with his books. When I saw his name and this book available for request for reviewers, I was excited to make the request.  What Continue reading

Ellie Matthews is a criminologist now working as a professor at a local college. She recently assisted on a high-profile murder case, garnering some unwanted attention and now he’s happy to just get back to teaching. Despite her desire to hide in obscurity she agrees to an interview with a charming young student who says Continue reading