Monthly Archives: March 2022

Peter Swanson’s New Thriller Riffs On a Mystery Classic

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Bruce DeSilva

The elderly owner of a decaying hotel in Kennewick, Maine, is shoved to the ground, dragged to a tidal pool, and held there face down until he drowns. When police arrive, they find a crumpled piece of paper clutched in … Continue reading →

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My Review of Phillip Margolin’s Dreary New “Thriller”

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Bruce DeSilva

Plot elements in The Darkest Place, Phillip Margolin’s fifth legal thriller featuring Portland, Oregon, lawyer Robbin Lockwood, include a bitter divorce, a looted investment firm, a surrogate mother who wants her baby back, a kidnapping, a pair of thuggish debt … Continue reading →

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My Review of Alex Finlay’s “Night Shift”

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Bruce DeSilva

New Year’s Eve, 1999. Four teenage girls working late at a video store in Linden, New Jersey, are savagely attacked. Only one, Ella Monroe, survives, and she is still haunted by what the killer whispered as he stabbed her. “Goodnight, … Continue reading →

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