The instantly believable and deeply touching way that Hightower maneuvers her private detective Lena Padget through the dangerous clichés of working on the same case as her policeman lover, Continue reading »
Woman's intuition takes on the power of Satan in this hokey but entertaining thriller set in Tennessee and Kentucky. Lena Padget's life changed drastically seven years ago, when her brother-in-law, Continue reading »
In this stygian chiller, Shamus Award-winning Hightower (Satan's Lambs) introduces hardworking Cincinnati homicide cop Sonora Blair, a single mom of two who is stalked by a female serial killer Continue reading »
At certain moments, Cincinnati homicide detective Sonora Blair hates her job. One of those moments comes while interviewing Butch Winchell about his missing wife, Julia: while studying pictures of Continue reading »
At the start of this gut-wrenching police procedural from Shamus Award winner Hightower (Satan's Lambs, etc.), Cincinnati homicide cop Sonora Blair and her partner, Sam Delarosa, must investigate a Continue reading »
Horror fans will best appreciate this solid paranormal thriller from Shamus Award–winner Hightower (Satan’s Lambs). Recently divorced Olivia James is preparing to leave California with her Continue reading »
A tortuous plot and shallow characters mar this psychological thriller from Hightower (The Piper). Joy Miller, a former TV evangelist based in Lexington, Ky., is distraught to receive a Continue reading »
Tuck (Sisters) draws on the true story of a Polish Catholic girl who died in Auschwitz in her unflinching latest. The reader first meets Czeslawa Kwoka shortly before the German Continue reading »
Filmmaker and novelist Sayles (Jamie McGillivray) offers an electrifying and convincing chronicle of resistance among Indigenous students at the Carlisle Industrial School in Continue reading »
Newlands debuts with a stirring portrait of a 14-year-old neurodivergent Scottish girl dealing with grief and restlessness. It’s 1994, and Cora Mowat dreams of leaving dull Continue reading »
Venezuelan writer Sainz Borgo (It Would Be Night in Caracas) serves up a rich and lyrical tale of desperation and redemption, set during an outbreak of a plague that causes Continue reading »