Books by Kevin O'Brien and Complete Book Reviews
Kevin O'Brien, Author . Pinnacle $6.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7394-2558-9
O'Brien (The Next to Die) lashes out against religious hypocrisy once again in this slight but spooky tale of a serial killer who makes martyrs out of his victims. The book opens when a love-starved older woman returns to a seedy motel for one...
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Kevin O'Brien, Author . Pinnacle $6.99 (443p) ISBN 978-0-7860-1775-1
Bestselling author O'Brien's latest is a fast-paced thriller that unfortunately suffers from a slight case of predictability. O'Brien's heroine, Gillian McBride, is herself a midlist Seattle writer of serial killer books. Her...
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Kevin O'Brien, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $6.99 (413p) ISBN 978-0-7860-1237-4
O'Brien (Only Son) mixes show-business intrigue with taut psychological suspense in a clever Hollywood-based thriller that would translate well into film. Attorney Sean Olson, who is struggling to support her two children and terminally ill husband,
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Kevin O'Brien, Author St. Martin's Press $16.95 (290p) ISBN 978-0-312-00393-7
Set against the backdrop of the theater and film worlds, this first novel wavers between taking itself seriously and descending to the level of a trashy read. The book traces the careers of a pair of young actors, Bobby Pierce and Lisa Weller,...
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Kevin O'Brien, Author Kensington Publishing Corporation $21.95 (304p) ISBN 978-1-57566-091-2
Despite some awkward moments, O'Brien's compassionate approach to a rather pedestrian kidnapping story makes this first novel surprisingly engaging. Carl Jorgenson is a happily married young office worker living in Portland when his pregnant wife...
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Kevin O'Brien, Author . Pinnacle $7.99 (406p) ISBN 978-0-7860-2136-9
Deftly woven plot twists save bestseller O'Brien's latest serial killer novel from predictability. The “Mama's Boy” killer spent two years kidnapping Seattle mothers and murdering them in front of their young sons; then he
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