Tag Archives: Serial killers
Susan Whitfield. Sin Creek. London, TX: L&L Dreamspell, 2011.
When she’s called to investigate a murder on the UNC-Wilmington campus, Logan Hunter certainly doesn’t look the part of a tough and capable SBI Agent. Clad in high heels and a silk dress, she comes straight from her own bridal … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Coast, Mystery, New Hanover, Novels in Series, Suspense/Thriller, Whitfield, Susan
Dixie Land. Deadly Beauty. Kernersville, NC: Alabaster Books, 2010.
Diana thought her troubles were over when Ashley Marsh was sent to a mental hospital at the end of Deadly Company. Free from Ashley’s threats, Diana is able to build a happy life in Greensboro, North Carolina with her new … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Guilford, Land, Dixie, Piedmont, Suspense/Thriller
Lawrence Thackston. The Devil’s Courthouse. Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2010.
“I’m telling ya, there’s something screwy going on in our little corner of the wild kingdom.” These words, from forest ranger Lem Astin, are a light-hearted understatement. In the spring of 1974 several grizzly murders occur in Great Smoky Mountains. … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Jackson, Mitchell, Mountains, Suspense/Thriller, Swain, Thackston, Lawrence, Transylvania
Rose Senehi. The Wind in the Woods. Vilas, NC: Canterbury House Publishing, 2010.
Jack “Tiger” Morrison is an honorable man. He has balanced the competing demands of family and his strong environmental creed. Together, he and his wife, Susan, created a family and started a successful camp for children in North Carolina’s Green … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Henderson, Mountains, Senehi, Rose, Suspense/Thriller
Wyatt Harvey. Blood Rains: A Mick Priest Novel. New York: Eloquent Books, 2009.
Mikhael (Mick) Priest has a fabulous spread in Durham County–a large chateau on ten acres, with room for horses. Good work for a private detective turned novelist. Mick is proud of what he has achieved through hard work, patience, and … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Coast, Harvey, Wyatt, Mystery, New Hanover, Suspense/Thriller
Bryan Gilmer. Felonious Jazz. United States: Laurel Bluff Books, 2009.
Leonard Noblac’s career as a musician peaked in the early 1980s, but he hoped that his music would again be appreciated if he just kept at it. Leaving New York City was not the best career move, but when his … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2009, Gilmer, Bryan, Piedmont, Suspense/Thriller, Wake
Tom Wicker. The Judgment. New York: William Sloane Associates, 1961.
Beware the handsome stranger. On a winter night a good looking young man shows up in a small North Carolina town. He has a winning manner, but when bad things begin to happen in the town, some come to suspect … Continue reading
Michael Malone. First Lady. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, 2001.
When a pair of teenagers found the body of a young woman in the woods on the north side of the Piedmont town of Hillston, there was a tag was affixed to her foot. The tag was addressed to Lt. … Continue reading
James Patterson. Kiss the Girls. Boston: Little, Brown, 1995.
As an expert in abnormal psychology working for the FBI, Dr. Alex Cross is used to calmly solving gruesome crimes, but in Kiss the Girls the case is personal. His niece–a law student at Duke–is kidnapped while on campus, and … Continue reading
Filed under 1990-1999, 1995, Durham, Novels in Series, Orange, Patterson, James, Piedmont, Suspense/Thriller
Kay Hooper. Blood Sins. New York: Bantam Books, 2009.
Reverend Adam Samuel is using his psychic powers to kill women and, perhaps, to endanger the whole world. The FBI Special Crimes Unit, under Noah Bishop, tries to put a stop to Father Samuel’s villainy. Bishop recruits Tessa Gray, an … Continue reading
