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Title: Death Unmasked Author: Rick Sulik Genre: Fiction, Crime, Murder Pages: 265 Publisher: Christopher  Matthews Publishing Rating: 3.8/5 Death Unmasked  by Rick Sulik is a story about reincarnation and revenge and personally, I love this combination! Add some murders and a few chases and you have my attention, alright! Sean Jamison is a Homicide detective in Houston and is about to get retired when there is an urgent serial killing case that requires his expertise. While on the case, Sean realizes that he was Emil in his previous birth and both his wife and he were killed in the most brutal way as a result of being war prisoners. As he is desperate to find his beloved in this reincarnation, there are women being murdered in Houston and a lock of hair seem to be missing from each of them. The murderer has a final strike to make before he leaves town but will Sean and his team be able to stop him? Will Sean finally be...

Title: Origin Author: Dan Brown Genre: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery Pages: 544 Publisher: Bantam Press (Penguin Random House) Rating: 4/5 Although I wasn't the first ones to pre order this book, I had   Origin   on the top of my TBR since I knew of its publishing date. I got it on time and the sight of the large hardcover stirred up my reader's appetite and before I knew  it, I was head on into its exciting, deep labyrinth. Robert Langdon is back to what he does best. Solving a mystery. Only this time, it doesn't involve religious symbols or codes. Langdon is invited to an event in Bilbao by Edmond Kirsch, a friend and former student, where shocking discoveries would be revealed by him. Edmond claims that these discoveries would change the course of mankind and especially affect the religious institutions all over the world. People from all over the world watch as the presentation goes live, when ...

Title:   On The Side of the  Angel: A Bartering  Angel Story Author: J. David Core Genre: Fiction, Crime, Mystery, Thriller Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Rating: 4/5 On the Side of the Angel   by J. David Core is an intense crime fiction that has all the right ingredients for a thriller in this genre. To be precise, it is an exciting and absorbing read. Lina Forman is a ghost who has left her old life and anything that can point to her previous existence, behind. She starts all over as Lina and has a vendetta planned. But to get there she needs to prove her worth. Attie and Dino are two troubled teenagers in love and take on heists for thrill. But things go terribly wrong during one such break-in. Andre has been buying lottery tickets since years, hoping to hit it big one day with the help of his algorithm. These, together with some other characters, are tied in this story of crime and deceit that is s...

Title:  The Concrete Goodbye: Being a Detective in a city of Superheroes can be Hell Author: W. H. Lock Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Pages: 216 Publisher: JDK Press Rating: 3.8/5 The Concrete Goodbye   by W. H. Lock is a Crime/Suspense novel that doesn't fail to feed the curious minds. Of course, it is a little different from the others, it has an extra  ingredient of superheroes which makes it all the more fun and exciting. Jack Story is a private detective in Sterling City which also happens to be a city of superheroes. He is called upon to find the perpetrators behind the blackmail of Major Victory, a big shot league boss. His granddaughter is involved in a mess and if Major doesn't agree to their terms, it will be all out in the open. He is also investigating a case where a young emerging actor is blamed for a murder. But with all the superheroes around, Jack's work is not easy, to say the least....

Title:  The Sweet Oil Of Vitriol - A Tom Glaze Hit (The Tom Glaze Series Book 1) Author: Daniel Eagleton Genre: Fiction, Crime, Thriller Pages: 221 Rating: 2.5/5 The Sweet Oil Of Vitriol   is the first in the Tom Glaze series. Published in February this year, the book is an action/crime thriller which, sadly, didn't thrill me at all. Thomas is a Mossad agent and when a sanctioned mission fails terribly, he is ousted by his own organisation even after having risked his life. When Thomas realizes that not only is he the prime suspect in the case but is also blamed for the failure, he is desperate for a comeback. His handler Yakov, thus, provides him another chance. The head of the African Union, Jacob Okonjo, is the target this time and Thomas prepares months before by working undercover as a waiter at the hotel in London, where the Union head would be staying. But would months of doing repeated odd jobs and serving people waver his dedication to the mission? Woul...

Buy from Amazon.in Title:  In The Name Of God Author: Ravi Subramanian Genre: Fiction, Crime, Thriller Pages: 405 Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 4/5 A new release,  In The Name of God  by Ravi Subramanian , had my attention when the Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvanathapuram was mentioned in the blurb. Being my husband's hometown, I visit the city and the temple every year and have been updated about the "treasure" and "vaults" since the very beginning. But when you mix culture with a fictitious murder story, my curiosity just piqued and I ordered the book immediately. Couldn't resist! The book begins with a jewelry heist in one of the prominent malls in Dubai. The perpetrators escape but leave behind a clue, leading the investigation to India. While in Delhi, the investigation is being followed, down south in Thiruvanathapuram, the wealth in the vaults inside the Anantha Padmanabhaswamy temple is ordered to be audi...

Buy from Amazon.in Title:  The Girl Who Loved A Spy (Andy Karan #1) Author: Kulpreet Yadav Genre: Fiction, Crime, Thriller, Mystery Publisher: Rumour Book India Pages: 175 Rating: 4.5/5 There are some books you wish wouldn't end. And for me they almost always fall in the mystery/suspense category. I can't get enough of the thrills they provide, I guess. Well,  The Girl Who Loved A Spy  by Kulpreet Yadav  is one such book. Let's discuss it further after the summary. Andy Karan (you'll get to know the story behind the strange name in the book) is a journalist working for the New Delhi Today magazine. He is asked by his attractive boss, Monica, to go to Tilakpur (a small village near Delhi) to enquire about a death that had occurred there. But when attempts at his life are made, both Monica and Andy become alert as they find themselves stuck in this murky business of murders and politics. Andy had b...

*This is not a sponsored post* Whether you are new to Agatha Christie or have been basking in the intricacies of the said genius, this list will, hopefully, be helpful anyway. It is a list of my personal favorites. If you are a Christie fan and have a different list to this one, then please do share it with me. I'd love to know! It was a tough task to select only five titles for this lot. I have edited and re-edited the list so many times, yet it feels like something is missing. Sigh! Well, that's how her books are, all equally amazing. She's not known the Queen of Crime for nothing! Just a little introduction before I begin. I read my first Christie novel when I was 13 I guess, not too sure. Until then I was solving mysteries with Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys but when I read a Christie, I suddenly felt grown up! I didn't even understand all of it at first, but I remember re-reading it only to be captured in this trance of unimaginable plots and human psychology...

Buy from Amazon.in Buy from Amazon.com Title:  Engadine Aerie (Hardy Durkin Travel Mystery Book 5) Author: Bluette Matthey Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Murder, Crime Pages: 208 Publisher: Blue Shutter Publishing Rating: 4/5 Engadine Aerie  by Bluette Matthey is the fifth book in the Hardy Durkin travel mystery series. The book is a standalone, thus reading of previous ones in the series isn't necessary. Travel and mystery are two words that I'm terribly fond of, so needless to say, I was engaged throughout. Set in the beautiful Engadine valley of Switzerland, the annual ski marathon has gathered enthusiasts from all over the world. The protagonist, Hardy Durkin, is a ski tour operator  who has arrived at St. Moritz to help his friend start up her ski tour business. He is immediately attracted to the middle eastern skier from the group, Maryam, who is t he wife of an Abu Dhabi elite. W hen Durkin and Maryam find a body buried in the snow, lit...

Want your hands on a free mystery thriller? Only for 5 days starting today, Palm Beach Nasty , the first book in the Charlie Crawford Mystery, is free on Amazon! The freebie is available till Monday, 10th of April, 2017. So click on the buying links mentioned below and grab it, quick! Book Blurb Burned out by high-profile murders in New York and his love life splashed all over Page Six, homicide cop Charlie Crawford heads south and signs on with the Palm Beach PD. After months of petty crimes, he's first on scene to find a man hanging from a banyan tree. Prime suspects are a hedge-fund billionaire with a thing for young girls and a bartender with a sketchy past and a ten-out-of-ten creep factor. Right in the middle of it all is Crawford's girlfriend, a beautiful, conniving gallery owner, ready to do whatever it takes to move up a bracket or two. Add to the mix a sultry real estate broker who knows where all the bodies are buried, a gorgeous forensic cop often one st...