Lisa Scottoline

May 2, 2024 | phillymag.com | Marie-Helene Bertino |Maura Cheeks |Sophie Wan |Lisa Scottoline

Guides Add these new novels by local authors to your summer reading list. With half already on the shelves and the rest on their way, these 10 new novels by local authors give you plenty of pages to turn this summer.

Apr 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Don Winslow |Lisa Scottoline

A fun, fresh take on a SF trope with enough surprises to keep readers guessing. Busch’s SF thriller spans 70-plus years, from World War II into the new millennium. Unsuspecting sailors aboard the USS Eldridge in 1943 are the subjects of an experiment conducted by the United States Navy in which their ship physically disappears then reappears; the experiment goes awry, killing many and wounding several others, including Third Mate Peter Smithwick, whose legs must be amputated at the knees.

Apr 15, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Don Winslow |Lisa Scottoline |Timothy McQuay

In Paris, a van carrying two “briefcase-size parcels” to the U.S. Embassy is ambushed, sparking an international crisis. The driver of the van is beheaded in the assault, suggesting merciless terrorists are involved. Enter American Tom Rivers, a CIA officer who formerly worked in Army intelligence. With his Luminox watch and ability to take a beating in the line of duty, he’s tasked with figuring out what’s going on. He meets a “smart, beautiful and dangerous” woman named Raz Jackson in Paris.

Apr 14, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Don Winslow |Lisa Scottoline |Allan Krummenacker

A supernatural espionage tale that keeps the excitement high. In Krummenacker and Caminiti’s paranormal thriller series starter set in the Civil War era, an Irish immigrant on a spy mission fights monsters and discovers a new superpower. The story opens on a man named Jacob Long, who’s carrying his infant daughter in a blizzard, encountering a great beast called a skinwalker, which gains different powers depending on what pelts it acquires.

Mar 31, 2024 | thewesterlysun.com | Cassie Skobrak |David Baldacci |Lisa Scottoline

Year after year, in April, we get tons of questions and comments about the same subjects: gardening, Easter and taxes. While we’re still getting plenty of these, there’s another topic this year that’s on everyone’s mind: the solar eclipse on April 8. And for good reason! While eclipses are visible somewhere on the earth every year, total solar eclipses are quite rare, and the next one that will pass over the United States won’t be until Aug. 23, 2044 (mark your calendars).