2018 Winter Releases Have Me Pumped

Oh that I was a Speed Reader!

Even though  I already have a boatload of books to read in January, I still am on the quest for new reads. So I checked out the new releases scheduled for the first three months of 2018. The following twelve books are written by authors whose works I have previously read and enjoyed. The ones that I have written about can be categorized as “must reads” While the others are should-reads and would be read, if there were enough hours in the day!!!

JANUARY RELEASES

City of Endless Night (Agent Pendergast series) – Lincoln and Child – January 16, 2018

The Wife: A Novel of Psychological Suspense – Alafair Burke – January 23, 2018

The Night Trade (A Livia Lone Novel Book 2) – Barry Eisler

Last year I read the first book in this series Livia Lone. Fom Goodreads…

Seattle PD sex-crimes detective Livia Lone knows the monsters she hunts. Sold by her Thai parents along with her little sister, Nason; marooned in America; abused by the men who trafficked them…the only thing that kept Livia alive as a teenager was her determination to find Nason….

The Night Trade

For sex-crimes detective Livia Lone, a position with a government anti-trafficking task force is a chance to go back to Thailand to ferret out Rithisak Sorm, the trafficking kingpin behind her own childhood ordeal.

But after a planned takedown in a nightclub goes violently awry, Livia discovers that she’s not the only one hunting Sorm

Sounds like another winner to me!

Hell Bent:An Orphan X Novel (Orphan X #3) – Gregg Hurwitz– January 30, 2018

I have read first two books in this series and again have enjoyed them. The Nowhere Man is a great character and both of the stories themselves have been fast-moving and exciting. From Goodreads….

The Nowhere Man is a legendary figure spoken about only in whispers. It’s said that when he’s reached by the truly desperate and deserving, the Nowhere Man can and will do anything to protect and save them.

But he’s no legend.

Evan Smoak is a man with skills, resources, and a personal mission to help those with nowhere else to turn. He’s also a man with a dangerous past. Chosen as a child, he was raised and trained as part of the off-the-books black box Orphan program, designed to create the perfect deniable intelligence assets—i.e. assassins. He was Orphan X. Evan broke with the program, using everything he learned to disappear.

FEBRUARY RELEASES

Force of Nature – Jane Harper – February 6, 2018

The Deceivers – (A John Wells Novel) – Alex Berenson – February 6, 2018

Sunburn – Laura Lippman – February 20,2018

The Hush: A Novel – John Hart February 27, 2018

There are some authors that are great storyteller, some can create a great sense of place, and some can create great characters. John Hart does all three        extremely well.  In fact…

Hart has won two Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Best Novel, one in 2008 for Down River, and the second in 2010 for The Last Child. He is the only author in history to win the best novel Edgar Award for consecutive novels. He also won the Barry Award (2010; novel) for The Last Child, the SIBA Book Award (2012; fiction) for Iron House, and the Ian Fleming Steel Dagger (2009) for The Last Child. Read More

John Hart begins back two characters in  The Hush. Johnny Merriman the lead character in The Last Child and his friend Jack Cross The Hush picks up their lives five years after the events in The Last Child. I can’t wait for this one!!

MARCH RELEASES

I’ll Keep You Safe – Peter May – March 6, 2018

I’ll Keep You Safe is another book that I am eagerly awaiting.  May while not returning to past characters he is returning to a past setting for this book. The setting is the Outer Hebrides islands of Scotland. The Outer Hebrides were the setting for May’s Lewis Trilogy which included: Black House, The Chessmen and The Lewis Man. Three of my favorite books.

The Blackhouse won the U.S. Barry Award for Crime Novel of the Year and the national literature award in France, the CEZAM Prix Litteraire. The Lewis Man won the French daily newspaper Le Télégramme’s 10,000-euro Grand Prix des Lecteurs. More About Peter May

From Goodreads…..

Niamh had lived all her life on the Isle of Lewis and had known Ruairidh Macfarlane since her school days. When they became husband and wife, Niamh couldn’t have been happier. They were partners in their business of Ranish Tweed, as well as life partners. Niamh accompanied Ruairidh on business trips often – it was the trip to Paris which changed her world forever.

The evening of their arrival in Paris, Niamh confronted her husband with her suspicions of his affair with a Russian designer – his denial was immediate, but still he left the hotel to attend the meeting. Her horror was absolute when the car her husband was in exploded violently, showering debris everywhere – no one could possibly have survived. Bereft and desolate, Niamh felt she could no longer face life – her beloved Ruairidh whom she’d thought she would spend the rest of her life with, was gone…More

Once again, I can’t wait!

The Bishop’s Pawn : A Novel (Cotton Malone – Steve Barry – March 20, 2018

The Disappeared (A Joe Pickett Novel) – March 27, 2018

The Disappeared is the 18th book in the Joe Pickett series from C.J. Box. I think I started reading this series at around book  two or three and Have only missed one! (Note to self: read Stone Cold). Needless to say This is a favorite series. There are some series where the characters don’t change a lot but that is not the case with Joe Pickett. Over the course of the series, Joe’s daughters have grown, his best friend Nate has evaded the law and Joe has lost a lot of Government trucks… from Goodreads

Wyoming’s new governor isn’t sure what to make of Joe Pickett, but he has a job for him that is extremely delicate. Three British executives, all women, never came home from the high-end guest ranch they were visiting, and the British Embassy is pressing hard. Pickett knows that happens sometimes–these ranches are stocked with handsome young cowboys, and “ranch romances” aren’t uncommon. But three disappearances? That’s too many.

At the same time, with the help of his friend Nate Romanowski, he’s been called to investigate the killings of several bald and golden eagles–a serious federal crime. The more he investigates both cases, the more someone wants him to go away. Is it because of the missing woman or the dead eagles? Read more

Lost Creed: (Ryder Creed Book 4) – Alex Kava – March 29, 2018

Last but not least comes Lost Creed, the fourth instalment of the Ryder Creed series from Alex Kava. From Goodreads….

Fifteen years ago Ryder Creed’s sister, Brodie disappeared from an interstate rest stop. She was only eleven and Creed was fourteen. Since then her disappearance has haunted him, so much so that Creed has dedicated his life to his K9 business. He rescues abandoned dogs and trains them for scent detection. Together they search for the lost and missing……Read More

I must say that I still like the Maggie O’Dell  lols by Ms. Kava a little better than the Ryder Creed books but since Maggie makes an appearance in most of the books,let’s call it a tie!

Anyway, in Lost Creed Maggie while working on a case a thousand miles from Ryder stumbles upon a clue that may explain what happened to Brodie all those years ago!

Bring it on! Wait I have to wait into March 29th!

Well at least I have a lot to read between  now and then!!

P.S, The feature image is one of the 2018 Winter Releases Cutting Edge by Ward Larsen. I read three books in the David Slaton series from Ward Larsen in 2017. I guess this can count as a “must read”!! You can find out more about the book here

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