The mainstream Mormons she describes, however, are a caricature based on images of 19th century early Utah settlers and an amalgamation of early (largely discredited or abandoned) LDS church writings. One final note: BLACK WIDOW is part of Brookmyre’s Jack Parlabane series, but it can absolutely be read as a standalone—that’s how I read it, and I had no problem with it whatsoever.

Tina - street-smart, ex-prostitute and ex-junkie - she jumped into this marriage to keep herself on the straight-and-narrow. After 18 years behind bars alongside notorious names including Rose West and Myra Hindley, she is released. I’m pretty sure I say this every year, but 2022 has truly been another outstanding year for crime fiction readers.Among his creations are some of the world's most popular series including Alex Cross, the Women's Murder Club, Michael Bennett and the Private novels. BLACK WIDOW has red herrings, hidden identities, conspiracies, and more—readers work alongside journalist Jack Parlabane to piece together the truth at its core, but I for one was just as blindsided as Jack by this story’s gut-punch of a finale.

I’m so honored to be able to reveal the cover for Vanessa Lillie’s buzz-worthy new mystery here on CBTB today!

I’m not sure what the author should have done differently – perhaps it was taking too long to dole out the information? In today’s blog post, I’m recapping my experience at Iceland Noir 2022, including a day-by-day recap of the festival, lots of photos, a rundown of the books I took home from the festival, and more! Overall a very good quality service from this seller and I would not hesitate to recommend this seller. As they are interviewed by the police, we get to know each of these three women and their secrets, which involve sexual dysfunction and an even scarier cult, while wondering which if the three-- if any of them-- did it. I can see through the tangled threads enough to know that every bit of bad luck my friends have been having lately is no accident—and that each unfortunate “coincidence” is just one more arrow drawing ever closer to hitting the real bull’s-eye.