by Brad Meltzer.
Most readers know of Brad by now, but few have read this one. It was his first, a creeping, hard-to-put-down mystery about a Supreme Court clerk who accidentally leaks an explosive secret.
by David Ellis.
Dave is a friend of mine, but even if he wasn't I'd still be recommending this book to everyone who will listen. Also a first novel, the LINE OF VISION, won an Edgar Award and it's one of those books that takes you right to the last pages to figure everything out.
by Jane Stanton Hitchcock.
If you were a grande dames of New York society, and a young woman suddenly tried to take over everything in your life, could you be pushed to murder? A fun, fast ride.
by Thomas H. Cook.
I think Cook is one of the masters of suspense, but he is a beautiful literary writer. RED LEAVES is in some ways a domestic drama, but it's one that's compulsively readable.
by Harlan Coben.
A doctor receives an email from his supposedly dead fiancé that makes it appear she is very much alive. Coben knows how to keep the pages flying.
by Allan Folsom.
I loved how this book raced and came down to the very last sentence.