The Big Thrill Recommends: ONE LAST SHOT by Susan May Warren Recommendation by Daniel Charles Ross This is my first exposure to the work of Susan May Warren, and to be honest, I didn’t know if I was going to like ONE LAST SHOT, her kick-off to the new Alaska Air One Rescue series. If there is such a category as a “cozy thriller,” ONE LAST SHOT fits that bill. The new series joins her other faith-based rescue series, Global Search & Rescue and Montana Rescue. My usual diet of Andrews and Wilson, Jack Carr, Steve Stratton, Brad Taylor, and others typically involves action stories with more d ..read more

The Big Thrill Recommends: COBALT by Chris Bauer Recommendation By Daniel Charles Ross Young billionaire-at-large Max Fend returns in the fresh Maximum Risk series under the Chris Bauer byline. Mr. Fend was introduced by originator Andrew Watts in his Glidepath debut, followed by The Oshkosh Connection and Air Race (co-authored with Mr. Bauer). Mr. Bauer takes the controls solo for COBALT, now largely aircraft-free. The key to a fabulous fortune in modern mining isn’t finding gold—it’s finding Cobalt (CO 27 on the Periodic Table for the physicists out there). The mineral is the essential ingr ..read more

The Big Thrill Recommends: ONE LAST SHOT by Susan May Warren Recommendation by Daniel Charles Ross This is my first exposure to the work of Susan May Warren, and to be honest, I didn’t know if I was going to like ONE LAST SHOT, her kick-off to the new Alaska Air One Rescue series. If there is such a category as a “cozy thriller,” ONE LAST SHOT fits that bill. The new series joins her other faith-based rescue series, Global Search & Rescue and Montana Rescue. My usual diet of Andrews and Wilson, Jack Carr, Steve Stratton, Brad Taylor, and others typically involves action stories with more d ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses SONS OF WAR 4: SOLDIERS with Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Tom Abrahams In the conclusion to the sweeping saga of postapocalyptic Los Angeles, Dominic Salvatore leads the Saints, a secret team of elite operatives, in a final push to purge the city of its demons. After sending their families into hiding, the Saints know that the stakes have never been higher—they will succeed decisively or perish. Broken by the death of his wife, Don Antonio Moretti seeks revenge against her killers. He embarks on a body-strewn campaign to crush his last rivals and secure the crow ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses BORDER CROSSINGS: A TONY AND STAN THRILLER with Vincent Zandri Why Get Rich Slowly When You Can Get Cheat and Get Rich Fast? The dimwitted characters from the classic Zandri short story, Bingo Night, return in a tale about getting rich quick, which is what Tony and Stan are all about even if their efforts get them in some serious hot water. In this new episode, the meatheads decide to cross the southern border with all the illegal aliens to collect all that free cash and all those free government goodies. Only, things don’t go quite as expected when the law dec ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses WENT MISSING with Chris Riley Sam Nolan is a man with a history he is desperately hiding from. Born a cattle rancher, he grew up near the Gila Wilderness, where he learned how to live off the land from an Apache friend. As he grew older, he applied these skills as a hunting guide, local Search and Rescue leader, and ultimately, after 9-11, as a United States Special Forces Operative. Now, while living alone in the wilderness near his family’s ranch and trying to recover from PTSD, Sam learns that his brother, Bryson, also a skilled hunter and survivalist, has m ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses HUNTED with Simon Maltman Michael Walker – former IRA soldier, turned MI5 informer—is living in hiding in rural America. A robbery at Walker’s home leads to his rare copy of the Irish Declaration of Independence being sold online. This proves to be the first link in the chain leading to his location being revealed. Walker’s life is plunged into peril, as an IRA hit squad—led by Marty Sullivan—is dispatched to eliminate him. Sullivan, a former comrade, is out for blood. Against the political backdrop of a struggling peace process back home, Walker goes on the ru ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses THE ASCENT with Adam Plantinga Kurt Argento is an ex-Detroit street cop who can’t let injustice go—and who has the fighting skills to back up his idealism. When he runs afoul of a corrupt sheriff in Missouri town, he’s brutally beaten and thrown into a maximum-security prison. Julie Wakefield, a grad student who happens to be the governor’s daughter, is about to take a tour of the prison. But when a malfunction in the security system releases a horde of prisoners, a fierce struggle for survival ensues and Argento must help a small band of staff and civilians, i ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses CHASE BAKER AND THE PYRAMID OF MADNESS with Vincent Zandri IS THE SOUTH POLE HOME TO AN ANCIENT CIVILIZATION HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD? AND WHY IS THE VATICAN WILLING TO KILL FOR IT? After being hunted down at an eatery in Rome by a young female archaeologist, Chase suddenly finds himself on the run from a Vatican priest who wants them both dead. But what the treasure hunter is about to find out is that evidence exists of a previously unknown pyramid that’s not only billions of years old, but that contains the truth about human existence on earth and Go ..read more

  The Big Thrill Discusses THE FBI MURDERS with Lee Gimenez An FBI agent is murdered. Then a U.S. ambassador is killed. Next, a federal judge is assassinated. Erin Welch, the Assistant Director of the FBI, suspects a group of rogue FBI agents are behind the criminal conspiracy murdering innocent Americans. Erin hires John (J.T.) Ryan, a decorated war hero and a private investigator, to find and expose the rogue FBI agents. As Ryan delves into the investigation, he learns the shocking truth: Corrupt elements within the FBI will stop at nothing, including murder, to achieve their evil agend ..read more