by Tony Mareino,
LBPH Reader Advisor
If there is any power mightier than that of the great King Patterson, it is the sheer force of none other than JK Rowling. Writing as Robert Galbraith yet again, she claims the rightful throne to the Top Five in BARD downloads with a commanding victory. After Patterson, never further than sniffing distance of being the top dog, we get some relative newcomers to the elite – Doiron, Jackson, and Freveletti (writing as Ludlum, which is not cheating). As usual, plenty to enjoy, and plenty more to check out as we see what comes up next in the Top Five year-end edition.
Career of Evil
by Robert Galbraith
DB 82662 / CL 15874
When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg. Her boss, PI Cormoran Strike, is no less alarmed. Four people from his past could be responsible–each of them capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2015.
The Murder House
by James Patterson
DB 82516 / CL 15850
No. 7 Ocean Drive–a multimillion-dollar beachfront estate in the Hamptons–was the scene of a series of depraved killings that were never solved. Now a Hollywood power broker and his mistress are found dead there, and the gruesome crime scene rivals anything Detective Jenna Murphy ever experienced in Manhattan. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2015.
The Precipice
by Paul Doiron
DB 82086
Maine game warden Mike Bowditch’s romantic weekend with his girlfriend, wildlife biologist Stacey Stevens, is interrupted by a call to help locate two missing hikers on the Appalachian Trail. The consensus is that the women fell prey to coyotes, but Stacey suspects murder. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2015.
Never Die Alone
by Lisa Jackson
DB 82168
It is thought that the 21 killer–whose victims are twenty-one-year old sets of twins–is safely locked up. When New Orleans twins Zoe and Chloe disappear right before their twenty-first birthday, however, Detectives Bentz and Montoya investigate. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015.
Robert Ludlum’s The Janus Reprisal
by Jamie Freveletti
DB 82715
Covert-One operative Jon Smith is attending a conference on infectious diseases when the hotel is attacked–and one of the shooters is carrying a picture of Smith. Other locations are soon attacked as well, leading to the escape of Pakistani warlord Oman Dattar. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2012.
