In the latest installment of this fun mystery series, private investigators Roy and Mia, partners in both business and romance, are hired by a woman, Bianca, who claims to have a stalker. As Roy and Mia delve into Bianca's life, they uncover a tangled web of potential suspects, including a previous stalker, a suspicious ex-boyfriend, and a harassing co-worker. Is anyone in her life trustworthy? Could Bianca's own choices be contributing to her predicament? Amidst the mounting tension, the...

Out of the first 5 books in the series, The Twist of a Knife is my favorite, although I enjoyed them all. (The titles so far are: The Word is Murder, The Sentence is Death, A Line to Kill, The Twist of a Knife, and Close to Death.) Anthony Horowitz, a writer in real life and the creator of the acclaimed series Foyle's War, takes a unique approach in his Hawthorne novels. He writes himself into the narrative, partnering with a fictional character, a brilliant former police detective,...

The Murderbot Diaries is a series of 7 novellas: All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol, Exit Strategy, Network Effect, Fugitive Telemetry, and System Collapse. A "SecUnit" called Murderbot (a futuristic cyborg, a combination of robotic and cloned human parts) secretly hacks the governor module that controls all of its actions. Now an independent agent, Murderbot flees for its life, since rogue SecUnits are considered dangerous. Dr. Mensah, a planetary leader outside the...