Book Review: Walk the Wire, The Memory Man Book 6, David Baldacci Thriller: Walk the Wire, The Memory Man Book 6, David Baldacci FBI Agent Alex Jamison and her consultant/partner Amos Decker, the “Memory Man,” are sent to London to solve a murder. No, not that London. London, North Dakota. A body has been found […]
Book Review: A Caller’s Game, J.D. Barker Thriller: A Caller’s Game, J.D. Barker Jordan Briggs is a fast-talking, brash, aggressive radio host with one of the top shows on satellite radio. She is combative, arrogant, and dismissive of her callers, her staff, her bosses, her (now ex) husband, and anyone else she meets. […]
Book Review: The Kind Worth Killing, Peter Swanson Mystery/Thriller: The Kind Worth Killing, Peter Swanson Some books should not be started in the evening, especially not the evening before a workday. The Kind Worth Killing is not a “start in the evening” sort of book. First, it has a fast paced intensity that […]
Book Review: Mirrorland, Carole Johnstone Book Review: Mirrorland, Carole Johnstone Blog Tour June 29, 2021 A fascinating choice for any novel is relying on the unreliable narrator. I may never see it done better than Carole Johnstone has done in her debut novel, Mirrorland. Mirrorland is a hard novel to categorize and […]
Book Review: Daylight, An Atlee Pine Thriller, David Baldacci Thriller: Daylight, An Atlee Pine Thriller, David Baldacci Atlee Pine got a bit sidetracked on her trip to find information about her sister. Having helped solve a major case, finding her biological father, and learning who kidnapped her sister, she has been given a little more […]
Book Review: Witness X, S.E. Moorhead Science Fiction/Thriller: Witness X, S.E. Moorhead Kyra Sullivan is an expert in the human brain. So much so that she and a partner have designed a device that can allow one person to “see” the memories of another, using a combination of VR, nanotech, and high-speed computers. As a […]
Book Review: Maltese Steel, John Steel Book 5, Stuart Field Thriller: Maltese Steel, John Steel Book 5, Stuart Field Blog Tour May 28, 2021 John Steel gets a phone call that none of us would want to receive. His goddaughter, a young woman in her twenties, has died in Malta. The police investigation is leaning […]
Book Review: The Assistant, Kjell Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett Book Review: The Assistant, Kjell Ola Dahl, translated by Don Bartlett Blog Tour May 28, 2021 Set in Norway between the World Wars, The Assistant is a gripping and complex story that is part detective novel, part spy thriller, part historical fiction, and […]
Author Spotlight: Robert B. Parker–Adding to the Legacy Fool’s Paradise by Mike Lupica Grudge Match by Mike Lupica Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins Author Spotlight/Mystery/Thriller: Robert B. Parker’s — Fool’s Paradise, Mike Lupica; Grudge Match, Mike Lupica; and Someone to Watch Over Me, Ace Atkins Some twenty-five years ago or so […]
