High up on an isolated lane near the border of Beverly Hills a maintenance man encounters four dead bodies in a limousine. It’s parked outside a crumbling old mansion often used for exclusive parties. His call to the police brings homicide Detective Lieutenant Milo Sturgis to the scene. He...
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Any American youngster past the age of 12 has learned that around the turn of the 20th century our country’s politics took a sharp turn to the left with the advent of the Progressive Movement. And one man above all embodies that movement: Theodore Roosevelt. Of course, a species of...
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The American motion picture industry, which we know as “Hollywood,” began in the early 1910s when filmmakers migrated to California. By 1915, they had established a global cinema hub. But filmmaking grew early in India, too. The first Hndi-language feature film produced there,...
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A review of Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic, by David Quammen. Tales of the often-heroic scientists, physicians, and veterinarians who worked directly with deadly emergent diseases such as AIDS, Ebola, Marburg, and H5N1, occasionally at the cost of their own lives.
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A review of The Bridge of Sighs, by Olen Steinhauer. It’s a deeply satisfying novel that matches complex characters with a credible story in a well-researched setting.
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Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.