Tarquin Hall’s masterful Vish Puri series introduces readers to India through the often comical adventures of the country’s “#1 or #2 private investigator.” But Hall’s serious intent comes through clearly in each of the five novels in the series. You can feast on the...
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In dystopian fiction, some authors envision a future along the lines of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, a nightmarish post-apocalyptic world in which a trickle of survivors struggle to survive. Others picture a time yet to come when a tyrannical state enslaves those unlucky enough to lie within...
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December 1941. The second of Herman Wouk’s two World War II novels opens. The entry of the United States into the conflict finds US Navy Captain Victor “Pug” Henry, his family, and friends scattered about the globe. Henry himself is now in command of the heavy cruiser...
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The phrase “nightmare scenario” in the title of this rushed exposé of the Trump Administration’s response to COVID-19 has a double meaning. It refers, of course, to the pandemic itself. Not the worst case scenario like the 1918 influenza epidemic, which killed an estimated 50...
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Singapore, December 1939. The Second World War in Europe was four months old, but Japan had invaded nearby China more than two years earlier. And the polyglot English colony, located halfway between Calcutta and Hong Kong on the strategic Singapore Strait, was a...
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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.