His father was arrested for failure to disperse from a Ku Klux Klan rally. He was also investigated for profiteering by the U. S. Senate and the State of New York and sued by the Department of Justice for civil rights violations. His son-in-law’s father spent fourteen months in Federal...
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The dead weight of slavery hangs over American society to this day, and Attica Locke has found the perfect way to explore its impact on us in her second mystery novel, The Cutting Season. The novel is set on a plantation in Louisiana where history is brought back to life through a staged...
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Military science fiction doesn’t often rock my boat. Of course, there are exceptions, such as Joe Haldeman’s classic, The Forever War. But that novel didn’t work so brilliantly because it celebrated the military life. No, it was exciting because it highlighted the impact of...
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Memoirs and autobiographies are often about score-settling. But that’s not the case with Uncanny Valley, Anna Wiener’s insightful and revealing account of her years working for three tech startups in Silicon Valley. You might expect to know at least the names of the companies where she...
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We first met Bernard Samson in Berlin Game, when the veteran MI6 field officer stumbled into the knowledge that his beloved wife, Fiona, was a Soviet spy. In Mexico Set, the second of the ten novels in Len Deighton’s (1929-) classic spy series (three trilogies and a prequel), Bernard is...
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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.