In 1960, the chief of staff of the army in the recently independent Belgian Congo led a coup that toppled the democratically elected government of Patrice Lumumba. Five years later he ousted the men he had installed in power and became the country’s dictator. His name was Mobutu Sese Seko....
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes If you’d visited France anytime during the decades following World War II, you might have gotten the impression that all forty million French men and women had worked for the Resistance. In fact, studies have shown that only about two percent of the...
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Zhou Haohui, author of Death Notice, is referred to in the biography at the end of the novel as “one of the top three suspense authors in China today.” The statement leaves me puzzled. Perhaps something’s been lost in the translation from the Chinese to English, but it’s...
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It’s 2079. In the wake of World War III, the United States has elected an isolationist president and closed its borders. President Martha St. Tala advocates an extreme ideology grounded in positive thinking. “Discussing problems only made them more concrete and attracted more of the...
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Here you’ll find my lists of the top 10 historical novels as well as the top 10 mysteries & thrillers and top 10 science fiction novels of the decade from 2010 to 2019. I’ve reviewed them all here. The books are listed alphabetically by the authors’ last names within each category, and...
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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.