If the essence of drama is human conflict, then the business of espionage is tailor-made for fiction. Forgetting, of course, that most spies insist their work, like that of soldiers and police, consists of long stretches of boredom interspersed with brief and very rarely violent action. And, in...
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It’s hard not to feel at least a little like Mitchell Zukor. From an early age, Mitchell has been obsessed with disaster. Not run-of-the-mill personal disaster such as getting shot down for a date or getting rejected on a college application, but real, honest-to-God catastrophe. An asteroid...
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She was the most decorated spy in World War II of either gender. Her name was Odette Sansom (later Odette Hallowes). From 1942 to 1945, she served as an officer of Britain’s Special Operations Executive. From November 1942 to April 1943, she worked in southern France as a courier for an SOE...
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Brad Thor has achieved the dubious distinction of reaching #25 on the Richtopia list of the “Top 200 Most Influential Authors” in the world. Judging from the list, that may mean very little. But there’s no disputing Thor’s success as a writer. The 19th entry in his Scot...
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Australian author Peter Cawdron has followed up his superb novel, Retrograde, with a fast-paced science fiction thriller that’s just as engrossing and just as firmly grounded in hard science. In Reentry, he picks up the story of Dr. Elizabeth Anderson as she...
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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.