I’ll admit it. I enjoy reading mysteries and thrillers, and I have a special preference for historical fiction. But when an author brings the two genres together and does a superior job in both of them, I’m entranced. And that’s certainly the case with The Widows of Malabar Hill....
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Ten years have passed since the events in Tomorrow’s Kin, the first book in Nancy Kress’s trilogy about the arrival on Earth of the “Denebs.” Now, at the outset of the highly anticipated science fiction sequel, If Tomorrow Comes, the United States has finally launched a...
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What follows is my best effort to list (in no particular order) the eleven biggest issues Washington ignores – issues Congress should be addressing, but hasn’t – and maybe never will despite what the Biden Adminisration might try to achieve. Table of contents1. The climate crisis2. Public...
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Sleeper agents show up in spy novels or on TV far more than they do in real life. Sixty years ago, Richard Condon’s bestselling novel, The Manchurian Candidate, exposed the concept to a wide audience. The FX television series The Americans (2013-2018) portrays a Russian married couple near...
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How much of what passes for history comes to us through the pages, and now the screens, of drama? And how much do the creators get wrong? Well, often a great deal, as we might expect. Even William Shakespeare, who read history carefully, distorted the facts as he knew them not just for dramatic...
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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.