Reading as many books as I do, I find it’s increasingly difficult for a book to fully capture my attention. Three to five books per week for several years now will do that to you. So when I come across one that’s truly difficult to put down, that’s worthy of note. And the first...
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Check out current lists of popular mystery novels, and you’ll find many written by authors whose first language isn’t English, or who don’t speak or write English at all. (I’m referring to those whose works are translated into English.) “International” detective...
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In his new book, Russia Without Putin, Tony Wood tries to make the case that “too much attention has been paid to the man, and not enough to the system over which he presides.” It’s an intriguing claim, but Wood doesn’t quite pull it off. The book consists of six chapters...
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“I was a Special Agent in the FBI from 1983 to 1987, and in that time CIA hired me twice as a temporary contractor, the phrase they use for spy.” The narrator is Marie Mitchell. American Spy is her story, written in 1992 in the first person as a diary for her young twin sons to read...
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes The action in Vortex revolves around two couples: Sandra and Bose, and Turk and Allison. Both women are physicians, but their circumstances could hardly be different. They live on different planets separated by 10,000 years. Bose is a police officer on Earth in...
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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.