Nearly 50 years ago, Frederick Forsyth vaulted onto bestseller lists around the world with his first novel, The Day of the Jackal. Now, at age 80, he’s back in familiar territory with a great new spy novel, The Fox, his 15th work of fiction. Estimated reading time: 3 minutes A great new spy...
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Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s #1 Ladies Detective, is respected throughout the capital city of Gaborone. She’s a problem-solver, and very good at it. So it’s no surprise that friends would turn to her to run for a vacant seat on the city council. The only candidate registered to...
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Estimated reading time: 4 minutes It’s hard not to notice a full-page ad for a book in the New York Times Book Review. And when the title surfaces in publishing industry buzz as well, any reviewer would find it hard to avoid taking a look. Certainly, I did. Then, when I found out that...
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Forty years ago, the massive starship Atlas left Earth for a distant planet in search of God. The ship carried ten thousand of humanity’s most brilliant scientific minds, led by a charismatic woman called the Pathfinder. The billions left behind on Earth are struggling with overpopulation,...
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Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think so. So far as I can tell, people living in what has become my home town of Berkeley, California, have been writing an inordinate number of really good books in recent years. That’s probably because the town attracts creative people like . . ....
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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.