Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Spoiler alert: do NOT read this book (or this review!) unless you have already read Pines and Wayward, the first two novels in the Wayward Pines trilogy by Blake Crouch. It makes no sense as a standalone story. Now, assuming that I’m not revealing any...
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Dr. Sara Linton and Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver take center stage once again in Faithless, the fifth in Karin Slaughter’s excellent Grant County series of bestselling thrillers. It’s a novel about a religious cult. They had been married, but Sara ended things when she discovered...
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Carl Hiassen hit it out of the park with this one, the twentieth of his novels for adults. Razor Girl is one of the funniest books I’ve read in a long time. I could hardly stop laughing. Imagine this: a beautiful young redheaded woman crashes into the back of a luxurious rental car driven by...
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Most business biographies are about heroes. Though their stories may be leavened by references to the negative side of their character, the overall effect is overwhelmingly positive. Not so with Tracy Kidder’s even-handed new account of a successful software entrepreneur, A Truck Full of...
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The Considerate Killer is the fourth in the superb Nina Borg series of Danish thrillers by the Danish duo, Lene Kaaberbøl and Agnete Friis. Sadly, it reads like the last of the series.Nina Borg is a neurotic Red Cross nurse nearing middle age. Her several neuroses have alienated her husband 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.