Reading The Darkling Spy by Edward Wilson is a lot like finding yourself caught in the middle of that classic old Abbott and Costello routine, “Who’s on first?” When Costello asks him for the names of the players on a baseball team, Abbott says: . . . Who’s on first,...
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The usual argument to persuade reluctant or lazy people to go to the polls is that sometimes elections turn on a single vote. Though this has indeed happened on occasion, such situations are exceedingly rare. In any case, the knee-jerk response to that argument is much more likely to be that...
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The Lewis Chessmen are a rare 12th-century set of chess pieces carved in walrus ivory and whales’ teeth. Peter May gives them a place of honor in the gripping third volume in his trilogy of crime novels set on the Isle of Lewis, the northernmost of the Outer Hebrides Islands off the...
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The Roman empire endured for four centuries as the dominant force throughout the Mediterranean and, in its Eastern manifestation, lasted for another eleven centuries. Yet our picture of ancient Rome is dominated by a few familiar names, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Cato, and Cicero most...
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The traumatizing sight of a dead body in his office, an apparent suicide, prompts child psychologist Alex Delaware to retire prematurely at the age of thirty-three. A successful real estate investor, he has the resources to support a more than comfortable lifestyle and is determined to forsake the...
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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.