Liam Devlin, Martin Brosnan, and Frank Barry are ruthless, highly trained killers. All three are veterans of the IRA, but their paths have diverged widely by 1979. Devlin, now sixty-one years of age and still a believer in the cause of a united Irish nation, surfaces from time to time on...
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Despite the “pivot” to Asia trumpeted by the Obama Administration, despite the constant refrain by observers of world affairs that the 21st century is shaping up to be dominated by US-China competition, the American news media as well as the public continue to direct their attention primarily to...
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Back in the 1960s and 70s, Kurt Vonnegut was a bestselling author and considered one of the country’s most brilliant post-war novelists. Undoubtedly, he was among the most inventive. Cat’s Cradle had finally put him on the map in 1963 after he had been writing for nearly two decades....
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In The Bitter Season — the biting cold days in the run-up to Thanksgiving in Minneapolis — the news is dominated by the gruesome home invasion murder of a university professor and his wealthy wife. The homicide detective assigned to the case, Sam Kovac, is a veteran of the police force...
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If life in the rural South is anything like the picture Karin Slaughter presents about the small towns of Grant County, Georgia, I have to count myself lucky that I live thousands of miles away. It would seem that it’s exceedingly difficult for even the most reserved, law-abiding citizens to...
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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.