Murder mysteries predominate among the countless novels of suspense that crowd the shelves in bookstores and libraries. The stakes are obvious when a murder takes place. Someone has snuffed out a human life. By contrast, a crime such as counterfeiting represents a lower order of threat—or at...
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For decades, as climate change has wreaked havoc ever more visibly, scientists and engineers have advanced a plethora of technological fixes. Not just switching to renewables such as solar and wind power but direct interventions into the climate through geoengineering. Examples range from the...
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The subtitle of Shannon Monaghan’s book, A Quiet Company of Dangerous Men: The Forgotten British Special Operations Soldiers of World War II, gave fair warning. Unfortunately, I missed the point. In no way could the men of Britain’s SOE, SAS, Commando, and other World War II special...
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Greenland is the setting for one of the most original novels of suspense I’ve come across in many years. As you may be aware, it’s anything but green. And it’s the world’s largest island, more than one-fifth the size of the United States. But Greenland supports fewer than...
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On October 17, 2017, Canadian astronomer and physicist Robert Weryk at Haleakalā Observatory in Hawaii discovered a comet he named ‘Oumuamua. For a time the cigar-shaped object sparked wild theories in the popular press that it was an alien spaceship headed for Earth. Strangely, nearly a decade...
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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.