Practically everything you know about North Korea is wrong. That, at least, is the inescapable conclusion to take from reading Daniel Tudor and James Pearson’s new book, North Korea Confidential. I exaggerate, of course. North Korea is, without question, one of the poorest countries in...
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There’s little of that celebrated Italian charm in The Shape of Water, the first novel by Andrea Camilleri in his widely-read series of crime stories featuring Inspector Salvo Montalbano. The book is set in the town of Vigata in Sicily, where corruption reigns supreme and murder is nothing...
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James Maxted, known to friends as Max and to family as James, is the protagonist of this engrossing historical novel and several planned sequels. Max is a former ace in World War I in what was later called the Royal Air Force. Shot down behind German lines midway through the war, he spent two...
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Throughout the twentieth century, the city of Berkeley has been a breeding ground of invention. Even before World War I, there was August Vollmer, who served as police chief from 1909 to 1931 and was widely regarded for transforming police work from thuggery to a modern profession. Over the years...
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Dystopian fiction can be unsettling to read. Margaret Atwood’s MaddAddam Trilogy is doubly so. You might expect any trilogy to start at Point A (in the first book), traverse Point B (in the second), and come to a climax at Point C (in the final book). Not so the concluding novel in 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.