The black-and-white cover foretells a grim tale set in the bleak, wind-swept reaches of the Outer Hebrides Islands, where Scotland reaches farthest west into the North Atlantic. The Black House by Peter May is the first of three moody Scottish detective novels — the Lewis Trilogy —...
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Joe Kennedy was a piece of work. The men in public life he admired the most were Neville Chamberlain, Herbert Hoover, and J. Edgar Hoover. He deeply distrusted FDR, Winston Churchill, George Marshall, and Harry Truman. And he campaigned strenuously against military action to resist Hitler and,...
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In exploring “the hidden inner cogs and wheels of the lives of others,” the Indian novelist Neel Mukherjee has written a book about the human toll of social change at its most extreme — and won himself the Man Booker Prize for 2014 in the process. “What could be more...
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It takes a special kind of chutzpah to label your debut novel as the first in a series. On the cover, yet. You’ve got to know you’re good, and your publisher has to agree. Fortunately, this one did. Japantown by Barry Lancet marks the introduction of a remarkable new thriller...
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Since my fellow citizens and I here in Berkeley recently approved a tax on sweetened soft drinks despite a multi-million dollar campaign by Big Soda — by a margin of 3-to-1, of course! — I thought it might be timely to pick up the new book about the history of the Coca-Cola company,...
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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.