A review of The Black Box, by Michael Connelly. @@@@ (4 out of 5). LAPD detective Harry Bosch jumps at the chance to take a crack at the unsolved murder of Anneke Jesperson, a Danish war correspondent who mysteriously died of a gunshot during the Rodney King riots in South Central L.A.
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A review of The Twilight War: The Secret History of America’s Thirty-Year Conflict with Iran, by David Crist. @@@@ (4 out of 5). An illuminating report on the three decades of conflict, tension, miscalculation, and profound misunderstanding that have characterized the U.S. relationship with Iran.
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A review of River of Smoke, by Amitav Ghosh. @@@@ (4 out of 5). The second book in Amitav Ghosh’s planned Ibis trilogy set among the momentous events of the massive 19th-Century opium trade between India and China. Details the life at sea and in the foreign enclave in Canton of the immensely rich men who dominated the trade, principally Britons and Americans.
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A review of Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A writer’s foray into the hidden depths of factory farming, focused on animal cruelty.
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A review of Amped, by Daniel H. Wilson. @@@@ (4 out of 5). A thriller set in the near future when brain implants “amplify” the brains and bodies of half a million Americans — and all hell breaks loose.
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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.