It’s 1840. A eunuch in service to the Ottoman sultan is, improbably, an accomplished detective, a gifted hand-to-hand fighter, and even a lover of women (or, at least, one woman) in this fanciful but flawed mystery story. Dr. Watson to Yashim’s Sherlock Holmes is a Polish Count ejected...
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In six suspenseful crime novels set in England from the First World War to the aftermath of the Second, South African writer Rennie Airth tells the story of Scotland Yard detective John Madden and his wife, née Dr. Helen Blackwell. John is a veteran of the Great War, unhinged by his experiences in...
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If you want to know what really went on behind the scenes in the historic 2008 election campaign, read this book. But don’t expect an uplifting tale that restores your confidence in American democracy: practically none of the candidates or their spouses comes off well in this no-holds-barred...
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Just out of college, Billy takes a job as a lexicographer with a New England dictionary publisher and improbably finds himself caught up in a peculiar murder mystery. Working with another young recent hire, Mona, Billy slowly uncovers a series of clues left behind in the company’s “cit...
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Strength in What Remains is the story of Deogratias,” as the author writes (more succinctly than I could) in a post on Amazon.com, “a young man from the central African nation of Burundi. In 1993, through no fault of his own, he was forced onto a terrifying journey, a journey that...
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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.