Martha Milano’s husband, Brett, is missing. Actually, she’s Martha Cavatone, because that’s his name. But Hank Palace remembers her as the girl in high school he had a crush on when she babysat him and his little sister. And now a tearful Martha has turned to him to find Brett....
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When most Americans think of revolution, our minds leap to Russia a century ago and the chaotic events that gave rise to the Soviet Union. But a century from now our great-grandchildren will likely think first of another revolution that is proving to be equally consequential in historical terms—if...
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A few other names crop up from time to time. But the four men who rode atop the wave of the Gilded Age were Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. Their business activities during the final four decades of the nineteenth century drove America’s ascension into the...
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Erez Brown mostly deals with divorces. He’s what you might call a low-rent PI, running a firm that consists only of himself, a secretary, and an apprentice. And, unsurprisingly, there’s a sameness to the cases that come to him. He knows exactly what has happened as soon as a client...
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Apocalyptic visions abound in science fiction. From asteroid collisions to nuclear holocaust to super-volcanoes, there’s no lack of lurid images for the extinction of all life on Earth. But our planet’s 4.5-billion-year history tells us that something less extreme is much more likely....
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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.