Books
“Shadows of Steel” by Dale Brown
Berkley Edition, May 1997 If you are familiar with Dale Brown’s books – particularly those that feature Patrick McLanahan as the protagonist – then you will already be aware that this book is chock full of whiz-bang military hardware, outlandish military threats to the United States and save-the-country heroics by McLanahan. In this case the … Continue reading
“Deception Point” by Dan Brown
Pocket Books, 2001. Dan Brown is best known for The Da Vinci Code and its sequel, Angels and Demons, both of which were made into movies starring Tom Hanks. Deception Point was published between those two blockbusters, but the story is unrelated, has a different cast of characters and, as yet, has not been made … Continue reading
“Think Twice” by Lisa Scottoline
St Martin’s Press, 2010 This is one of a series featuring Bennie Rosato, head of an all-female law firm in Philadelphia. Most books in this series are mysteries, with a strong cast of characters and a lot of time spent on romantic and family relationships, sometimes at the expense of the mystery. But, overall, I … Continue reading
“Gideon’s Corpse” by Preston and Child
Grand Central Publishing, 2012 This was my first Preston and Child book featuring Gideon Crew, a nuclear physicist on loan to the FBI. I may have read another Preston and Child book from their Pendergast series (Jett tells me I have), but if so I can’t recall it. Preston and Child are one of Jett’s … Continue reading