Books

Copyright 2021 by Nick Goulding. Published by Libel Press. Full disclosure: the author is my nephew. Nick Goulding is one of the finest young men that I have ever known – a charming husband, dedicated father and a talented and successful chef and entrepreneur. Now I have to add “skilled author.” The man is going … Continue reading »

Copyright 2013 by Gunner Publications LLC. Published by Grand Central Publishing, New York. I think Jeffery Deaver is a very talented author. Some of his plots – particularly the ones involving Lincoln Rhyme – are among the most complex and deviant ones I have encountered. I was really looking forward to reading The October List. … Continue reading »

Copyright 1990 by Harlen Coben. Published by Penguin Group, New York. Harlen Coben is one of my favorite suspense/mystery writers. Play Dead is not one of his better books. In fact I would have to rate it as the worst of his books that I have read. But apparently it was also the first book … Continue reading »

Copyright 1999 by Cornwell Enterprises, Inc. Published by G.P Putnam & Sons. There was a time, years ago, when I read a lot of Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta books because Jett was a big fan. Then I ran into one – can’t remember the name now – that was a real stinker. One of the … Continue reading »

Copyright 2019 by Columbus Rose, Ltd. Published by Grand Central Publishing, New York. This is #5 in Baldacci’s Memory Man series, but the first of the series that I have read. I always feel that I am missing something when I don’t start at the beginning and I am undoubtedly right. There are many references … Continue reading »

Copyright 2016 by Smart Blond, LLC. Published by St Martin’s Press, New York. I think I have criticized Scottoline before as being too “girly” – spending a lot of time and verbiage on feminine things. That may be a feature for some, but not for a macho man like me. In this book, in which … Continue reading »

Copyright 2019 by David Benjamin. Published by Last Kid Books, Madison WI. Those of you who have been paying attention know that David Benjamin is a high-school-buddy-cum-author who has mentioned me by name or included me as a character in several of his books. That flatters me, of course, but doesn’t shade my critical eye. … Continue reading »

Copyright 2007, 2009 by Susan Lisa Jackson. Published by Kensington Publishing Corp., New York. I will start with a statement that this is my first Lisa Jackson mystery and possibly my last. It wasn’t horrible but I won’t go out of my way to find more of her books. Amazon categorizes this book as a … Continue reading »

Copyright 1997 by Blithedale Publications Inc. Published by Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, New York. This is a book about baseball and family and the loss of neighborhoods in America. Kearns’ childhood obsession with the Brooklyn Dodgers is recounted with deeply personal memories. Baseball becomes intertwined with her family – especially the sickness and death of … Continue reading »