Books
“Caught” by Harlan Coben
Copyright 2010 by Harlan Coben. Published by Penguin Group (USA) Inc., New York. A (very) few of you may recall that I raved about Coben’s The Woods last August, rating it as one of the best mysteries that I have ever read. Well, move over, The Woods – you are going to have to share … Continue reading
“Fever Dream” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Copyright 2010 by Splendide Mendax Inc and Preston Child. Published by Grand Central Publishing. This is #10 in the series of mysteries featuring Aloysius Pendergast, effete FBI special agent extraordinaire. It is only the second Pendergast mystery that I have read and that first one for me was #14 in the series, so some of … Continue reading
“Ricochet” by Sandra Brown
Copyright 2006 by Sandra Brown Management Ltd. Published by Simon and Schuster, New York. Let me begin by apologizing for the preponderance of book reviews in this blog which is intended to be a diary of our full-time RV lifestyle. But in this pandemic there is darn little left to do but read. So, sorry, … Continue reading
“Deep Storm” by Lincoln Child
Copyright 2007 by Lincoln Child. Published by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. This book is strongly reminiscent of the Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton. That is not a bad thing. But where Crichton wrote realistic medical mysteries, this one tiptoes into the sci-fi genre. That surprised me as Child is … Continue reading
“They Shot Kennedy” by David Benjamin
Copyright 2020 by David Benjamin. Published by Last Kid Books, Madison WI. Full disclosure: the author is a friend. A very good, lifelong friend. We met in high school, in Madison WI in 1963. That is particularly relevant because this book is set in a high school in Madison WI in 1963. It is semi-autobiographical. … Continue reading
“London Bridges” by James Patterson
Copyright 2004 by James Patterson. Published by Little, Brown and Company, New York. This is one of Patterson’s wildly popular books featuring Alex Cross, FBI agent and psychologist. It appears to be the 9th of his Cross books and the second where Cross is up against the Russian supervillian known as “The Wolf.” This book … Continue reading
“White Fire” by Preston & Child
Copyright 2013 by Splendide Mendax, Inc and Preston Child. Published by Vision, New York. I really liked the first 80% of this book. Then it got ridiculous. This is the 13th book in the Preston & Child series featuring Aloysius Pendergast, a rather effete FBI agent. My wife loves these books and I can see … Continue reading
“Night Prey” by John Sandford
Copyright 1994 by John Sandford. Published by G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York. I love whodunnits. The thrill of the chase, the mystery of figuring out the identity of the culprit. But this is not a whodunnit; this is a howtocatchim. We learn almost immediately who is gutting the women, slicing them from guggle to … Continue reading
Blog booklets 2017-2019 (TTN, NET, STW, STE, TN4, TS4, TN5)
It appears that I never posted links to the blog booklets from 2017 through 2019. I correct that omission here. Tip: to find booklets for earlier years, use the Search box in the right panel. Enter “booklets” and you should get a list with all of the posts containing the PDF links.
“Personal” by Lee Child
Copyright 2014 by Lee Child. Published by Penguin Random House LLC, New York. There is no such thing as a bad Jack Reacher book, but some are better than others. This one, #19 in the series, is about average. It features an interesting primary plot in which Reacher is tasked – unofficially as he is … Continue reading