Books
“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
“The Steel Kiss” by Jeffery Deaver
Copyright 2016 by Gunner Publications LLC. Published by Grand Central Publishing, New York. I like Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme books (this is 12 in a series of 14). Some of the puzzles that he has to unravel are among the most intricate – and perverted – of all the mysteries that I have read. His villains … Continue reading
“The Reversal” by Michael Connelly
Copyright 2010 by Hieronymous, Inc. Published by Orion Books. This is number 3 in the series of “Lincoln Lawyer” books by Connelly, all featuring Mickey Haller as the lawyerly protagonist. In both of the books in the series that I have read he teams up with LAPD homicide detective Hieronymous Bosch, the protagonist in many … Continue reading
“One False Move” by Harlan Coben
Copyright 1998 by Harlan Coben. Published by Dell, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. Some (a few?) of you may recall that I reviewed another Harlan Coben book, The Woods, back in August and raved about it. One of the best mysteries that I have read in many years. Well, this is the … Continue reading
“End Game” by David Baldacci
Copyright 2017 by Columbia Rose Ltd. Published by Grand Central Publishing. This is the 5th book in the series featuring the one-man army named Will Robie. The book starts with Robie in London single-handedly wiping out a band of 16 terrorists. But he is on the outs with his equally-lethal girlfriend, Jessica Reel, who while … Continue reading