My favorite author is Lee Child and Zoë Sharp. Right. That’s two. My two favorite authors … I’ve explained this once. In Never Go Back, his 18th Jack Reacher novel, Lee Child has written a type of masterpiece. Type because many people think of Mr. Child’s works as mysteries or thrillers. Some are. This one […]
Review – Inferno by Dan Brown
Regular readers will know that I rarely post negative reviews—but this book deserves it. First, let me separate out what there is to like about it from the many things that drove me nuts: The art history and tour of Florence is first class. If you’re planning a vacation to Italy and you don’t like […]
Review – The Atlantis Gene by A.G. Riddle
[Editor’s Note: Since posting this review, Mr. Riddle has kindly agreed to an interview about this book and his most recent. Read the interview with AG Riddle] No doubt you’ve uttered the phrase, I’d rather be lucky than good. And, no doubt, you know the latter causes the former. One day I noticed a debut thriller […]
Wither Episode IV?
You’re a fan of my Trench Coat series, right? And you’re wondering why I didn’t release Episode IV, The Desperate this week. I have a host of excuses: there was a snowball-of-work from the first three, my editor was on vacation, then I was on vacation, and you were probably on vacation too. Earthquake, flood, […]
Review – The Eye of God by James Rollins
How does Rollins get away with it? I’ve never figured it out. Most thriller writers are lambasted for concepts that are wildly implausible, but not Mr. Rollins. A decade ago, he blew up San Francisco, the western US, and most of Japan in Deep Fathom. If I’m not mistaken, he blew up the Roman Coliseum, […]
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