J.K. Rowling & the Harry Potter Empire I’m diverging a bit today from my usual recommendation to celebrate the incredible saga of J.K. Rowling’s fiction career … justified even more because, as you’ll see, she is already 3 books into a crime series of her own. Monday was the 20th…
G-Man by Stephen Hunter Finally, my ol’ buddy, Bob Lee “the Nailer” Swagger is back in the 10th novel in this series from Stephen Hunter, a Pulitzer Prize winning author and journalist. In this the latest episode in the Bob Lee Swagger saga, Bob Lee is uncovering his family’s secret…
Testimony by Scott Turow It takes a talented writer like Scott Turow to tackle the theme of the Bosnian War. In Testimony, his character, Bill ten Boom, … yes, that name is correct … investigates the murder of 400 members of a Gypsy refugee camp that has been brought before…
True Evil by Greg Iles Just over one month ago, I said that if you’re hankering for something to read … maybe to carry you into summer and beyond … you should tackle the Penn Cage series from Greg Iles starting with the first book,, The Quiet Game. I had…
Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane Dennis Lehane, famous for his books like Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone and Shutter Island which were made into movies, has now published his 10th novel, Since We Fell. “Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown,…
The Lost Order by Steve Berry Steve Berry is back and has written a fascinating book in the Cotton Malone series that fictionalizes (but nowhere near as much as you think) about the Knights of the Golden Circle, the largest and most dangerous clandestine organization in American history. In The…
I just finished another great story from the pen of John Sandford, the pseudonym of John Roswell Camp, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist whose 27th Lucas Davenport novel, Golden Prey, was just released.Lucas is now a U.S. Marshall for the first time, no longer working for the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal…
The Fix by David Baldacci Amos Decker is an interesting character. He’s a former professional football player who was violently hit on his first play resulting in severe injuries and changes to his brain. Using his newly acquired mental abilities (Synesthesia and Hyperthymesia, which gives him total memory recall), he…
Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles If you’re hankering for something to read ... maybe to carry you into summer and beyond ... you'll want to include me in your will for recommending this book and the entire Penn Cage series. Here's my address .... Finally, the 6th novel in the…