The Midnight Bell by Jack Higgins I finally got past the 2 great novels by Simon Gervais and turned to an oldie but goody. Sean Dillon, the irrepressible character featured in the 22nd novel from Jack Higgins, The Midnight Bell, is a true force of nature. A former IRA hitman…
A Red Dotted Line by Simon Gervais This is the last week I'll talk about the discovery of a new author, Simon Gervais. I've now finished his latest novel, A Red Dotted Line, only his second book featuring Mike Walton, an experienced terrorism expert. One reason Gervais' novels are so…
A Long Gray Line by Simon Gervais Last week, I talked about the discovery of a new author, Simon Gervais, who wrote The Thin Black Line featuring Mike Walton, an experienced terrorism expert. He's also written a novella, A Long Gray Line and a 2nd novel, A Red Dotted Line.…
The Thin Black Line by Simon Gervais It's been a long time since I've found a new author I had never read or heard of ... until Simon Gervais came along with The Thin Black Line. It features Mike Walton, an experienced terrorism expert who suffers "devastating physical injury and…
Charcoal Joe by Walter Mosley I love Walter Mosley, and I'm thrilled that my favorite character he writes about, Easy Rawlins, is back in Charcoal Joe. Picking up where his last adventures in Rose Gold left off in L.A. in the late 1960s, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins finds his life in…
No Man's Land by David Baldacci David Baldacci has just published the 4th book in the John Puller series, No Man's Land. Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CID). In this novel, Puller is pulled into an investigation of…
Night School by Lee Child Night School by Lee Child is Number #21 in the Jack Reacher series. I spent some time with Lee Child several years ago. A very nice man who was formerly a TV script writer ... who writes about a not so gentle giant by the…
The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly The Wrong Side of Goodbye is Michael Connelly's 23rd book in the Harry Bosch series. Harry is now a PI, having retired from the LAPD. When he finds himself across the desk from one of the richest men in the country, he…
Livia Lone by Barry Eisler Last week, I mentioned The Whistler, the latest novel by John Grisham. Not edgy enough, I said. Not so, Livia Lone, the latest novel from the pen of Barry Eisler. Livia and her younger sister were sold into slavery by their Thai parents and Livia…