K-Street by M.A. Lawson (Kay Hamilton #3) M.A. Lawson is the pen name of Mike Lawson, an established author of the Joe DeMarco series, an excellent series about the unsung aide to the Speaker of the House, who’s always cleaning up the Speaker’s messes … and one of the only…
The Late Show by Michael Connelly (Rene Ballard #1) For the first time following 20 books in the Harry Bosch series, Michael Connelly has developed a new character … introducing Renee Ballard, a fierce young detective fighting to prove herself on the LAPD’s toughest beat. Here’s a quick description of…
Dead Drop by Marc Cameron (Jericho Quinn #7.5) The bad-ass SpecOps characters continue to pile up. Here’s the most current list: the Jonathan Graves series from John Gilstrap, the John Rain series from Barry Eisler, the Dewey Andreas series from Ben Coes, and the Scot Harvath series from Brad Thor…
Use of Force by Brad Thor (Scot Harvath #17) It’s quite the season for the bad-ass SpecOps characters that are filling up my bookshelf. Over the last few weeks, I’ve read and shared with you the latest novel from: the Jonathan Graves series from John Gilstrap, the John Rain series…
Final Target by John Gilstrap (Jonathan Grave #8) I also love it when old friends like Scorpion, Boxers and Mother Hen return to the page. I've written about this series before when Friendly Fire came out last year. Grave is a hostage rescue specialist who only gets the impossible assignments,…
Zero Sum by Barry Eisler (John Rain #9) I love John Rain and I'm glad to see Barry Eisler is keeping him on the page. He is a skilled assassin, but one with a heart and soul ... and values that rarely accompany his profession ... although you may be…
Herman Wouk is Still Writing at the Age of 102 You may not remember Herman Wouk, but if you're a fan of this genre, you've probably read one or both of The Caine Mutiny or The Winds of War, that great story of World War II that debuted in 1971…
The Switch by Joseph Finder I've always enjoyed Joseph Finder's books and I don't think I've missed any. Like most writers in this genre, he's created a recurring hero, Nick Heller, a Special Forces intelligence investigator (who does not appear here), but the majority of his novels are standalones. In…
Camino Island by John Grisham If you read anything in the Mystery-Thriller-Suspense genre, you must have read something from John Grisham, so if you’re waiting, here’s his summer Beach Read. Since first publishing A Time to Kill in 1988, Grisham has written one novel a year and now has over…