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September 24, 2016
Kent Haruf – “Our Souls At Night”
Spare, clean, and beautifully wrought, Our Souls At Night is a dollop of Kent Haruf’s signature prose but just as evocative and heavy as Plainsong, Eventide or Benediction. If you’ve read those three, don’t miss this one. This last entry … Continue reading →
September 21, 2016
Q & A #49 – Wendy J. Fox, “The Pull of It”
This post goes up the day after a big celebrity breakup. I’m not going to waste another byte on their names but they appeared to be so tight–their outward image to the world–that they were referred to by one merged, … Continue reading →
September 8, 2016
Q & A #48 – Elizabeth Greenwood, “Playing Dead – A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud”
If you got desperate, could you do it? Could you fake your own death? Could you try to leave your problems behind and start all over again? Would it work? In a book as funny as it is insightful, Elizabeth … Continue reading →
September 6, 2016
Kevin Wolf – “The Homeplace”
My full review of The Homeplace by Kevin Wolf is posted here for The New York Journal of Books.Filed under: Books
August 31, 2016
David Freed – “Hot Start”
My review of Hot Start by David Freed for the New York Journal of Books is posted here.Filed under: Books
August 27, 2016
Steve Hamilton – “The Second Life of Nick Mason”
Who wouldn’t jump at the chance to walk out of prison twenty years early? Right? Even if the chance comes with a vague sort-of contract, an unwritten bargain? Even if the deal is struck with a notorious fellow prisoner, a … Continue reading →
August 16, 2016
Q & A #47 – Erik Storey, “Nothing Short of Dying”
Erik Storey’s first novel, Nothing Short of Dying, is being published today with the support of sterling blurbs from the likes of Lee Child, C.J. Box, William Kent Krueger, and Nelson DeMille. Advance reviews confirmed the praise. Booklist called it “immensely enjoyable.” … Continue reading →
August 11, 2016
Mark Coggins – “No Hard Feelings”
I’ve only read one other in the August Riordan series. The Big Wake-Up was a hard-charging five-hour energy boost set on the sometimes mean, sometimes funny streets of San Francisco. That tale involved the preserved body of Eva Peron and heavy … Continue reading →
August 5, 2016
Q & A #46 – Christopher Bartley, “Naked Shall I Return”
I’m going to keep this intro short. Below, some nifty insights from the writer behind eight novels featuring thoughtful tough guy Ross Duncan. I’ve only read the first, They Die Alone, and the latest, Naked Shall I Return. For any fan of … Continue reading →
August 2, 2016
“Brussels Noir”
My review of the short story collection “Brussels Noir” for the New York Journal of Books is posted here.Filed under: Books Tagged: belgium, brussels, noir, short stories
