Book Review – The Rooster Bar – John Grisham My Rating : 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Rooster Bar Growing up as angsty teenagers, facing an uncertain future out of the parental umbrella, it is easy to be fooled by the lure of professional courses – what with the glitzy ads, smiling…
Book Review – Skin and Bone by Ed James – Compelling Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Skin and Bone Ed James as an author, in my opinion at least, is getting better and better as he publishes more. For an Indie author he has been a fabulous talent and…
Book Review of Shakeup by Stuart Woods – Usual Page Turning fare My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Shakeup Many a times, I promise myself not to read a Stuart Woods again but struggling to find a book, I pick one up again. But it must be said that he is…
Book Review – The Final Twist by Jeffery Deaver – Enjoyable Sequel My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Final Twist This is the third Colter Shaw novel, in a series that started in 2019 and not including a couple of short stories published in between. Also, it has been that…
Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri – Book Review – Inspiring and Poignant Story My Rating – 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri, the Pulitzer Prize winning novelist in 2000 for The Interpreter of Maladies, had written her first novel in Italian, in 2018 – Dove Mi Trovo (Where I Find Myself), and…
Book Review of Sooley by John Grisham – Entertaining Stuff My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Sooley In another move from his pet genre, Legal Thrillers, John Grisham moves to Basketball. he’s earlier written about Baseball but Basketball is a first. And to borrow a term from the game – it’s…
Book Review – Left You Dead by Peter James – Run of the Mill thriller My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Left You Dead This is Roy Grace #17 and I believe far from being the best. There is a novelty to the plot, and the way the climax is given…
Book Review – Legacy of War by Wilbur Smith – Another Worthwhile Sequel added to the long list! My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Legacy of War The long running Courtney Saga is back with Leon Courtney, his daughter Saffron and her husband Gerhard Von Meerbach being the main protagonists in…
Book review – The Devil’s Hand by Jack Carr – The ex-Navy Seal turned Author! My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Devil’s Hand The novel can be said to be truly ‘straight from the horse’s mouth’ as the author, Jack Carr, is a former Navy Seal – that elite band…
Book Review – Ocean Prey by John Sandford – Exciting Sequel My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Ocean Prey The much awaited Lucas Davenport annual installment is here, releasing to mixed feelings. For the past few years, there have been a Lucas Davenport and a separate Virgil Flowers novel, though both…
Book Review – Find Them Dead by Peter James – Enthralling Sequel My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Find Them Dead Long into the Roy Grace series, which has earned Peter James an Worldwide renown, I read the first book of the series – Find Them Dead. Though, mostly all books…
Book Review of Turn A Blind Eye by Jeffrey Archer My Rating – 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Turn A Blind Eye The third installment of the much-loved Detective Inspector William Warwick series, Turn A Blind Eye, releases in a surprisingly short gap from the second one – Hidden In Plain Sight. Even better for…
Book Review – The Consequences of Fear – Jaqueline Winspear – Quaint Old Time Detective Novel My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Consequences of Fear This is my first experience of reading Jacqueline Winspear and her Maisie Dobbs series, and I come away super impressed and captivated. Since this is…
A Gambling Man – David Baldacci – 2021 – Book Review My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – A Gambling Man This is the second book of the Aloysius Archer series, after the 2019 release of ‘One Good Deed‘ which debuted another of David Baldacci‘s intriguing protagonists. This is not modern times…
Book Review – Double Jeopardy by Stuart Woods My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Double Jeopardy This is Stuart Woods’ most popular series, the Stone Barrington series. And this one is the 57th book of the series! So yes, Stuart Woods is a prolific writer, and his books make it to the…
Book Review – Win by Harlan Coben My Rating – 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Win Firstly, among the many Harlan Coben novels that I have read, this is by far the most breathtakingly paced! To bring this into some perspective, Harlan Coben’s first few novels were rather slow and things got better…
Book Review – Faithless in Death by J. D. Robb – Super series continues My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Faithless in Death Those not in the know, bestselling author Nora Roberts writes the ‘Death’ series under the pseudonym of J.D. Robb, starring NYSPD Detective Eve Dallas. This happens to be…
Book Review of Charlatans – Very Disappointing Book My Rating – 2.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Charlatans Then, as Noah would say, the shit hit the fan. On two occasions, he was hauled before the Residency Advisory Board, which was particularly embarrassing since he sat on the board, as voted by his fellow residents,…
Book Review of Where the Crawdads Sing – The Best of 2019 My Rating – 4.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – Where the Crawdads Sing This is author Delia Owens’s debut novel and the vivid imagery she captures of the North Carolina swamps fully justify her chosen vocation of a Wildlife Scientist. The haunting images…
Book Review of The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah – Fabulous Read! My Rating – 5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Four Winds “You are of me, Loreda, in a way that can never be broken. Not by words or anger or action or time. I love you. I will always love you. You…
Book Review of Walk The Wire by David Baldacci – Memorable Sequel My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Walk The Wire This is the sixth installment of the Amos Decker series, though if this is the first one that you are reading, there isn’t much in terms of the backstory, which you’d miss –…
Book Review of The Push – Taut and Well Written My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Push Ashley Audrain is a debutant, as an author. After you finish reading The Push, you will not believe it, so I’ve put that fact right at the beginning. This book is so captivating,…
Book Review of The Scorpion’s Tail by Preston and Child – Intriguing Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Scorpion’s Tail This is my first outing with Mr. Douglas Preston and Mr. Lincoln Child (eerily similar in nomenclature to Lee Child) and I must say that I will have to…
Book Review – The Russian by James Patterson & James O. Born – Much Awaited Sequel My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Russian Well, time for the much-awaited annual installment (13th to be precise) of Michael Bennett, the lovable NYPD Detective of Irish roots. Michael’s family includes his grandfather Seamus,…
Book Review of I Follow You by Peter James – Pacy thriller about a depraved mind…. My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – I Follow You Peter James, is the renowned British author of the Roy Grace series, and this is a Stand-Alone thriller from him. It is a roller coaster ride,…
Book Review of The Boy From The Woods by Harlan Coben – A Charming Read but far from Harlan Coben’s Best! My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Boy From The Woods Harlan Coben, while being a masterful storyteller, veers from the pretty ordinary to superlative, quite frequently – sometimes within…
Book Review – The Guest List by Lucy Foley – A breathtaking murder mystery My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Guest List This was one uncanny coincidence – my two recent reads, One by One by Ruth Ware and The Guest List by Lucy Foley, have striking similarities in their…
Book Review – The Goodbye Man – Colter Shaw #2 – Jeffery Deaver – A Not So Complex Novel My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Goodbye Man Jeffery Deaver, the writer most famous for his Lincoln Rhyme series, debuted a new hero in Colter Shaw in the 2019 book –…
Book Review – The Searcher by Tana French – Slowbuilding Mystery My Rating 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Searcher From the hustle and bustle of Chicago, Cal Hooper – after 25 years of service and then voluntary retirement from the Chicago Police Department, moves to the remote village of Ardnakelty, in Western…
Book Review of Gathering Dark by Candice Fox – Amazing Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Gathering Dark I first discovered Candice Fox as an Author quite a few years back, when I read one of her collaborations with James Patterson, possibly for her Harriet Blue series or for one…