Tag: crime books
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Books – Review of Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman – 2021 – Astounding Thriller
Book Review – Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman – Absorbing Narrative My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Serpentine Admittedly, my first Jonathan Kellerman, and it certainly won’t be my last! This year has been a year of discovery for me, particularly new authors. Some on their debut, some seasoned but I…
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Books – Review of The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny – 2021- Impressive Story
Book Review – The Madness of Crowds – Impressive Story My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Madness of Crowds Once in a while, you read a book which impresses and affects you for reasons other than the genre would lead you to expect. The Madness of Crowds is one such…
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Books – Review of False Witness by Karin Slaughter – 2021 – Exquisite Read
Book Review of False Witness by Karin Slaughter – Exquisite Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – False Witness The book starts off with a story thread that the book blurb seems unrelated to – A child, his hunk of a father and the child’s babysitter. Tragic incidents unfurl which then seemingly have no…
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Books – Review of Bath Haus by P.J.Vernon – 2021 – Astounding Thriller
Book Review of Bath Haus by P. J. Vernon – Cracking Thriller My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Bath Haus This is my first novel with a Gay theme and though I’ve never been squeamish about people’s choices this book has set me free of any trace of prejudice that I…
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Book Review – The Last Coyote – Michael Connelly – 1995 – Master at work
The Last Coyote – Michael Connelly – Stunning Read Harry Bosch # 4 Rating: 4.5 on 5 Plot Summary – The Last Coyote For this review, I go back many years! The Last Coyote was initially published in 1995, though I read it sometime in 2014 or so after I discovered the brilliance…
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Books – Review of Choppy Water by Stuart Woods – 2020 – Simplistic but Fast Paced
Book Review – Choppy Water by Stuart Woods – Mundane Thriller My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – Choppy Water This is 2020’s Stone Barrington installment, number 54 at that! There are many who’ve never heard of Stuart Woods or his main protagonist Stone Barrington, so here’s a small recap – Stone…
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Books – Review of The Devil’s Hand by Jack Carr – 2021 – Attractive Read
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…
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Books – Review of Find Them Dead by Peter James – 2020 – Attractive Read
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…
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Turn A Blind Eye – Jeffrey Archer – 2021 – Book Review – A Very Attractive Sequel
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…
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Books – Review of Charlatans by Robin Cook – 2017 – Truly Disappointing Read
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,…