This is the seventh book in Jeff Carson’s series about the former Sheriff, now Chief Detective David Wolf. When the county he was the Sheriff of merged with a nearby one in […]
Book Review: Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen – Smuggler’s Blues
Powder Burn is another of Hiaasen’s early books. It’s steeped in the cocaine culture of the 1980s, like the show Miami Vice. There’s a little more fun and intrigue here, but no […]
Book Review: Murder at the Serpentine Bridge by Andrea Penrose – Entertaining Historical Fiction Mystery
Thank you to Andrea Penrose Kensington Books for sending me this as an Advanced Reader Copy. This is my unbiased review. Picking up a series in the middle can sometimes be difficult. […]
Book Review: The Final Tour by A.J. Stewart – An Iraq War Political Thriller
A.J. Stewart is a writer who I came across thanks to some of his quirky novels set in South Florida. They aren’t quite as out there as some of the novels by […]
Book Review: Hidden Mickeys: A Field Guide to Walt Disney World’s Best Kept Secrets by Steven Barrett – Slow Down and Find the Hidden Mickeys at Walt Disney World
Some of us go to Disney World a lot. Okay, that might be an understatement. Regardless, there are many things that keep people coming back again and again. One of those things […]
Book Review: Songs of the Humpback Whale by Jodi Picoult – Her First Novel, Not Her Best
I was introduced to author Jodi Picoult through a summer reading assignment at my kids’ high school a few years back. Since then, I have been making my way through her other […]
Book Review: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva – Just When I Thought I Was Out They Pull Me Back In
This is the first book in author Daniel Silva’s series about Israeli intelligence operative Gabriel Allon. It is not the beginning of Gabriel’s story, although it does fill in many of the […]
Book Review: Moneyball by Michael Lewis – Underdogs Rejoice
One of the pleasures of being a Mets fan is always knowing you’re the underdog. It’s never seemed as if they were a sure thing, even in 1986. Back then, they seemed […]
Book Review – Cold Mountain: A Novel by Charles Frazier – A Civil War Odyssey
Cold Mountain is based on tales handed down in author Charles Frazier’s family over the generations. Many of us have similar tales handed down that may or may not be factual, but […]
Book Review: The Clue in the Jewel Box – Nancy Drew Finds the Male Anastasia
The Nancy Drew series was originally penned in the 1930s and 1940s for the most part and most were rewritten in the 1960s and 1970s. These rewrites usually consisted of tightening up […]
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