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: Powder Burn by Carl Hiaasen – Smuggler’s Blues
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: 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: After Anna by Lisa Scottoline – Predictable and Unbelievable
When someone recommends a book or author in one of my book groups, I’ve been ready to dive in. After a number of clunkers, I’m starting to get less enthusiastic about taking […]
Book Review: Smoked Out by Jeff Carson – A Break-Neck Thriller
The book preceding this one in Jeff Carson’s series about Colorado Sheriff David Wolf left the reader with a cliffhanger. Smoked Out is the first book of the series where I’d say […]
Book Review: Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz – I See Dead People, and Elvis
I started this series by Dean Koontz somewhere in the middle. That had both good and bad points. The good side of it was I could approach the beginning of the series […]
Book Review: Tick Tock by Dean Koontz – It Started So Good…
Dean Koontz is an author that I’ve had a love/hate relationship with over the years. When he’s good, there’s hardly anyone better. Novels such as Lightning, Intensity, and Dark Rivers of the […]
Book Review: Her Name is Knight by Yasmin Angoe
I received the second book in author Yasmin Angoe’s series as an advanced reader copy, and as I started reading it, I felt lost. I went back and saw that the first […]
Book Review: Sudden Death by Allison Brennan – Suspenseful Mystery with A Little Romance Thrown In
Allison Brennan was an author recommended to me by a friend and I decided to check her out. Sudden Death was listed as a romance, which really almost put me off of […]
Book Review: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown – Freemasons, Symbologists, and the CIA – OH MY!
After the success of The DaVinci Code, fueled by controversy over some of the religious beliefs he turned on its ear, writer Dan Brown has reached a point where he can probably […]
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