Category Archives: crime

Reviewing a classic: The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe 05) by Raymond Chandler

Posted on August 24, 2018 by

Product info:  (from Goodreads): Chandler’s 5th novel has Philip Marlowe going to Hollywood as he explores the underworld of glitter capital, trying to find a sweet young thing’s missing brother. A movie starlet with a gangster boyfriend and a pair … Continue reading →

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Devil Red (Hap and Leonard 08) by Joe R. Lansdale

Posted on August 3, 2018 by

Synopsis (almost from Goodreads): Leonard Pine and Hap Collins are two hit men turned private detectives. When their friend Marvin asks them to look into a cold-case double homicide, they’re more than happy: they like trouble, and they especially like getting … Continue reading →

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Reviewing a classic: Lady in the Lake (Philip Marlowe 04) by Raymond Chandler

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

Product info (from Goodreads): A couple of missing wives—one a rich man’s and one a poor man’s—become the objects of Marlowe’s investigation. One of them may have gotten a Mexican divorce and married a gigolo and the other may be … Continue reading →

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Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): When struggling riverboat captain Abner Marsh receives an offer of partnership from a wealthy aristocrat, he suspects something’s amiss. But when he meets the hauntingly pale, steely-eyed Joshua York, he is certain. For York doesn’t care that … Continue reading →

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The Black Widow (Gabriel Allon 16) by Daniel Silva

Posted on May 11, 2018 by

Product info: A network of terror. A web of deceit. A deadly game of vengeance. Legendary spy and art restorer Gabriel Allon is poised to become the chief of Israel’s secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, … Continue reading →

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They Way of Shadows (Night Angel 01) by Brent Weeks

Posted on April 27, 2018 by

Product info: For Durzo Blint, assassination is an art-and he is the city’s most accomplished artist.  For Azoth, survival is precarious. Something you never take for granted. As a guild rat, he’s grown up in the slums, and learned to … Continue reading →

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It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover

Posted on November 28, 2017 by

Synopsis: SOMETIMES THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU IS THE ONE WHO HURTS YOU THE MOST Lily hasn’t always had it easy, but that’s never stopped her from working hard for the life she wants. She’s come a long way from … Continue reading →

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The Burgas Affair by Ellis Shuman

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

I got a complimentary copy of this one from the author in exchange for an honest review. Product info: It is a story which contains some reality: the terrorist attack at Burgas Airport in 2012, during which five Israeli tourists … Continue reading →

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Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach

Posted on September 22, 2017 by

Synopsis: When Leila discovers the Web site Red Pill, she feels she has finally found people who understand her. A sheltered young woman raised by her mother, Leila has often struggled to connect with the girls at school; but on … Continue reading →

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The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

Synopsis (from Goodreads): For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a “temporary” safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling … Continue reading →

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