Robin Llywelyn, ostensibly a private detective, wakes up in a hospice with amnesia, handcuffed to a bed after a week-long …Read the Rest
Book Reviews
The Informationist by Taylor Stevens – review
A new protagonist, Vanessa (Ness) “Michael” Munroe makes her first appearance in this debut thriller, apparently destined to be a …Read the Rest
Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton – review
The first page of the newest book by Steve Hamilton, which brings the welcome return of Alex McKnight, describes a …Read the Rest
Death Toll by Jim Kelly – review
A protagonist like DI Peter Shaw gives the author license to throw more curve balls at the reader than a …Read the Rest
Cold Wind by C.J. Box – review
It’s not easy being a game warden, especially if your name is Joe Pickett and you keep getting sidetracked with …Read the Rest
Short Thoughts on Short Fiction: Collections
‘Tis the time of year for best of lists and such. I included my five favorite novels of the year …Read the Rest
Dig Two Graves by Eric Beetner – review
Eric Beetner’s Dig Two Graves is the Nerd’s kind of shit, dear reader. It’s dark, funny, fast, and gleefully, wonderfully …Read the Rest
A Double Bast of Heathens: Dead Money & All the Young Warriors – review
Between the badass fiction they’re putting out, the reasonably priced books, the innovative ideas they’re coming up with and the …Read the Rest
Hell On Church Street by Jake Hinkson – review
The Nerd fucking tore through this one, dear reader, tore through it like it was a stack of pancakes at …Read the Rest
Already Gone by John Rector – review
John Rector doesn’t fuck around in Already Gone. The novel opens with Jake Reese, college professor and author, being assaulted …Read the Rest
Stolen Souls by Stuart Neville – review
Okay, book nerds of internetland, what’s the fucking deal? The Ghosts of Belfast drops in the US in 2009 and …Read the Rest
Dead Harvest by Chris F. Holm – review
Dead Harvest is a triumphant debut that felt like the book I’d been waiting on for years without knowing it. …Read the Rest
The Whisperers by John Connolly – review
There is always the element of the supernatural in a Charlie Parker novel. And The Whisperers is no exception. However, …Read the Rest
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman – review
What at first blush appears to be a bucolic setting is soon discovered to be much less innocent than it …Read the Rest
Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson – review
Be forewarned: This is not an easy book to read. It has a complicated plot, filled with a wide assortment …Read the Rest
A Lesson in Secrets by Jacqueline Winspear – review
The common characteristics of the Maisie Dobbs series are the growth in the character, developments over time and, of course, …Read the Rest
Woe to Live On by Daniel Woodrell – review
Here it comes, dear reader, another love letter to the work of Daniel Woodrell from your dear old Nerd. I …Read the Rest
Dove Season by Johnny Shaw – review
Johnny Shaw’s Dove Season is an entertaining series of mistakes, bravado, self-reflection and bad situations. Told through Jimmy Veeder (the …Read the Rest
Choke Hold by Christa Faust – review
Choke Hold, Christa Faust’s long-awaited follow-up to Money Shot, starts out quietly enough. It’s been a couple years since Angel …Read the Rest
Off the Record: A Charity Anthology – review
Hitting the eBook shelves this week was a collection of stories put together by Luca Veste. Containing stories from thirty-eight …Read the Rest
