Having first turned his hand to a memoir of life in the NYPD, “Blue Blood,” which was a finalist for …Read the Rest
Books
Who Are The Wee Rockets? by Gerard Brennan
Who Are The WEE ROCKETS? A few years ago, maybe ten, I saw a documentary that featured video footage of …Read the Rest
The Drop by Howard Linskey – review
David Blake returns from a vacation in Thailand to his home in Newcastle to find his comfortable life as a …Read the Rest
2012 Pull List
What is a pull list? A pull list is a comics term that refers to the monthly titles that a …Read the Rest
Confessions of a Catholic Cop by Thomas J. Fitzsimmons – review
The authenticity of this first novel by Thomas Fitzsimmons fairly jumps off the page. With good reason: Following his service …Read the Rest
Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark – review
New York City has its former prosecutor-turned-novelist in Linda Fairstein. Now Los Angeles has its own, Marcia Clark, who was …Read the Rest
In Desperation by Rick Mofina – review
Before the end of the first chapter of “In Desperation,” Rick Mofina’s newest entry in the Jack Gannon series, Tilly, …Read the Rest
Drawing Conclusions by Donna Leon – review
Unlike previous novels in the series, this mystery lacks many instances of the refined palate enjoyed by Commissario Guido Brunetti’s …Read the Rest
Save Me by Lisa Scottoline – review
Bullying, and shining a spotlight thereon, is heralded as the reason this novel was written, but it plays such a …Read the Rest
Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman – review
Sometimes the adage “the more things change, the more they stay the same,” refers to a good thing. Certainly it …Read the Rest
Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway – review
D.S. Lucy Black, of the Police Service of Northern Ireland and the daughter of police officers, in the midst of …Read the Rest
The Fifth Witness by Michael Connelly – review
The saga of the Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller, continues, following his previous appearance as a special prosecutor. Times are hard …Read the Rest
Bloodline by Mark Billingham – review
Tom Thorne is a troubled protagonist. More so than customary in this novel, the latest in the Thorne series, an …Read the Rest
Agent X by Noah Boyd – review
Kate Bannon, the Assistant Director of the FBI who readers, and ex-FBI Agent Steve Vail, first met in this author’s …Read the Rest
Did Not Finish by Simon Wood – review
The advice usually given to authors (and would-be authors) is to write what you know. And that is just what …Read the Rest
Body Line by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles – review
The tone of the book, the newest in the wonderful Bill Slider series, is initially set with the very first …Read the Rest
Only Time Will Tell by Jeffrey Archer – review
This aptly titled novel is the prelude to a series entitled The Clifton Chronicles, covering the lives of several characters …Read the Rest
Twice a Spy by Keith Thomson – review
This sequel has more action packed between the covers than a fast-paced hockey game. Charlie Clark and his father, Drummond …Read the Rest
Cut, Paste, Kill by Marshall Karp – review
A woman, the wife of the British consul in Los Angeles, is found stabbed to death in the ladies room …Read the Rest
Bank of the Black Sheep By Robert Lewis – review
Robin Llywelyn, ostensibly a private detective, wakes up in a hospice with amnesia, handcuffed to a bed after a week-long …Read the Rest
