The Nameless Ones is the nineteenth book in the Charlie Parker series. However, Charlie rarely appears in this book. The assassins Louis and Angel are the main characters this time. The Balkan Conflict of the 1990s is alive and well as the Serbian mafia in the Netherlands starts bumping offContinue Reading
Misty turns fifty, sends her last child to college, gets amicably divorced from her husband, and buys a remote mountain lodge in one whirlwind week in Getaway with Murder. After arriving at the lodge, Misty meets a hunky handyman and hires a Wiccan assistant. She makes friends with the ownerContinue Reading
Agatha Raisin finds another corpse in Down the Hatch, book 32 in the popular Cotswolds’ mystery series. Down the Hatch doesn’t wait more than a few pages for Agatha to get embroiled in yet another police case in this fast-moving mystery. When first seeing the body, Agatha, and the astuteContinue Reading
My Review In Punkin Strudel Mayhem, Jolie and Ava are best friends and business partners in a restaurant. The two are so close, they are both pregnant. Jolie with twins. Something happens on a chill October day and Jolie is launched into the Betwixt & In-between World. The nightmarish WorldContinue Reading
Samuel L. Jackson is one Bad Motherfucker—especially in Pulp Fiction, my favorite Jackson movie. However, I knew nothing about his life outside of film before reading this book. Beginning with his birth and concluding in 2021, this book tells Jackson’s story. However, the majority of the book describes every JacksonContinue Reading
Cities disappear in this spinoff from the Sky series, A Hole in the World. The tale is a military thriller with a supernatural twist. I’m not sure if it is because I jumped into this series late, but A Hole in the World is a miss for me. About halfContinue Reading
Banksy: Completed is, of course, about Banksy the provocative street artist. The book attempts, rather well I think, to explain how art critics view art differently from the public. And critics have almost unanimously hated Banksy from the start. It also investigates the nature of art itself. Can graffiti evenContinue Reading
Leda is a psychic travel agent. After she saves Seattle Detective Grady’s life, he asks for her help in a cold case. Even though she has Grave Reservations, Leda agrees to help. If she helps Grady, maybe he can help solve her fiancé’s murder. This book is definitely more ofContinue Reading
Being fired from your job is a scary, frustrating and confusing experience. Involuntary Exit is an empowering guide to what to do next. It includes numerous examples of how the ultimate result can be better than if you stayed in the original position. It also includes suggestions on how toContinue Reading
Tara, the golden retriever, has found another body in Best in Snow. The mayor is found buried in snow. The police quickly arrest a suspect, a reporter who got fired for a false story he wrote about the mayor. Andy, a defense attorney who just wants to retire, is coercedContinue Reading
Before unmanned drones high in the sky were the main US offensive weapons, more rudimentary strategies were used. Travel back to 1944 when steel and men fought surrounded by relentless seas. Learn about The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors, a brave but highly outmatched small naval group, asContinue Reading
Author’s Guest Post Where to Live? By Lena Gregory I’ve lived most of my life in a small town on the south shore of Eastern Long Island, along with four generations of my family. My grandfather owned a deli in town, where I started working stocking shelves and sweeping floorsContinue Reading
In an unnamed snowy land, a husband and his wife wait in a remote hotel for their last chance for a child. The woman is cancer-ridden. However, a local orphanage in this desolate town has promised them a son. However, nothing is simple in the absurdist romp, What Happens atContinue Reading
Thinking Better is a history of how shortcuts have opened our eyes to better, and faster, methodologies. It advocates for outside-the-box thinking. Unfortunately, the book doesn’t contain ways to create these shortcuts for your own problems in either life or math. I’m disappointed and feel misled by the publisher’s blurb.Continue Reading
Are we living within a huge computer simulation? Does it work like a video game that can be replayed, over and over again, to attain a better conclusion? Is that replay effect giving many of us deja vu? In The Simulated Multiverse, a MIT computer scientist tries to untangle theContinue Reading
Are you ready for battle on The Blood Isles? Edinburgh’s youth volunteer to risk their lives in battle in exchange for money and fame. The rich sit back in comfort and bet on the battle’s outcome. The book is clearly a merging of The Vikings/Game of Thrones with Squid Game.Continue Reading