Most coming-of-age stories don’t feature dead bodies, point-blank murder, duffel bags stuffed with weed, bent cops, bloody biker shootouts or underage rich kids popping Molly… Read more “There Ain’t No Yellow Brick Road”
Category: My Book Reviews
Texas Gothic Slow Burn
With The Wretched and Undone, Julia Weiner has written a compelling, slow-burning horror story of a cursed family of Polish immigrants to the Texas Hill Country, haunted… Read more “Texas Gothic Slow Burn”
A Fast Dance Through Dating Danger
Ace Big Apple mystery writer Dick R.G. Belsky and co-author Bonnie Traymore have a terrifically slick and winning psychological thriller coming… Read more “A Fast Dance Through Dating Danger”
Big Mistake, Big Thrill
Life is short. And it’s about to get a lot shorter for a pack of high-life Savannah sex club swells, a crooked DA, a bent cop, a… Read more “Big Mistake, Big Thrill”
Higher Plane Western
From afar, it’s always tempting to lump Baron R. Birtcher’s Sheriff Ty Dawson mysteries with other modern-day Westerns such as Craig Johnson’s Longmire series or the Joe… Read more “Higher Plane Western”
Canine Envy
There’s something about rapid-fire writing and the relentless staccato of short, sharp sentences spiced with dark wit, grim insight and bloody shockers that keep a reader focused… Read more “Canine Envy”
Angst At Fitty
Clare Carlson is staring down the barrel of the Big Five-Oh and doesn’t like what she sees. She worries about the impact of age on her television… Read more “Angst At Fitty”
Tightrope
There’s a subtle art to the introduction of highly technical, complex and potentially mind-numbing subjects to a work of fiction, one that requires a bit of a… Read more “Tightrope”
True Lyric Grit
My friend, Baron R. Birtcher, is one of the finest authors you’ll ever meet and read. His Sheriff Ty Dawson mysteries are absolute jewels, lyric and literary… Read more “True Lyric Grit”
White Hot Rocket Ride
Check out my review of Mike and Ayan Rubin’s latest gumbo-infused crime thriller, A WHITE HOT PLAN. A White Hot Plan is a rocket-sled ride of a… Read more “White Hot Rocket Ride”
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