Check out Honest Jim’s review of Howard Owen’s excellent first Willie Black mystery, Oregon Hill. Then go out and buy it. Journalists are a clannish lot, particularly… Read more “Old School Ink”
Category: My Book Reviews
Like A Freight Train
Check out Honest Jim’s review of Bruce Robert Coffin’s latest mystery, Beyond The Truth. “Bruce Robert Coffin’s BEYOND THE TRUTH is a gritty and relentless tale of… Read more “Like A Freight Train”
Grit And Glitz
Emilia Cruz, the gritty but stylish police detective at the center of the author Carmen Amato’s mystery series, has a foot planted in both of the worlds… Read more “Grit And Glitz”
Broken-Field Mystery
Check out Honest Jim’s review of Dick Belsky’s hot-off-the-presses Clare Carlson mystery, BELOW THE FOLD: Dick Belsky is the Gayle Sayers of the sudden plot twist, a… Read more “Broken-Field Mystery”
True West Truth
You’d be well-advised to never use that creative pejorative — sequel — anywhere near Baron R. Birtcher’s latest modern-day Western thriller, Fistful of Rain, because this vividly-told… Read more “True West Truth”
Psychopath Road
Check out my review of KNIFE’S TELL, Daniel Dark’s wildly unique take on Jack the Ripper: When an author tackles as well-known and morbidly fascinating a subject… Read more “Psychopath Road”
Monsoon Blood
Check out my review of Robert Ward’s gritty Charm City noir: In Four Kinds of Rain, Robert Ward spins a classic noir tale that is both riveting… Read more “Monsoon Blood”
Dangerous Curves
Here’s Honest Jim’s review of Dick Belsky’s stellar mystery, YESTERDAY’S NEWS. Dick Belsky delivers another fast-paced mystery in YESTERDAY’S NEWS, a book that features the author’s masterful… Read more “Dangerous Curves”
Bloody Etouffee
The main difference between Mike Rubin and all the other lawyers-turned-authors out there writing legal thrillers is that this guy writes like a homesick angel and never… Read more “Bloody Etouffee”
American Reminder
John Davis’ Rainy Street Stories is a marvelous collection of essays, vignettes, poems and thoughtful stories that have tremendous resonance and relevancy to the times in which… Read more “American Reminder”
Jim Nesbitt 