In The Night Fire, Michael Connelly is still adjusting his audience to the fact that retired detective Harry Bosch is old (much older than he is portrayed in the delightful TV series) and there are only so many fences he can gambol over before he breaks his hip. A few books back, Connelly cleverly introduced Renée Ballard, …
Many thanks to St. Martin’s Press for an advanced reading copy of P.T. Deutermann’s newest WWII military thriller, The Iceman. This is the 4th of Mr. Deutermann’s standalone WWII novels I have read. The previous books include Pacific Glory, Ghosts of Bundo Suida, and The Commodore. They all are about different ship’s captains facing primarily Japanese opponents during the …
I am 75 years old and a retired book professional with nearly forty years of book selling for publishers, as a retailer and for a book wholesaler. Most recently, I have been a volunteer at a regional writers’ association and written book reviews. My wife and I completed a two week visit to five cities in …
Happy news from Seattle author Kevin O’Brien’s Facebook page to start the new year off right: TOP TEN: Seattle Mystery Bookshop has announced its Bestsellers for 2016–and I’m pumped YOU’LL MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE is among the top ten bestselling mass market paperbacks. Among the top ten bestselling hardcovers is my friend and fellow Seattle …
In Calhoun’s apocalyptic debut, the world is suddenly ravaged by a plague of insomnia. As those who have lost their ability to sleep also lose their sanity, the few who are spared the plague become victims of violence, guilt, and impotence. Calhoun’s vision of this world perfectly captures the apocalyptic struggle: the ways–both horrifying and …
I am new to the writings of C. C. Humphreys [who lives on Salt Spring Island, B.C.], but I am really impressed by A Place Called Armageddon. I now have to add him to my list of authors to follow. I love to read historical novels particularly those that take place from the year 500 to the …
Finally, I got a chance to read Her Final Breath by Robert Dugoni. I had to wait until my wife and her sister read it (they loved it!).This is the second book in a series featuring Seattle Police Detective Tracy Crosswhite and her police teammates. It was worth the wait. Another serial killer is loose …
When I was a young adult, there was no such thing as “Young Adult,” so we had to nick what we could from the grownups. The Other, by Thomas Tryon, swept like a flu virus among my peers when it was new. I was 12, and the book has haunted me since. Rereading it as …
It had been 5 years since I last read a Tom Clancy story. I decided to revisit “an old author friend” by reading Threat Vector (number 15 in the Jack Ryan and son series). Boy am I glad I did. This book is typical of the great books of the author’s techno-military adventures. It was published in …
Edmund de Waal’s upcoming nonfiction title, The White Road: Journey Into an Obsession, is causing a flurry of excitement at my bookstore. Another blend of memoir and history with magnificent art at its center, it has customers placing pre-orders in anticipation of its November 10 on-sale date. While you wait, might we suggest some other …
