SHADOWS REEL is the twelfth C.J. Box-penned novel (and the ninth in the “Joe Pickett” series) I’ve read. It’s a solid link in the series but I didn’t experience any “Oh wow” moments. There are two independent story lines, almost like the book alternates between two novellas. One story line centers around Wyoming game warden…
I learned a lot reading Chris Whipple’s THE SPYMASTERS: HOW THE CIA DIRECTORS SHAPE HISTORY AND THE FUTURE, and I’ve already forgotten most of it. The introduction was an eye-opener. If you don’t read the book, visit your local library and read the introduction. A couple things I came away with: the CIA (Central INTELLIGENCE…
RICH BLOOD is the sixth Robert Bailey legal thriller I’ve read. The characters are all new, except for Powell Conrad, who was a district attorney in the McMurtrie and Drake 4-book series, and is a trial judge in RICH BLOOD. I liked Rich Blood, partly because it’s a good novel, partly because I like Robert…
I really liked Matthew Quirk’s thriller, HOUR OF THE ASSASSIN. The basic plot: Nick Averose, a former Secret Service agent now in his own business as a security consultant, is hired to test the security of the house belonging to a former CIA director. He breaks through the defenses. Unfortunately, while he is chit-chatting with…
Sean Adams’ THE HEAP seems to be a bible or proposal for a TV series. Its good parts are amazing, but the uninspired storylines drag my rating down to three stars. The novel’s basic premise: A building 500 stories high (Los Verticales), really a city unto itself, collapses into a “heap” killing everyone in it,…
Book Review by Joseph Snoe—THE BLADE BETWEEN by Sam J. Miller One thing for sure about Sam J. Miller’s THE BLADE BETWEEN, it’s not a cookie cutter novel. I’m not even sure what genre it is. I have to wait until December to see how Amazon.com classifies it. I was thinking perhaps fantasy or science…