Before I read it, I saw a description of START SHOOTING that termed it “cop noir.” Cool, I thought, count me in. I love cop stories, especially those that are somewhat dark.In START SHOOTING, though, Newton takes dark to new depths.His first character, the grand and...
When we last saw Charlie Hardie at the end of FUN & GAMES he was…only mostly dead. Illustrating once again that you really can’t kill a good thing, Charlie is back with a vengeance in HELL & GONE.Proving that he’s not one for a Dallas-style cop out, author...
If you know me at all, you know that I can’t cook to save my life. Can’t even boil water…am dangerous with knives…you get the picture. The only cookbooks I’ve ever owned belonged to my mother, and I treasure them as keepsakes, but I’ve never actually used...
In THE BURNING SOUL, John Connolly once again perfectly balances the elements of a great story: character, story (plot) and place. If you’ve read Connolly before, you know that his characters are fascinating in their imperfection. Private detective Charlie Parker is...
I finished reading THE WOODCUTTER months ago—five of them, to be exact—and have been debating this review with myself ever since. Why? It can be summed up in one word: lonning.Unless you happen to be reading this from the Cumbria region of England, chances are good...
With a title like this, it has to be a whodunit, right? Right? Not so fast. THE PERFECT SUSPECT is a suspenseful tale, yes, but the murderer is revealed on the very first page.Ryan Beckman is a gifted police detective, the likes of which we’re seeing more of in...
