It’s an inflated mess that takes serious liberties with the character of Sherlock Holmes. As a historical novel it might have been OK if edited, but as a mystery thriller? Forget it.
Goodbye, Vitamin – Novel By Rachel Khong
It’s a funny book about dementia told with great sensitivity. Poignant, insightful and informative, Goodbye, Vitamin will grab you gently and hug you until you both weep and smile. Why not give it a go?
Righteous – Novel By Joe Ide
Chinese Triads, LA gangbangers, a youthful black detective, Vegas gamblers, violent moneylenders, one-legged Rwandan fraudsters and obscene giants. This book has it all, nicely wrapped in a Holmesian story-line. Gotta at least give it a go!
Sunset Limited – James Lee Burke Novel
Sunset Limited by James Lee Burke Dave Robicheaux is back on the pages of Rebel Voice. The Louisiana detective just can’t stay away from this magazine. This time, Dave is investigating the case of Cool Breeze Broussard, a black man who has suffered abuse at the hands of local white bigwigs, as well as having […]
Colorblind – Robert B Parker Novel Written By Reed Farrel Coleman
Colorblind by Robert B Parker and Reed Farrel Coleman This is one more in the highly popular Jesse Stone series which follows the Massachusetts police chief as he struggles with alcoholism and a spate of racially motivate attacks. Stone has returned to Paradise after a stint in rehab. This time he’s serious about giving up […]
American By Day – Novel By Derek B. Miller
The picture says it all. This one’s a turkey and demonstrates the importance of having a good editor. Just because a book has a nice cover and looks stylish is no guarantee that the content is of similar quality. There are lessons for all authors in this book and how poor it is.
Elevation – Novella By Stephen King
A novella of exquisite content about a Maine man who is lost to gravity and soon realizes the serious consequences of his new life. A light read…
Suicide Club – Rachel Heng novel
Suicide Club by Rachel Heng It’s New York sometime in the future but it’s not a future that we’d recognize, at least not most of us. Society has evolved into an obsessive embrace of health and beauty. Children are genetically tested and marked after birth. They are sub-100 or above. Those with the higher results […]
Jurassic Park – Thriller by Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton Most people in the western world will have seen the movie of this name. It was released in 1993, directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and Laura Dern. Interestingly, Spielberg acquired the movie rights to the book for $1.5 million, before it was published. Crichton was […]
Dragon Tears – Dean Koontz Thriller
Dragon Tears by Dean Koontz In this fast-paced tale we meet Californian police detective, Harry Lyon, and his colleague, the feisty Connie Gullivar. Harry is a tad OCD whereas Connie is not. Yet they seem to complement one another perfectly as they struggle to keep law and order in the city of Irvine. When both […]
Holy Ghost – Virgil Flowers Novel By John Sandford
Holy Ghost by John Sandford Virgil Flowers is at it again. Everywhere the hippyesque Minnesota BCA detective goes, he finds major trouble. It’s never simple with Virgil. On this occasion he is sent to investigate two shootings in the one-horse town of Wheatfield. No one has died, yet, but the authorities are worried that that […]
California Fire And Life – Don Winslow Novel
California Fire And Life by Don Winslow California, what a place! It has scenery, drugs, beautiful women and fine wine. It has it all. There are even some great Irish pubs. It also has Jack Wade, disgraced cop, surf aficionado and investigator for California Fire And Life Insurance. Jack’s cop career went off the rails […]
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