Upstairs at 85 East 4th Street | NYC Saturday night a friend and I went to the KGB Bar on 4th Street in the East Village, a great little literary hang out, up several flights of steps (front, inside and then another set, straight up) It’s worth the climb. Our occasion was a reading of […]
Mr. and Mrs. North Series
Written by Frances and Richard Lockridge | In March, Mysterious Books (with Open Road) announced they are publishing the Mr. and Mrs. North series written by Frances and Richard Lockridge. The books began as short stories about a young couple, Pam and Jerry North, living in Manhattan in the late 1930’s, and evolved into mystery […]
100 Deadly Skills: The SEAL Operative’s Guide to Eluding Pursuers, Evading Capture, and Surviving Any Dangerous Situation
Written by Navy SEAL, Ret. Clint Emerson Black and white line illustrations by Ted Stampyak NON FICTION. DO IT YOURSELF. There are so many delights in this book it’s difficult to pick a few to discuss. My favorite tip might be the pages that show how to use a roll of duct tape to recycle […]
Review: Michael Connelly mystery The Crossing (Harry Bosch)
Written by Michael Connelly For a guy who bends the rules from time to time, Detective Harry Bosch can be fairly judgmental about other people’s transgressions. In his defense he doesn’t do it for money or personal advancement or the love of beautiful women—Harry craves justice. He’s a good man in a very naughty world. […]
When Falcons Fall (A Sebastian St. Cyr Mystery)
Written by C. S. Harris Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin and his wife are visiting the Shropshire village of Alewick to bring an unknown woman the gift of a mechanical nightingale purchased by a man who may have been Sebastian’s half brother. A melancholy mission with the goal of finding some clue to the name […]
Reacher Said Nothing: Lee Child and the Making of Make Me
Written by Andy Martin I usually buy Lee Child on, or close to, publication day and thought his 2015 book Make Me was one of his best in several years. Do I want to read a book about him writing it? Not so much. Man sits and works in front of a computer all day […]
Long Upon the Land (A Deborah Knott Mystery)
Written by Margaret Maron There is a dead man in this book, a body found on Knott land who might have some contentious connection to Judge Deborah Knott’s father Kezzie Knott or one of her twelve brothers and half brothers. Of course sometimes it seems as if everything that happens in Colleton County North Carolina […]