Edwin Burrows, CPA has become one of my favorite amateur sleuths in crime fiction. Edwin’s Equity is the fifth in the series that keeps getting better with each new story. If you have not read some of the other Edwin Burrows books, please check out my review of the first in the series, Alibi Aficionado. […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Past Tense, by Lee Child
Jack Reacher is back in the new Lee Child book Past Tense. In this story, Jack is about to start a cross-country hitchhiking trip when he bumps into a small town. A town that he as only heard of but never saw before. It is the town that Reacher’s dad called home. Jack Reacher: Past […]
Book Review: Foundryside
One of the hardest parts of good science fiction or fantasy is world building. In Foundry Side, Robert Jackson Bennett has built one of the most original worlds I have read about in years. This story centers around a thief named Sancia. She lives in a city-state that runs on industrialized magic. Spells in this […]
Book Review – The Assassin by Mark Dawson
Mark Dawson’s newest book is about an assassin in training Isabella Rose. This story takes place in the world of his John Milton series but is no a Milton book. The Assassin by Mark Dawson Isabella and her trainer Maia are on the run. Various government groups and a private military contractor are looking for […]
Book Review: Bum Deal by Paul Levine
Author Paul Levine is back with a new legal thriller in Bum Deal. This novel continues the Attorney Jake Lassiter series of novels. In this story, Jake is asked to become a special prosecutor in a case. Typically a defense attorney Jake takes the assignment with apprehension. Bum Deal by Paul Levine A rich doctor […]
Book Review: Fire on the Fens
Sometimes you can judge a book by the cover. As a fire/arson investigator anytime I see a book with flames as cover art I make sure to take a second look. Fire on the Fens by Joy Ellis is about a community being hit by a serial arsonist. At first, it is only property being […]