Books

Copyright 2016 by Harlan Coben. Published by Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. This is the 9th Coben book that I have reviewed. Haven’t found a bad one yet. This is #11 in the series of Coben books that features Myron Bolitar, failed-basketball-star-turned-detective. As always, Bolitar is assisted in his endeavors … Continue reading »

Copyright 2005 by Harlan Coben, published by Signet, an imprint of New American Library, New York. This is the 8th book by Harlan Coben that I have reviewed here. I think I may have read this book before, many years ago, as it seems familiar. But I didn’t review it then so I will do … Continue reading »

Copyright 2009 by Dan Brown. Published by Anchor Books, a division of Random House, New York. I hadn’t thought of this as one of a series, but it is. It is #3 of 5, according to Amazon.com. The series features world-renowned symbologist Robert Langdon. The second in the series was the wildly popular The Da … Continue reading »

Copyright 2022 by David Benjamin. Published by Last Kid Books, Madison WI. The usual disclaimer: David Benjamin is a lifelong friend. I started reading Witness to the Crucifixion with the expectation that it would be written with the same whimsy that characterizes Benjamin’s other books. I expected a fun read. But a quarter of the … Continue reading »

Copyright 2002 by Hieronymus, Inc. Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston MA. The technology in this book is a bit hard to swallow – literally – but the story is compelling and is very well-written. Connelly never disappoints. The story begins with the CTO of a cutting-edge biotechnology company, Henry Pierce, moves into a … Continue reading »

Copyright 1990 by Randy Wayne White. Published by St Martin’s Press, New York. This is the first of White’s series of mystery/adventure novels featuring Doc Ford, marine biologist. There are currently 26 books in the series, so this is the flagship of a very successful series. The book opens with Doc Ford returning from a … Continue reading »

Copyright 1991 by Stuart Woods. Published by HarperCollins, New York. This is the first book in the series of mysteries by Stuart Woods that feature Stone Barrington, upscale cop, investigator and lawyer. This is my second Barrington book, having read Foreign Affairs first (#35 in the series). I didn’t like Foreign Affairs much (I scored … Continue reading »

Copyright 2021 by David Benjamin. Published by Last Kid Books, Madison WI. The usual disclaimer: I know the author. He is one of my oldest and dearest friends. This is #3 in Benjamin’s series of mysteries featuring Jim Otis, Sheriff of Hercules WI, a small town disparagingly called “hicksville.” Otis is a former Chicago cop … Continue reading »

Copyright 1979 by Robert Ludlum. Published Bantam Books Inc, New York. I take a break from mysteries occasionally to read popular books in other genres.. This one falls into the “epic struggle of one man against a worldwide conspiracy” category. The protagonist is Brandon Scofield – also and somewhat inexplicably called “Bray”. He is an … Continue reading »

Copyright 2021 by Splendide Mendax, Inc., and Lincoln Child. Published by Grand Central Publishing, New York. This is #21 in the series of books by Preston and Child featuring Aloysius Pendergast, FBI agent extraordinaire. Probably the last one I will ever read. I have complained before about the Pendergast stories being too weird. This one … Continue reading »