Category: book reviews
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Heart-pounding suspense for summer
by G. Robert Frazier If you’re seeking edge-of-your seat thrills and psychological suspense to keep you turning pages long into the humid summer nights, then look no further. From exotic locales like the Greek islands to the seamy underbelly of New York City, these books have the right ingredients for…
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Review: South California Purples a gritty, 1970’s-era Western crime thriller
by G. Robert Frazier Ty Dawson just can’t catch a break. After serving as a military police officer, Dawson wants nothing more than to live out his life in peace and quiet. But in the turbulent 1970s—as America’s last soldiers return home from Vietnam amid protests and political upheaval—even the…
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Review: Paranoia runs deep in Patrick Flanery’s I Am No One
By G. Robert Frazier If you’ve ever wondered if Big Brother is watching you, you’d know how Jeffrey O’Keefe feels. A professor at New York University following a ten-year stint at Oxford University in England, O’Keefe is the unfortunate narrator in Patrick Flanery’s third novel, I Am No One ($16,…
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Mystery, thrills abound in this summer reading list
by G. Robert Frazier Looking for a good read this summer? Here are a few excellent books for your consideration: Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash Stephen Florida by Gabe Habash is a frenetic, frantic, frustrating and, above all, fun read. Habash is the product of an MFA program at New York…
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Review: Ketchum presents more subtle shocks in The Secret Life of Souls
by G. Robert Frazier If you’re a fan of author Jack Ketchum, you probably expect cannibals and sadistic backwoods tribes to cause trouble for hapless victims in isolated situations. He built his reputation on such novels with the likes of The Girl Next Door, Off Season, and The Offspring. His newest…
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Katie Ganshert’s ‘Life After’ a deeply moving story of survivor’s guilt
In Life After ($14.99, Waterbrook), the new novel from Christy Award-winning author Katie Ganshert, the story surrounds the lone survivor of a train bombing in Chicago and the lives of those left behind. It is a novel that is deeply moving and enthralling from the first page.
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Review: Barkan’s anthology, Mexico, ranges from shocking to poignant
by G. Robert Frazier There are a lot of “bad hombres” in Josh Barkan’s new book, Mexico. If this were the only book The Donald read in the White House, it would explain a lot about his push for a wall between our two countries. But that’s not to say…
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Review: Hunters in the Dark a twisty tale of greed, false identities
Hunters in the Dark by Lawrence Osborne has been praised for its Hitchcockian twists and suspense, but it also boasts Shakespearean themes of mistaken identities, treachery, and deceit. Either way, it all adds up to one hell of a good read.
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Burning Bright’s hero has simple task: Get the bad guys, save the girl
If you can get past the almost unbelievable setup of Nicholas Petrie’s latest novel, Burning Bright, you’ll be in for an action-heavy, fast-paced read. Petrie literally chases his action hero Peter Ash up a giant redwood tree into the arms of a damsel in distress at the opening of the…
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Review: The Dark Room holds long-buried secrets
Jonathan Moore’s The Dark Room starts like any number of Kathy Reichs’ Bones novels, with a team of detectives overseeing the exhumation of a grave as part of a criminal investigation. But it doesn’t take long—only a matter of pages—before the novel takes the first of many intriguing plot turns.…
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