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  Book Review: McGorin ‘Dusts Up’ more trouble for Detective Carrick

  

  by G. Robert Frazier Detective Doyle Carrick is a magnet for trouble. The hero of Jon McGoran’s latest novel, Dust Up (Forge Books), Carrick is at home with his girlfriend when a complete stranger appears frantically pounding on his front door, only to be shot down in cold blood. Homicide Detective Mike Warren embraces…

  April 26, 2016
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  Coben, Robotham, Laukkanen, Leslie present summer of thrills

  By G. Robert Frazier I’ve been a bit remiss in posting reviews to this site, though I’ve been actively posting on other sites. So, let’s catch up on some of my latest book reviews, shall we? Fool Me Once – Harlan Coben Maya Stern was a firsthand witness to her…

  April 25, 2016
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  Review: The Passenger by Lisa Lutz a study in do-overs

  Have you ever wanted to just run away and start over as someone else? The main character in Lisa Lutz’s new novel does just that — time and time again. You can read my review now at BookPage.

  March 2, 2016
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  Review: Buckle up for Philip Donlay’s latest, Pegasus Down

  by G. Robert Frazier Before you crack open Pegasus Down (Oceanview Publishing), the new novel byPhilip Donlay, you better buckle up: You’re in for a hell of a ride. This action-thriller soars from start to finish with page-a-minute suspense and thrills to keep you riveted to your seat, just like…

  March 1, 2016
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  Review: So, Anyway . . . I’ve got this complaint about this John Cleese book

  By G. Robert Frazier So, Anyway . . . I read this autobiography by Monty Python alum John Cleese, and I laughed. But certainly not as much or as hard as I hoped I might. To be honest, the book is a bit dull at times. It’s not that Cleese’s…

  February 27, 2016
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  Review: A Better Goodbye takes look at gritty underside of L.A.

  by G. Robert Frazier You know how they always say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover? In the case of A Better Goodbye (Tyrus Books), this is one instance in which you certainly could. The cover of John Schulian’s debut novel depicts a brilliant yellow and orange sunset…

  February 19, 2016
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  Review: Personal demons fuel Petrie’s war hero

  My first review for BookPage, Nicholas Petrie’s The Drifter, is now available to read. Check it out here.

  January 14, 2016
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  Review: Dig Two Graves a thrilling, suspense-filled debut

  By G. Robert Frazier Ethan Holt’s greatest accomplishment, winning the decathlon at the Olympics in his 20s, also proves to be his greatest undoing in Kim Powers’ thrilling, suspense-filled debut novel, Dig Two Graves (Tyrus Books). Nicknamed “Hercules” for pulling off the heroic task of being an Olympian, Ethan’s success on the field translates…

  January 3, 2016
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  Review: The Gap of Time updates Shakespeare for a modern audience

  by G. Robert Frazier It takes a top-notch writer to be able to capture the essence of a classic William Shakespeare play and present it in an entertaining way for a modern audience. Jeanette Winterson pulls off that feat with her new book, The Gap of Time (Hogarth, $25), an…

  December 20, 2015
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  Review: Steven James peels back twists in Every Crooked Path

  by G. Robert Frazier Reading Every Crooked Path, the new novel by national bestselling author Steven James, is like peeling an onion: each layer of mystery pulled back reveals something more foul and evil than the last. What starts as an investigation into a fatal stabbing takes a twisted turn…

  December 16, 2015