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  The Gray Man battles high-tech threats in Greaney’s newest

  

  Whoever controls the use of artificial intelligence for weapons will control the world. That simple premise is all you really need to know when you pick up Mark Greaney’s The Chaos Agent. The 13th entry in Greaney’s high-voltage, ripped-from-the-headlines action/espionage series poses the very real question of how AI will influence…

  February 20, 2024
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  Stephen King entertains, scares Ryman audience

  

  Fans typically want to see Scary Steve, the mind behind such classic novels as It, Carrie, and Salem’s Lot. But Scary Steve doesn’t travel. He works three to four hours a day holed up somewhere in the wilds of Maine coming up with ways “to scare the shit out of…

  July 12, 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: 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: 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
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  Review: Questions posed in Powerless linger well after novel is finished

  by G. Robert Frazier If you’ve never given a thought as to what to do in a disaster, you’ll probably change your mind after reading Tim Washburn’s terrifying debut novel Powerless (Pinnacle Books). At the very least, you’ll find yourself taking an extra long look at those survivor magazines at…

  November 19, 2015
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  Book review: White Leopard a gritty, graphic PI novel

  by G. Robert Frazier Whether it’s shooting thugs in the kneecaps, punching them in the solar plexus, or chopping off their hands at the wrist, author Laurent Guillaume doesn’t pull any punches in his gritty and graphic English-language debut, White Leopard (Le French Book, $16.95). Guillaume’s anti-hero Souleymane (Solo) Camera…

  November 18, 2015