by Billbrown | May 24, 2016 | Action Adventure, action thriller, Book reviews, Good fiction writing, My writing blog, Suspense Thriller
A Wanted Man – I’m not sure what Lee Child has against Nebraska and its surrounding states, but he has placed several recent novels in that setting. Not just Nebraska, but Nebraska in winter, with flat, cold, muddy, stubbly cornfields. This story, like a...
by Billbrown | Apr 26, 2015 | Action Adventure, action thriller, Book reviews, Middle East Thrillers, Suspense Fiction
The Heist – Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon stories are always entertaining and he’s one of the best writer of spy novels in the business, but I’m beginning to have three bones to pick with his story telling. First, too many of his books have the...
by Billbrown | Sep 7, 2014 | Book reviews, Business History, Good Non-Fiction Books, Historical, WW II History
“Freedom’s Forge” is an excellent book and a must read for anyone interested in business history. It is the story of how US business ramped up from a dead start during the depression and produced all those tanks, airplanes, and ships that won WW II...
by Billbrown | Aug 26, 2014 | Action Adventure, Book reviews, Murder Mystery, Thriller Novels
A book review by Bill Brown of John D McDonald’s Travis McGee mystery story, “Dress Her in Indigo.” I think I discovered John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee thriller novels when I was a senior in high school and devoured all 21 at least once....
by Billbrown | Jul 28, 2014 | Action Adventure, Book reviews, Murder Mystery, Thriller Novels
Book Review of Robert Tannenbaum’s “Tragic” by William F Brown. I used to love this series and read all of Tannenbaum’s excellent thriller novels and bought the new book as soon as it came out. Robert K. Tannenbaum has published 25 novels,...
by Billbrown | Jul 24, 2014 | Action Adventure, Book reviews, Mystery, Suspense Fiction, Thriller Novels
The Racketeer, by John Grisham. He Is usually the master of the southern legal thriller, with well-known and best-selling books and films such as “The Firm,” “The Pelican Brief,” “A Time to Kill,” “The Client,” “The Runaway Jury,” “The Chamber,” and many more. “The...
