Yesterday I released a 3-book boxed set of my Bob Burke Action-Adventure Series. Now, you can get the whole saga, all three books in one edition, and at a 33 percent discount from the normal Kindle prices. Together, they have a 4.6 Star rating and 482 Five-Star reviews. The box set contains Burke’s War, Burke’s Gamble, and Burke’s Revenge. Think […]
Murder Mystery
“The Undertaker” thriller novel is now on a Kindle $0.99 Countdown Sale
The Undertaker, my first suspense thriller novel is now on a Kindle Countdown $0.99 sale. Pete Talbott is a harried Boston computer wonk still grieving over the death of his wife when he finds himself at the wrong end of Gino Parini’s .45 reading his own obituary torn from the morning newspaper. Talbott figures it […]
“Kane” by Steve Gannon – Book Review –
“Kane” – This police procedural novel is a very good blend of a police manhunt for a smart, vicious serial killer, who is every bit as nasty as Thomas Harris’s Francis Dolarhyde and Hannibal Lecter. That is juxtaposed by the extensive backstory of Kane, the LA Detective who is out to get him, and Kane’s […]
Michael Connelly’s The Crossing – Book Review
Book Review – This is a very good Harry Bosch novel by Michael Connelly. You don’t need to know anything else. Connelly is the best in the business. The stories are always about watching Harry Bosch slowly pick at the threads of a mystery, one thread at a time until he has the case solved […]
“Burke’s Gamble” Book #2 in the Bob Burke Thriller Novel Series
“Burke’s Gamble” – It is the ‘American Sniper’ meets ‘The Godfather,’ Round #2, or Bob Lee Swagger takes on the New York City mob. In last year’s best selling “Burke’s War,” Bob Burke witnessed a woman being murdered, and ends up butting heads with the Chicago Mob. In “Burke’s Gamble,” this year’s action adventure thriller, one of […]
Book Review – Dress Her in Indigo – John D. McDonald
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. Travis McGee is the prototypical knight errant and John D MacDonald […]
Book Review of Robert Tannenbaum’s “Tragic”
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, perhaps a dozen of which feature crime busting New York City DA Butch Karp, […]
The Hunter and The Outfit, Richard Stark’s Thriller Novels
The Hunter and The Outfit were written by Donald E. Westlake, who was one of the most amazing and perhaps least known American writers of the 20th Century. As unbelievable as it sounds, he was the author of over 100 thriller novels, screenplays, and short story collections written under 14 pen names, both male and […]
Silence of the Lambs – From Novel to Screenplay to Movie
The suspense thriller Silence of the Lambs — whether you look at the novel written by Thomas Harris in 1988, the working screenplay and storybook by Ted Tally from 1990, the resulting movie directed by Jonathan Demme in 1991, or the magical performances of its lead actors, all of those pieces come together to make […]
Book Review – “First To Kill” by Peterson – Action Adventure
“First to Kill” is the first book in what is now a four book series of action adventure thriller novels from Andrew Peterson featuring the lead character, Nathan McBride. He is a cerebral CIA Special Ops contractor and ex-Marine sniper who is still healing from an earlier mission that went badly wrong. McBride gets called […]
Book Review – “Deadly Stillwater” suspense fiction by Roger Stelljes
Deadly Stillwater is the third book of what is currently a five-book series of police, action-adventure suspense fiction set in St. Paul, Minnesota. No doubt, there will be more to come. Although series books are very much in vogue these days; I usually dislike them, because they all-too-often cheat the reader. I feel a story should […]