Roger Stelljes has now written six police procedural, suspense novels featuring Mac McRyan and his friends from the St. Paul Police Department. Deadly Stillwater is the third book in that series, series of 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 […]
Murder Mystery
Review of The Third Coincidence, suspense thriller by David Bishop
Nobody believes in coincidences when it comes to multiple assassinations, certainly not the FBI or Secret Service in this suspense thriller. So, when Supreme Court Justices and Governors of the Federal Reserve start dropping, in completely different ways, the President has no choice but bring in Jack McCall, a veteran CIA and Defense Department agent […]
Burke’s War action adventure novel on Kindle Sale Now
Think ‘The American Sniper’ meets ‘The Godfather’ in this action adventure novel. Burke’s War just went on a $1.99 Kindle Countdown Sale today. It is book #1 of the Bob Burke action adventure novel series, with an Amazon 4.6 Star Rating on 226 Amazon Reviews posted! Grab a copy now on the Kindle site under Kindle Countdown […]
“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 […]
“A Wanted Man ” suspense thriller by Lee Child – Book Review
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 wanted man, is are dark, which fit precisely with the setting. […]
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 Racketeer by John Grisham – Book Review
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 Racketeer” is one of the newer books in that fine line. […]
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 […]