The three books I’m recommending today have been out for a while, so I urge you to check them out if you haven’t already done so. Win, by Harlan Coben, is a brilliant mystery/thriller by a master storyteller. When a Stranger Comes to Town, edited by Michael Koryta, is a …
Karen M. McManus’ story of teenagers coping with a murder mystery twist is an excellent read! Every character feels real, the pacing is very good, and I can imagine these events actually happening in a small Vermont town. Most importantly, there are enough twists and turns to keep even the …
August Snow is a man trying to get his life back. Detroit is a city trying to get its identity back. Stephen Mack Jones has done a masterful job telling both stories, and I don’t believe he could tell one without the other. As compelling as Snow is as protagonist, …
The Good Detective is John McMahon’s debut novel and it is an excellent read. The story centers around a Georgia detective, P.T. Marsh, who is dealing with the grief of losing his wife and child in an automobile accident. He drinks too much, but after trying to help a woman …
The Last Kind Words Saloon is a quick read, just under two hundred pages, with most chapters requiring only one or two turns of the page to finish. It tells the story of a brief period of the lives of Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp in the fading “Wild West” …
