From the Publisher: After his unspectacular professional baseball career ends with a knee injury in Toledo, Ohio, Johnny Earl gets busted for selling cocaine. After serving seven years in prison, all he wants to do is return to his hometown of Steubenville, retrieve the drug money he stashed before he went to jail, and start a new life where no one has ever heard of Johnny … [Read more...] about Review of Robin Yocum’s A Welcome Murder
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Review of Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies by Ace Atkins
From the publisher Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man’s trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local cops, it looks like the grifter’s latest double cross may be his last. My review of Little White Lies Let’s begin with the fact that Robert B. Parker’s Spenser is … [Read more...] about Review of Robert B. Parker’s Little White Lies by Ace Atkins
What you Break by Reed Farrel Coleman is a slam-dunk read
From the publisher Former Suffolk County cop Gus Murphy returns to prowl the meaner streets of Long Island’s darkest precincts with a Russian mercenary at his back in the stunning second installment of Reed Farrel Coleman’s critically acclaimed series.Gus Murphy and his girlfriend, Magdalena, are put in harm’s way when Gus is caught up in the distant aftershocks of heinous … [Read more...] about What you Break by Reed Farrel Coleman is a slam-dunk read
Review of The Lost Order by Steve Berry
From the publisher: The Knights of the Golden Circle was the largest and most dangerous clandestine organization in American history. It amassed billions in stolen gold and silver, all buried in hidden caches across the United States. Since 1865 treasure hunters have searched, but little of that immense wealth has ever been found.Now, one hundred and sixty years later, two … [Read more...] about Review of The Lost Order by Steve Berry
Review of Old Bones by Trudy Nan Boyce
From the publisher: A timely and penetrating mystery about the intersection of policing, racism, and the community—set in a city at its boiling point—from an author who’s been in the trenches and seen it all.A senseless act of violence.During a vigil calling for police reform, students from Spelman College, a historically black women’s institution, are assaulted by … [Read more...] about Review of Old Bones by Trudy Nan Boyce