Over the past four or five years, I have read and reviewed several Harlan Coben books, and with the exception of Win, all were four or five stars – although it may have been that the pandemic screwed up my ability to enjoy my usually reliable authors’ releases. Hmmm. In any case, I was happy …
I won’t even get into how much I admire Rabia Chaudry, other than to say I listen to her podcasts, have read her book Adnan’s Story, and generally enjoy hearing her comment on family, food, and life as the daughter of Pakistani immigrants living near Baltimore. An attorney who has a razor-sharp mind, a wicked …
In 2016, Ruth Ware’s The Woman in Cabin 10 was a big hit, and I was among those who enjoyed it – a LOT. 2019’s Turn of the Key was a 3-star “meh” for me, then 2020’s One By One was a solid 4 stars. So I was eager to see whether her latest, The …
I’m a podcast fan…also a big fan of Keith Morrison. So I listened to the podcast a couple of years ago, and then read it was being made into a movie (starring Renee Zellwegger). And THEN I got a copy of the book Bone Deep (thanks to Kensington Books Citadel / NetGalley) in exchange for …
One of my all-time favorite TV shows is The Wire, for which David Simon was the creator, show runner, executive producer and head writer. Between that show and the podcast Serial and subsequent book Adnan’s Story, I was fairly well convinced that Baltimore had just about the most corrupt law enforcement and city/county government around. …
I’m a big fan of psychological thrillers, and Alex Finlay’s Every Last Fear sounded like exactly what I was looking for to take my mind off the pandemic, election, etc. From the opening line (“The bodies were found on Tuesday”), I was hooked. The story is told from multiple points of view and it jumps …
OK, True Crime IS my guilty pleasure genre. And I am particularly fascinated by stories of “justice gone wrong,” and am a strong advocate for fairness in the justice system and a believer in the need for judicial reform. So, the whole phenomenon around Steven Avery and the Netflix series “Making a Murderer” would seem …