The Girl in the Ice by Robert Bryndza This is the first in a long-running series that a dear friend recommended, so I’d hoped it would really capitvate me. It’s a rough start. No cliche left unexplored in this police procedural. What at first seems like a simple murder investigation of the daughter of a …
Tag: detective
May 06
Book Review: Savage Appetites
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe Honestly, I’m not sure if I’m a true crime fan or not. Let me get one thing straight: I hate serial killers. They are gross and disgusting and I think it’s seriously messed up that people treat them like celebrities. If I …
Mar 30
Book Review: Honky Tonk Samurai
Honky Tonk Samurai by Joe R. Lansdale I have never read any of the Hap and Leonard series, but once I listened to Joe Lansdale do a reading at a con, and the guy made me cry talking about zombies of all things, so I knew the guy could write. The sentence-level writing in this …