The Book of Accidents by Chuck Wendig Ever watch a movie or read a book and grind your teeth wondering why the characters don’t just talk to each other and work things out? This might be an antidote for that. At its core, The Book of Accidents is about domestic abuse and its aftermath. Nate …
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May 21
Book Review: Thin Air
Thin Air by Ann Cleeves There’s nothing about the cover to tell potential readers that this book is actually sixth in a series, but in theory, that shouldn’t have mattered. It’s a mystery set in the Shetland islands, remote islands far north of Scotland. Some friends from England go up to celebrate the wedding of …
Nov 09
Book Review: Murder by Other Means
Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi This short audiobook is the sequel to The Dispatcher, a murder mystery set in a world in which anyone who is murdered returns to life at home unharmed. The protagonist, Tony, has a job in which he murders people who are about to die by other means so …
Feb 27
Book Review: Dead Run
Dead Run: The Murder of a Lawman and the Greatest Manhunt of the Modern American West by Dan Schultz True crime isn’t my favorite genre, so I’m not sure why I got this from audible. Maybe it was the nice cover photo. I’m glad I did. It’s a gritty and fascinating story about three anti-government …
Apr 23
Book Review: The Job
The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop by Steve Osborne I love reading or listening to stories about people who live very different lives from me, and Osborn is “not a liberal,” a working class, raised Catholic, non-intellectual Brooklyn cop for whom beating people up is as common and …
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