Thriller
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I AM THE WEAPON – Allen Zadoff
This is one of the most exciting, involving books I have read in a long time. A sixteen year old boy is a trained assassin. He was found and brought in to the ‘company’ by ‘Mike’ – the assassin who killed the boy’s mother and father. Now, ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ and the invisible leaders sending… Continue reading
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THE EXECUTIONER SERIES, BOOKS 1-3 – Don Pendleton
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE Open Road Media has reissued The Executioner series in digital format and have bundled the first three titles in one digital book. I’d already purchased books one and two and reviewed them, but for convenience sake, I’ll reprint those two reviews here. Book One: War Against the Mafia As… Continue reading
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THE EXECUTIONER #2: DEATH SQUAD – Don Pendleton
I continue to be surprised by this series. I had expected that each book in the Executioner series would be a unique story of Mack Bolan taking on the mod. It is, sort of, but it’s also a much more sequential book, meaning it’s very helpful to have read the first in the series to… Continue reading
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THE EXECUTIONER #1: WAR AGAINST THE MAFIA – Don Pendleton
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE As a teen, I used to spend a lot of time on bookshops … okay, I still do, but back in the 1970’s I was trolling the bookshelves, looking for anything that I could get excited for. I would ALWAYS pick up one of The Executioner titles, stare at the… Continue reading
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NECROTECH – K. C. Alexander
I’ve written before how much I am enjoying the Angry Robot (publisher) titles. It’s a great publisher putting out stunning titles by some relatively new names in the science fiction/fantasy genre. They are taking some risks and most of them seem to be paying off. One of the general themes I’m detecting among the more… Continue reading
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ONCE A CROOKED MAN – David McCallum
I’m typically not a big fan of actors/celebrities turning to fiction writing, but I’ve enjoyed David McCallum’s acting work since his days on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and again more recently with N.C.I.S. and I was really hoping to enjoy this book. Unfortunately, I didn’t. Harry Murphy is a talented actor who gets caught up… Continue reading
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THE PREACHER – Ted Thackrey, Jr.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE This is another book that is in my Kindle and I have absolutely no idea where it came from. None of the usual places where I get my Advanced Reader Copies of books has this title. I suspect it came straight from the publisher, but I just have no memory… Continue reading
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LIVE TO AIR – Jeffrey L. Diamond
Former television writer/producer Jeffrey L. Diamond has taken his experience working in television and brought it to the page in this mystery/thriller, Live to Air. Ethan Benson is a television producer working for a magazine-format show in New York. Ethan doesn’t like doing crime stories, but sometimes, even as a producer, you have to answer… Continue reading
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BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE – Robert Bailey
I’m really delighted that author Robert Bailey found a new publisher for his McMurtrie & Drake series after Exhibit A Books shut down. But I’m not surprised that someone else picked this series up – Bailey writes just about the best legal thrillers being published today. Tom McMurtrie is a retired law professor. A former… Continue reading
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FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE – Ian Fleming
Of course I am familiar with the James Bond films, and while I own a number of the books, I hadn’t gotten around to reading any of them (still haven’t). When I saw this audio book available at my local library, I decided my commute to work would be a great time to finally experience… Continue reading
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PLAYING TYLER – T. L. Costa
**WARNING! — THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS!** This was an interesting read and a difficult book to rate and review. First off, this is YA. The category of YA is pretty wide open, but it follows a couple of YA tropes. First off, the protagonists are teens. That a requirement for YA. Secondly, the parents are… Continue reading
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DEADLY HEAT – Richard Castle
Books, using characters created for television, especially in the mystery genre, is nothing new. I’ve read books about Columbo, and Murder, She Wrote, as well as plenty of sci-fi books. But this is a slightly different spin on that theme, and it’s kind of brilliant. On the television show, Castle, Richard Castle is a mystery… Continue reading
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