I will begin my review by saying that when I finished Derek B. Miller’s American by Day, I saw it more as a piece of fiction than a boxed-up mystery. A Norwegian cop travels to the United States to find her missing brother. Ok, fish-out-of-water tale where the Scandinavian is going to teach the Americans... Continue Reading →
The Billionaire Raj: A Journey Through India’s New Gilded Age by James Crabtree
James Crabtree’s The Billionaire Raj reads as equal parts exposé, profile of the ultra-wealthy, and author’s journey. Crabtree examines the question of how so many Indians have reached the highest ranks of the Forbes’ billionaire list in the last ten years. Looking sharply at India’s history since independence, the author points directly at cronyism in... Continue Reading →
The Smiling Man (Aiden Waits #2) by Joseph Knox
Biting gallows humor and backstabbing deeds. Confidence men, prostitutes, and misanthropic cops who are addicted to the beat, and for some, to the drugs they’re supposed to keep off the street. Aiden Waits is a detective inspector in Manchester, UK, who has been relegated to the night shift because of past sins and thrown-upon political... Continue Reading →
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett
I can be very difficult when it comes to fantasy. As my finger reached to click open Foundryside on my Kindle, I asked myself: Ok, Mr. Bennett, what ya got for me? World building: Tevanne is a port city run by four walled-off estates or merchant houses. I kept picturing some cross between Dunwall in... Continue Reading →
5 Great Reads of 2018, So Far…
I'm going to start making a weekly list of some of the great books I've had the opportunity to review since I started reading for NetGalley in January. My first list will be comprised of books that have already been released this year. I tried to choose a variety of different types of books, maybe... Continue Reading →