Category: Book Reviews

December 15, 2021

Medicus by Ruth Downie *** (of 4)

Gaius Petreius Ruso is a Roman physician working for Rome’s army in a remote outpost of the empire: dreary, rainy, savage countryside north of London...

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December 7, 2021

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara *** (of 4)

One big difference between true crime and mystery novels is that when true crimes are committed, it’s not unusual for the perpetrator to get away....

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November 30, 2021

Dark Towers by David Enrich *** (of 4)

In a marvelous job of explaining obscure ways of making money, David Enrich details how Deutsche Bank grew from a sleepy, domestic, German lender into...

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November 12, 2021

The Dry by Jane Harper *** (of 4)

The first of Harper’s Australian mysteries in which Detective Aaron Falk is the lead investigator, and Australia’s harsh environment plays a main character. The fictional...

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October 31, 2021

Talking to Strangers *** (of 4) by Malcolm Gladwell

Vintage Gladwell as he describes a seemingly ordinary encounter or observation from which any reasonable person would draw an obvious conclusion and then takes a...

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October 31, 2021

Lush Life by Richard Price *** (of 4)

A nearly 15-year-old period piece that still has legs because the characters are so richly drawn and so authentically New York City. The lower east...

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October 6, 2021

Five books

I knew writing a book would take a while, but what I didn’t realize was how much time it would take to flog Sourdough Culture....

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August 2, 2021

Freedom by Sebastian Junger ** (of 4)

Junger takes a walk along the railroad tracks from somewhere in eastern Pennsylvania to somewhere in the western part of the state, near Ohio. It...

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July 15, 2021

Deacon King Kong by James McBride **** (of 4)

Let’s begin with some of the main characters in The Cause Housing projects of New York City, 1969: Sportscoat, Hot Sausage, Pudgy Fingers; and on...

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July 15, 2021

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson *** (of 4)

Kate Atkinson sets her recently retired investigator, Jackson Brodie, in the midst of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. There’s a car crash followed by a road...

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