A Crime in Holland by Georges Simenon My rating: 2 of 5 stars I was eager to try a Maigret mystery. Not only is the name so well known, but I recently viewed an old Maigret movie which finds Maigret…
Category: Reviews
The House With Nobody In It
Have you ever driven past one of our modern ruins—a factory, a barn, a farmhouse—and wondered about its story—the people, their possibilities, their passions? I read an article with 85 photos by Johnny Joo in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, photos…
Review of Sibella Giorello “Raleigh Harmon Mysteries”
The Mountains Bow Down by Sibella Giorello My rating: 4 of 5 stars This whole series is quite enjoyable. After writing five novels about Raleigh Harmon as a geology-loving FBI agent, Giorello wrote three prequels featuring Raleigh as a precocious,…
Is Satire Ultimately Idealistic?
I just finished reading The Dressmaker by Australian author Rosalie Ham (“Soon to be a major motion picture”). I picked it up off the new book shelf in the library when the jacket description caught my attention and the first…
Review of “Your First 1000 Copies” by Tim Grahl
Your First 1000 Copies: The Step-by-Step Guide to Marketing Your Book by Tim Grahl My rating: 4 of 5 stars While driving home from a lovely Labor Day weekend on Lake Michigan, I listened to an interesting podcast of Joanna…
Where the Heck is Maasdam Ohio?
From Maasdam, Murder & More, forthcoming by Eric Beversluis.Sign up for email notification or to follow me on Twitter. “About then the doorbell rang. It was a member of the Maasdam police force. “Mrs. Zibikoff? Is Conrad Jakes your son?”…
Review of ‘V is for Vengeance’
V is for Vengeance is an exciting and rewarding book, weaving an intricate plot with interesting and thought-provoking characters. While I anticipated two of the major end-of-the-book revelations, I wouldn’t say that that reflects a weakness in the story or…