The Hike, by Drew Magary
December 4, 2016
What a wild ride. I normally don’t care for fantasy, but this book was well done. And FAR out there. A man checks into a hotel for a conference, decides
Radiant Angel by Nelson DeMille
December 4, 2016
John Corey is at his best in this book–sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong. He’s watching a person of interest. A very boring person, it seems. But when the
The Panther, by Nelson DeMille
September 30, 2016
This is a sequel to “The Lion’s Game.” If you’ve read other books by DeMille, you know you’re in for a roller coast ride. The hero, John Corey, is a
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania by Erik Larson
September 30, 2016
Mr. Larson has done it again–he’s written a great historical story about an important event in America’s past. He also wrote “Devil in the White City,” about a mass killer
Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch
September 2, 2016
For syfy, this book is as good as it gets. Jason is a college professor of Physics, has a wife and a kid, and is normal in every way. But
Orphan X, by Greg Hurwitz
September 2, 2016
Evan Smoak is an orphan who was recruited into a special government program, where he’s been trained to covertly kill for his country since being a teenager. It’s all he
The Girl with All the Gifts, by M.R. Carey
June 4, 2016
Sweet little Melanie–all she wants to do is be around her teacher, Miss Justineau. So, why does Dr. Caldwell want to cut her up into little pieces so she can
Power Down (Dewey Andreas, #1) by Ben Coes
May 16, 2016
Loads of fun–very fast moving, great plot, lots of action, likable hero. It starts off with an ex-Delta soldier, Dewey Andreas, working on an ocean drilling platform, thinking his military
I am Pilgrim, by Terry Hayes
April 24, 2016
A spy thriller, in the same vein of a James Bond adventure, but make him an anti hero. Instead of a young, dashing, irresistible British heart throb, you get a
The Magic of Math, by Arthur Benjamin
March 12, 2016
This is one of those rare books that makes a technical subject interesting, but not only for the nontechnical average Joe, but also for those who are very comfortable with