Malibu Burning, by the popular and prolific Lee Goldberg, introduces us to Walter Sharpe and Andrew Walker, a pair of arson investigators at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department. The book is the first in a series. Sharpe is an old curmudgeon, a...
The cover of Killing Moon, the most recent of the Harry Hole novels by Jo NesbØ, features a large black dot. It’s a reference to the killing moon of the title, but this black hole could be a stand in for this nearly 500-page time sink. Not that it’s a bad book, but...
Sleepless City, by Reed Farrel Coleman, belongs to the sub-genre of cop thrillers featuring burned out, morally ambiguous, but otherwise superhuman Irish American detectives. I was reminded of the work of Don Winslow, who, unsurprisingly has a blurb at the top of the...
I have to admit, I was not expecting much when I picked up Central Park West, by James Comey, the former FBI Director. I felt there was a strong possibility the book would turn out to be yet another celebrity author gimmick. (Talking to you Marcia Clark and any number...
Harlan Coben is a great master of suspense, and his most recent book, I Will Find You, does not disappoint. As with any fast-paced thriller, it’s always hard to determine which plot points to reveal in a review. Ten pages in, you’re already in spoiler territory. But,...
