Review of Viral Apocalypse Novel SURVIVOR SONG by Paul Tremblay
An Ode to the Act of “Going On” A super-strain of rabies has attacked Massachusetts. It is a viral apocalypse, in which the bite of infected animals and humans incubates…
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Review of Novel – THE PRESIDENT’S DOSSIER by James A. Scott
Putin, Power and U.S. Plutocracy in “The President’s Dossier” The green of cash replaces American red, white and blue in The President’s Dossier (Oceanview Publishing). Author James A. Scott takes readers into a clandestine…
Review of DARK AUGUST by Katie Tallo
Loneliness, Lies, and a Dog Named Levi In her debut novel DARK AUGUST, author and screenwriter Katie Tallo delves into the life of August “Gus” Monet, a young woman who’d…
Review of HUNTING WHITEY by Casey Sherman & Dave Wedge
Deconstructing the legend of a “noble” cold-blooded murderer. The 50-year murderous reign of infamous Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger ended on an oily parking-garage floor in Santa Monica in 2010.…
Review of THE SILENCE by Susan Allott
The historical guilt of a nation ravages the lives of two Australian families. Silence isn’t always golden. It can also be “a cult of forgetfulness practiced on a national scale.” The…
THE LAST TRIAL by Scott Turow
Defense attorney Alejandro “Sandy” Stern knows that “everything ends, of course. Life ends and thus all beforehand.” But even so, letting go is never easy. In bestselling author Scott Turow’s…
Review of The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson
Diamonds, Dysfunction, and Family Legacy The fragmented Miller family is far from perfect — they’ve never been able to get their act together. But when the family matriarch dies and…
Review of The Talented Mr. Varg by Alexander McCall Smith
A Droll Detective and a Lip-Reading Dog Alexander McCall Smith makes the irrelevant relevant in The Talented Mr. Varg (Pantheon), a satirical social commentary on the mundane. Ulf Varg is not your average…