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39 years old. New Jersey resident. Fan of mystery novels, classic literature, and non-fiction about movies, television, sports, and American history.

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Let the Spinnin’ Wheel Spin

Ride the Pink Horse by Dorothy B. Hughes

February 2, 2022 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Three men from Chicago find themselves in an unnamed New Mexico town for the annual Fiesta, and it’s not by coincidence. Sailor is our flawed protagonist. The product of a rough upbringing, he escaped poverty through the help of Senator Willis Douglas, a corrupt politician. After a falling out, Sailor has tracked the Senator to this out of the way place in hopes of getting paid off for services rendered. The third man is Chief McIntyre of the Chicago police, still looking into the death […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Dorothy B. Hughes

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Dorothy B. Hughes ·
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Once More Unto the Breach

The City and the City by China Mieville

January 26, 2022 by jeverett15 4 Comments

Tyador Borlu’s latest case is a real doozy. When a young woman’s body turns up in a local skate park, Inspector Borlu of the Beszel police leaps into action trying to pin down the witness’s stories and the woman’s identity, like he would on any other murder. But his efforts become more complicated when the woman turns out to be a resident of Ul Qoma, Beszel’s neighbor. Well… sort of. In Mieville’s preposterous high-concept premise, Beszel and Ul Qoma are not neighboring cities exactly, but […]

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction Tagged With: China Mieville

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:3 · Genres: Speculative Fiction · Tags: China Mieville ·
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AKA Carol

The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith

January 16, 2022 by jeverett15 1 Comment

Aspiring set designer Therese Belivet is working in the toy section at a New York department store until her boyfriend’s friend comes through with the theater job he’s promised he can get her. She finds waiting on the pushy, demanding mothers unfulfilling and doesn’t seem to fit in with the other ladies who work at the store.  Then right before Christmas a woman comes in to buy her daughter a doll and for reasons she doesn’t fully understand Therese is captivated. Before she can change […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Patricia Highsmith

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:2 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Patricia Highsmith ·
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Who’s That Knocking On My Door?

The Tommyknockers by Stephen King

January 9, 2022 by jeverett15 1 Comment

When Bobbi Anderson stumbles over a metallic object in the woods behind her house, she inadvertently starts a disastrous chain of events. As she begins digging up the object with the help of her friend, the drunken poet Jim Gardener, it begins to take a curious hold over the two of them and everyone else in the small town of Haven, Maine. Soon the residents find themselves in possession of strange new abilities, such as the capacity to read each other’s minds. After a period […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Stephen King

jeverett15's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Stephen King ·
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Across the Sea

The Turquoise Lament by John D. Macdonald

December 15, 2021 by jeverett15 Leave a Comment

Linda Lewellyn Brindle, “Pidge” to all her friends, has certainly grown up since the days of her wildly inappropriate teenage crush on her father’s friend Travis McGee. After her father’s untimely death she inherited a fortune, married a football player and took off on a journey around the world in her sailboat. When she calls McGee from Hawaii saying she’s in trouble he drops everything to help. It turns out life isn’t as dreamy as it sounds. Either Pidge’s husband is trying to kill her […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: John D. MacDonald

jeverett15's CBR13 Review No:54 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: John D. MacDonald ·
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Pretty Good, Not Bad, I Can’t Complain

John Prine by Erin Osmon

December 10, 2021 by jeverett15 2 Comments

In 1971 Chicago folk-singer John Prine put out his first album. In the years since it has become a celebrated classic, featuring such timeless songs as “Sam Stone”, “Hello in There”, “Paradise”, and “Angel From Montgomery.” Though I wouldn’t hear these or any of Prine’s music until nearly forty years later, “John Prine” is one of my favorite albums. So when I heard that there was a new book about the album I jumped on it. Erin Osmon’s exploration of “John Prine” is my first […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: Erin Osmon

jeverett15's CBR13 Review No:53 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: Erin Osmon ·
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