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The Weekend

Absolute Friends by John Le Carré

Are Snakes Necessary? by Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman

The Jedi Doth Return (William Shakespeare's Star Wars) by Ian Doescher

August 23, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I really wanted to write separate reviews of these but life is incredibly busy right now so this will have to suffice… Absolute Friends *** This is another review I’m glad I slept on. I really wish I liked it more than I did. The beginning was great: two friends making their way across the chasm of time and space in the post-WWII Cold War Europe. Idealism mixed with low class status, the desire to create a better world but lacking in power to do […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: 9/11, Absolute Friends, Are Snakes Necessary?, Brian De Palma, Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman, Cold War, espionage, ian doescher, john le carré, Shakespeare, The Jedi Doth Return, thriller, War on Terror, william shakespeare's star wars

Jake's CBR13 Review No:134 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fanfiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Suspense · Tags: 9/11, Absolute Friends, Are Snakes Necessary?, Brian De Palma, Brian De Palma and Susan Lehman, Cold War, espionage, ian doescher, john le carré, Shakespeare, The Jedi Doth Return, thriller, War on Terror, william shakespeare's star wars ·
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Library Bingo

The Dark Tunnel by Ross Macdonald

The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris

Billy Summers by Stephen King

The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

A Darkness More Than Night by Michael Connelly

August 9, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

I haven’t been able to keep up with the Cannonball Read Bingo, but I have been reading stuff for my library’s bingo, which helps because it encourages me to try things I’d either put off or left on my shelf to rot…   The Dark Tunnel ** Went back to the beginning with Ross Macdonald for this one. I love Ross’ Archer series and his standalones aren’t bad but this one is. Unfocused plotting, expository dialogue, characters conveniently bouncing in and out. Macdonald was trying […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: A Darkness More Than Night, Billy Summers, espionage, harry bosch, horror, Michael Connelly, Michigan, mystery, New York City, Race, Ross MacDonald, Simone St. James, Stephen King, Terry McCaleb, the broken girls, The Dark Tunnel, The Other Black Girl, thriller, Vermont, Zakiya Dalila Harris

Jake's CBR13 Review No:125 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: A Darkness More Than Night, Billy Summers, espionage, harry bosch, horror, Michael Connelly, Michigan, mystery, New York City, Race, Ross MacDonald, Simone St. James, Stephen King, Terry McCaleb, the broken girls, The Dark Tunnel, The Other Black Girl, thriller, Vermont, Zakiya Dalila Harris ·
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Good Writin’, Bad Thrillin’

Every Last Lie by Mary Kubica

July 16, 2021 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Clara Solberg’s infant son is only four days old when the police come to her door to tell her that her husband Nick and her daughter Maisie have in a serious car accident. Maisie is unharmed but Nick soon dies, leaving Clara alone with two young children and no income. To make matters worse, Maisie keeps having nightmares about being chased off the road by a ‘bad man’. Clara initially chalks it up to trauma and Maisie being a four year old, but soon other […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Every Last Lie, loss, Mary Kubica, mourning, thriller

Zirza's CBR13 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Every Last Lie, loss, Mary Kubica, mourning, thriller ·
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Hell Hath Fury

Razorblade Tears by S.A. Crosby

July 14, 2021 by Jake Leave a Comment

CN: violence against LGBTQIA+ folk Confession time: It’s been kind of a disappointing year for me in terms of reading fiction. There’s little that moves me anymore; everything feels so rote. That has little to do with contemporary writers, who are constantly twisting their genres, and more with just a continued familiarity with the tropes. Crime writing that used to entertain me when it reached the level of competent now barely moves the needle. And then, there’s S.A. Crosby. I enjoyed Blacktop Wasteland when it came out […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: crime, Razorblade Tears, S.A. Crosby, thriller, Virginia

Jake's CBR13 Review No:111 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: crime, Razorblade Tears, S.A. Crosby, thriller, Virginia ·
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Mary Dixie Carter’s The Photographer

The Photographer by Mary Dixie Carter

July 13, 2021 by msvreadsbooks Leave a Comment

Another scary, psychological thriller with an unwell woman at the center (and a person on the cover #cbr13bingo). Delta Dawn is a photographer in New York City, and she spends most of her time taking photos of children’s birthday parties having discovered her knack for making children look happy and healthy and like their parents’ dreams.  She routinely photoshops images that are less than perfect to fulfill the fantasy these wealthy families pay her to portray. When she meets the Straub family, Delta feels she […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Brooklyn, cbr13bingo, Manhattan, Mary Dixie Carter, NYC, people-bingosquare, photography, stalker, thriller

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:32 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Brooklyn, cbr13bingo, Manhattan, Mary Dixie Carter, NYC, people-bingosquare, photography, stalker, thriller ·
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Not Bond? Not James Bond?

Forever and a Death by Donald Westlake

July 11, 2021 by Jake 1 Comment

In a writers group I participate in via social media, someone asked the question a few months ago that if we could have three traits from authors, what would they be? I don’t remember my other two answers but the one I do remember is Donald Westlake’s versatility. The man wrote noir potboilers, political gags a la Ross Thomas, the sparse and sharp Parker series, the slyly comedic Dortmunder tales…he could do it all. He even had a hand at James Bond. Forever and a […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Donald Westlake, Forever and a Death, hard case crime, thriller

Jake's CBR13 Review No:105 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Donald Westlake, Forever and a Death, hard case crime, thriller ·
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