Stories By John Holt
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Fiction Reviews
Driftless by David Rhodes
December 5, 2023In his first book in more than thirty years Rhodes proves with ease why when he...
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Environment
The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic by Stan Ulanski
December 3, 2023Aside from providing an easily assimilated scientific and historical overview, The Gulf Stream describes and mammoth...
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Travel
High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
November 25, 2023All of this pales in comparison to the obscene madness that has now become the fate...
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Fiction Reviews
Gas City by Loren Estleman
November 24, 2023The characters and the settings in Gas City are rife with intriguing promise that never seems...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Man vs Fish: The Fly Fisherman’s Eternal Struggle by Taylor Streit
November 20, 2023This is the tough time of the year for those such as myself who love and...
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Crime Fiction
Double Cross – By James Patterson
November 19, 2023I love John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series but always thought that his love scenes were...
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Fiction Reviews
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
November 19, 2023Often written in a quiet, understated style that belies the madness and violence that seep through...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Fortune’s a River by Barry Gough
November 18, 2023By the closing years of the 18th century the stage was set for a major international...
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Fiction Reviews
The Tin Roof Blowdown By James Lee Burke
November 12, 2023Because he’s a damn good writer James Lee Burke knows how to keep a plot going...
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Fiction Reviews
City of Fire By Robert Ellis
November 11, 2023There are red herrings aplenty, but once finished reading the novel I’m left with a sense...