Stories By John Holt
Fiction Reviews
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
February 25, 2025Often written in a quiet, understated style that belies the madness and violence that seep through...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Fortune’s a River by Barry Gough
February 25, 2025By the closing years of the 18th century the stage was set for a major international...
Fiction Reviews
The Tin Roof Blowdown By James Lee Burke
February 16, 2025Because he’s a damn good writer James Lee Burke knows how to keep a plot going...
Fiction Reviews
City of Fire By Robert Ellis
February 15, 2025There are red herrings aplenty, but once finished reading the novel I’m left with a sense...
Mystery
Trashed by Alison Gaylin
February 14, 2025These driven individuals scour celebrity garbage cans, pose as anyone but themselves, lie as though the...
Fiction Reviews
Thunder Bay by William Kent Krueger
February 10, 2025The novel is set in the lake country of northern Minnesota and the wilds of bordering...
Fiction Reviews
The Fighter by Craig Davidson
February 2, 2025James Ellroy, Cormac McCarthy and William T. Vollmann have some new company hanging out on their...
Biography
Tommy’s Honor by Kevin Cook
January 29, 2025Sheep wallows eventually became sand traps and the first greens were nothing more than somewhat level...
Fiction Reviews
The Lay of the Land by Richard Ford
January 28, 2025The characters are well-drawn, clear, as are locations, thought processes and motivations but all the time...
Fiction Reviews
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
January 28, 2025I read this book in one take late at night and immediately headed downstairs to kick...