Stories By John Holt
Fiction Reviews
Driftless by David Rhodes
March 13, 2025In his first book in more than thirty years Rhodes proves with ease why when he...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Gulf Stream: Tiny Plankton, Giant Bluefin, and the Amazing Story of the Powerful River in the Atlantic by Stan Ulanski
March 12, 2025Aside from providing an easily assimilated scientific and historical overview, The Gulf Stream describes and mammoth...
Fiction Reviews
Gas City by Loren Estleman
March 3, 2025The characters and the settings in Gas City are rife with intriguing promise that never seems...
Non-Fiction Reviews
High Crimes: The Fate of Everest in an Age of Greed
March 3, 2025All of this pales in comparison to the obscene madness that has now become the fate...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Man vs Fish: The Fly Fisherman’s Eternal Struggle by Taylor Streit
February 27, 2025This is the tough time of the year for those such as myself who love and...

Fiction Reviews
Double Cross – By James Patterson
February 25, 2025I love John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series but always thought that his love scenes were...
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...
Thrillers
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...





