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Category Archives: thriller
Book Review: The Fifth Assassin by Brad Meltzer
Brad Meltzer’s The Fifth Assassin is the the second book in the Culper Ring Trilogy. The Culper Ring was introduced in the trilogy’s first book, The Inner Circle, which I reviewed in September 2011. The Culper Ring started during the … Continue reading
Book Review: The Hollow City by Dan Wells
A serial killer, called the Red Line Killer by media and law enforcement, is on the loose, targeting members of a secretive cult called The Children of the Earth. A paranoid schizophrenic, Michael Shipman, wakes in a hospital with only … Continue reading
Book Review: Mapplethorpe’s Flowers, Hubert’s Freaks
“A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about what it is about.” I apologize for not giving a proper citation for the source of my opening “quote.” The best I can do is … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer
New York Times Bestselling author Brad Meltzer’s most recent political thriller, The Inner Circle, is set in the National Archives where hidden secrets live. However, quickly in the story a character is murdered, and the main character, an archivist named … Continue reading
Book Review: Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy by L.A. Meyer
Are you in the mood for swash-buckling, sea-faring, hysterical and moving coming-of-age story about a strong-willed girl? If so, this is the book for you. In a plague-ravaged London, Mary Faber is suddenly without home or family. Adopted by a gang of street … Continue reading
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Tagged Bloody Jack Adventure, Family, historical fiction, Katherine Kellgren, L.A. Meyer, teen
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