Monthly Archives: April 2025

I’ve read Banville/Black’s 6 earlier novelss in this series and enjoyed them all. Prior to those I read most of his stand-alone literary fiction. Banville has his own unique style which will likely never pull off a James Patterson type thriller. … Continue reading →

Time has gone by and the daughters of Joe and Marybeth Pickett have grown up, but the world has changed, too.  Where the Job is the same in some ways like finding the idiot who shot and then left a … Continue reading →

This is the 15th mystery novel in the fine Gaslight Series which takes place in New York City at the turning of the century from the 18th to the 19th centuries.  Murder on Fifth Avenue ~ by  Victoria Thompson read by … Continue reading →

Vicious CircleBy C.J. Box, 2016/ by David Chandler \(Book #17 in the Joe Pickett series)  The plane circled in the dark. Joe Pickett could just make out down below a figure in the snow and timber, and then three other figures closing in. There … Continue reading →