Good Morning, Midnight

A unspecified world catastrophe forces the evacuation of a northern Canadian astronomical research station but disaffected scientist and perennial loner Augustine decides to stick around to finish his work. He doesn’t care what happened nor is he particularly bothered by the seriousness of the event – he just wants to be left alone to dither…

20th Century Ghosts

For a long time, this book was my “white whale”.  Up to recently, I had three of Joe Hill’s novels (Heart-Shaped Box, Horns, NOS4A2) in hardcover and although 20th Century Ghosts was easily accessible in paperback or for download on my Kindle, I felt I needed to match my existing format and seek out the…

Gone Baby Gone

Patrick and Angie have led rough careers as private investigators and after the events in Sacred, they’ve decided to pull back a little.  When we catch up with them in Gone Baby Gone, they’ve all but sworn off cases that could lead to violence, death and destruction.  Unfortunately for them, when young Amanda McCready goes…

Nemesis Games

With the Rocinante laid up for repairs and Holden sticking around Tycho Station with the ship, crew members Naomi, Amos and Alex take some time off to tie up a few loose ends lingering in their personal lives.  However, it wouldn’t be a novel in The Expanse series if things didn’t go pear-shaped pretty quickly.…

Sacred

There’s something ugly about the flawless.. Following the events of Darkness, Take My Hand, Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro have shuttered their agency and have begun to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives.  A year has passed when they’re approached (and by approached, I mean drugged and tossed in the back of a…

A Time of Torment

Charlie Parker is approached by Jerome Burnel.   Burnel was at one time considered a hero, foiling a botched gas station robbery.  Tragically, all was forgotten when a short time later, Jerome was brought up on child pornography charges.  Jerome claims he’s innocent and although he’s served his time, some may not feel his punishment…

Darkness, Take My Hand

A well known Boston psychiatrist has been receiving threats and promptly hires private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro to look into the source.  What starts out as a simple task turns into a violent bloodbath as Kenzie and Gennaro’s world comes undone. Dennis Lehane is fast becoming one of my favorite authors.  Where do…

Terror in the City of Champions

The mid-1930s were banner years for the city of Detroit’s unrivaled sports scene.  In late 1934, the Tigers won the pennant.  Just seven months later, the Red Wings took home the Stanley Cup and the Lions sat atop the National Football League.  And it wasn’t just team sports that dominated.  Hometown hero Joe Louis had…