In The Finder, Ferguson brings us the story of a mysterious outlaw who travels the world looking for items that time has forgotten. Hot on his heels is Gaddy Rhodes, a determined Interpol agent looking to bring him down. Elsewhere, the novel connects with a travel writer and a photojournalist stationed in Christchurch, New Zealand…
A follow-up to One Night Only, a book about hockey players who had only played one game in the NHL, One To Remember throws a spotlight on athletes who had the misfortune (or fortune depending on how you look at it) of only scoring a single goal in their entire NHL career. One To Remember…
Reeling from the loss of his wife and daughter, former NYPD detective Charlie Parker ventures down to Arkansas where he believes the recent murder of a young, black woman may fit the m.o. of his family’s killer. The small town of Cargill doesn’t exactly roll out the red carpet for Mr. Parker as he quickly…
I was browsing Goodreads one night and noticed a friend of mine had posted a review for Batman: Year One. Out of curiosity, I went to see what I had rated it when I read it all those years ago. Turns out, I didn’t rate it at all. No review either! I had to rectify…
Hidden Valley Road tells the true story of the Mimi and Don Galvin and their twelve children, six of whom would develop schizophrenia. Through hundreds of hours of interviews with the surviving family members as well as medical professionals, author Robert Kolker (The Lost Girls) paints a portrait of a debilitating and heartbreaking mental illness…
In the spring of 2017, author and adventurer Adam Shoalts embarked on an ambitious project. For four months, Adam would travel alone across Canada’s arctic region by canoe. The four thousand kilometer trek would see Shoalts go weeks without human contact as he would battle dangerous terrain, ice-packed water and horrendous winds. I haven’t even…
Prescott Marshall is about to tie the knot, but a drunken misadventure shortly before his big day sees him wind up in bed with another woman. It isn’t long before the young woman shows up and begins to blackmail Marshall for money in exchange for keeping her mouth shut. The situation comes to a head…
As the calendar turned to 2020, and with the release of Dead Girl Blues, Lawrence Block entered his eighth decade as an author. With published work spanning all the way back to the 1950s, and a level of quality most authors can only dream of, it certainly says something that this book is being called…
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