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Book Review: “The Running Grave” by Robert Galbraith
Genre: Thriller / Mystery I asked Google Gemini AI for a short summary of this 945 page book. In The Running Grave, private detectives Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott are hired by a distraught father to rescue his son, Will, from the Universal Humanitarian Church (UHC). While Strike investigates the organization’s criminal history and suspicious…
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“Crash and Burn” A Sigma Force Short Story Summary
Genre: Thriller Sigma Force members, Seichan and Kowalski, are sharing a flight to Morocco. From there Kowlaski will vacation with his GF in Germany. Kowalski is carrying a prototype of a shotgun that when shot will disable (but not kill) people using electrically charged pellets. Think a taser but without wires. Suddenly, over the Azores,…
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“The Code” An Orphan X Short Story Summary
Genre: Thriller Easter holiday Jack sends 17 year old Evan Smoak (long before he was Orphan X and The Nowhere Man) on a cross-country trek….speaking only Portuguese. At his destination Evan is subjected to a “boot camp” that would bring back memories for any Navy SEAL. Unfortunately, those memories are probably nightmares! But young Evan…
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Book Review: “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown
Genre: Thriller “The Secret of Secrets” by Dan Brown is a complex book packed with complicated and detailed scientific information, as well as being extremely interesting and, of course, well written. The ending is both explosive and mind-boggling. To help me more accurately convey the gist of the book in a book review, I enlisted…
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Book Review: “Denied Access” by Vince Flynn / Don Bentley
Genre: Thriller Once again, I am honored to be a Mitch Rapp Ambassador. “Denied Access” will be in “stores” September 30, 2025. But you can pre-order it now at your favorite book store. 🙂 “Denied Access” is designed to be the third book in the “American Assassin” prequel series where a young Mitch Rapp is…
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Book Review: “The Lightning Rod” by Brad Meltzer
Genre: Thriller This is the second book in the Zig & Nola Series Nola is the “Artist in Residence” for the U.S. Army. Her job is to travel where something important / horrible happened and draw what she sees. Nola is also a well-trained operative. Zig worked for many years as a mortician at the…
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AI Assisted Book Review: “The Black Echo” by Michael Connelly
Genre: Thriller This is the first Harry Bosch book and the first Michael Connelly book that I have read! I asked Google Gemini to write a 100 word review. Michael Connelly’s debut, “The Black Echo,” introduces us to the cynical and relentless LAPD detective Harry Bosch. The discovery of a body in a storm drain…
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Book Review: “The 9th Man” by Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood
Genre: Thriller This is book #1 in the Luke Daniels series. Luke Daniels knows Cotton Malone since they both serve in the Magellan Billet. Luke, an ex-Army Ranger, is relaxing in London when he gets a call from an old friend, and ex-Marine, Jillian. She needs help immediately. Arriving at her grandfather’s home, Luke finds…
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Book Review: “Use of Force” by Brad Thor
Genre: Thriller If I counted correctly, this is book #18 in the Scot Harvath series. Scot Harvath and his team are at Burning Man in Nevada chasing terrorists who are planning to bomb several sites within Burning Man. The team mostly succeeds. Mostly. Sometime later, a terrorist cell kills hundreds in Spain and Scot and…
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Book Review: “Broken” by Karin Slaughter
Genre: Thriller This is book #4 in the Will Trent Series Allison Spooner is a good student and finally has hopes for a good future. Walking home from her job at the Diner, the rain was pouring down and the lakeside was muddy. She was just understanding the path she would take from this day…
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