Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Book Review: “Death & Sensibility” by Elizabeth Blake

    Book Review: “Death & Sensibility” by Elizabeth Blake

    The Northern Branch of the Jane Austen Society is hosting the first Jane Austen Society conference in York. As such, the members of the Northern Branch, Erin Coleridge and her best friend Farnsworth included, will be moderating or sitting on panels discussing all things……Jane Austen.

  • Book Review: “Pride Prejudice & Poison” by Elizabeth Blake

    Book Review: “Pride Prejudice & Poison” by Elizabeth Blake

    Genre: Cozy Mystery Erin Coleridge, a true crime enthusiast, moved to Kirkbymoorside (near the North York Moors National Park) two years ago and opened a bookstore: The Readers Quarry. Waiting for the latest meeting of the Northern Branch of the Jane Austin Society to come to order, Erin and her friend Farnsworth are watching people…

  • July 2021 Thrillers

    July 2021 Thrillers

    A bunch of new books for your summer reading list! Enjoy. 🙂 Sons of Valor by Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson The Wrong Words by Yvonne Rediger The Chase by Lisa Harris One Kingdom Under Heaven by Alastair Luft Draw and Order by Cheryl Hollon Moonlight & Misadventure: 20 Stories of Mystery & Suspense edited by Judy Penz Sheluk A Darker…

  • Book Review: “Graveyard of Memories” by Barry Eisler

    Book Review: “Graveyard of Memories” by Barry Eisler

    Genre: Thriller Looking back on his “career” as an assassin, John Rain remembers the beginning, and we the readers of this series reminisce with him, and learn how John Rain began. Here are some of the memories as Rain thinks back to 1972 when he was a brash 20 year old just out of the…

  • Book Review: “Career of Evil” by Robert Galbraith

    Book Review: “Career of Evil” by Robert Galbraith

    Genre: Thriller Cormoran Strike has taken Robin Ellacot on as his “partner” in the private investigating small business he opened a few years ago. After some success solving a couple of high visibility crimes, business has slowed and now Strike and Robin have only two clients. And, as it turns out, one enemy. One day…

  • June 2021 Thrillers

    June 2021 Thrillers

    A whole bunch of new books this month! Enjoy. Random authors…..

  • Book Review: “Long Range” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “Long Range” by C.J. Box

    Genre: Thriller “Long Range” takes place 6 months after the massacre in the last book. We now have a new Sheriff, new County Prosecutor, new Doctor. Saddlestring, Wyoming has changed……for the better? Ah, NO! Joe Pickett is helping out a fellow Game Warden near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A hunting guide has been killed by a…

  • Book Review: “A Minute to Midnight” by David Baldacci

    Book Review: “A Minute to Midnight” by David Baldacci

    Genre: Thriller This is the second book in the Atlee Pine series. FBI Special Agent (and former Olympic weightlifter) Atlee Pine is convinced she has found her twin sister’s kidnapper. Daniel James Tor is a sociopathic killer spending the rest of his miserable life in a federal supermax prison in Colorado, and Atlee is there…

  • Book Review: “Hidden Order” by Brad Thor

    Book Review: “Hidden Order” by Brad Thor

    Genre: Thriller Written in 2013….but cut from today’s headlines (Jan 6, 2021…never forget who encouraged the insurrection): “When that happens, the United States is going to need its very best and very brightest to push back the darkness and take the fight to any enemy that would see us destroyed, both foreign and domestic.” Sea…

  • May 2021 Thrillers

    May 2021 Thrillers

    A bunch of new books this month! Enjoy! K-9 Cold Case by Elizabeth Heiter Status-6 by W. Craig Reed The Adventure of the Deceased Scholar by Liese Sherwood-Fabre The Taxman Cometh by John Wayne Falbey The Paris Betrayal by James R. Hannibal Celestine by Kevin St. Jarre Stolen Thoughts by Tim Tigner Gumshoes, Fangs, Rockets, & Spies: How Literary Genres Evolve and…