Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Book Review: “Lethal Agent” by Vince Flynn / Kyle Mills

    Book Review: “Lethal Agent” by Vince Flynn / Kyle Mills

    Genre: Thriller “Lethal Agent” is an ARC sent to me, as a Mitch Rapp Ambassador, by the Publisher.  It will be in “stores” September 24, 2019.  #MitchRappisBack Al Mukalla, Yemen Surviving a previous attack by Mitch Rapp in Iraq…..ISIS leader, Sayid Halabi, has been recovering, as much as he can, from his wounds. During his…

  • Book Review: “Black List” by Brad Thor

    Book Review: “Black List” by Brad Thor

    Genre: Thriller Note: Two years ago I stopped reading “Full Black” on page 340, a “clunker”, but, I gave it my best try considering the dark times just starting in 2017. In 2019, I decided to pick up Brad Thor again. “Black List” is awesome! Caroline Romero is being followed. An employee of the top…

  • Short Story Review: “Switchblade” by Michael Connelly

    Short Story Review: “Switchblade” by Michael Connelly

    Genre: Thriller Emily Robertson works as the “sorter” in the Los Angeles Police Department’s Open-Unsolved Unit. Calls with info on cold cases come in to Emily, she sorts them, then hands the verified cases over to the unit’s detectives for further investigation. Emily loves her job and Detective Harry Bosch loves seeing Emily when she…

  • Short Story Review: “Honor &…” by Sandra Brown and C.J. Box

    Short Story Review: “Honor &…” by Sandra Brown and C.J. Box

    Genre: Thriller A short story collaboration between old friend, Joe Pickett, and newly met, Lee Coburn. If you read this blog, you know that Joe Pickett is a Wyoming Game Warden, he can’t shoot a pistol to save his life, he is not afraid of anyone or anything, has a wife and three daughters, and…

  • Book Review: “The Forgotten” by David Baldacci

    Book Review: “The Forgotten” by David Baldacci

    Genre: Thriller “The Forgotten” is book #2 in the John Puller series. Plot Line 1 After the events in “Zero Day” Army Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Warrant Officer John Puller took some time off to recover. With only a week to go before heading back to work, John’s father, ex-Army General John Sr. (who is…

  • August 2019 Thrillers

    August 2019 Thrillers

    Here are the new thrillers for this month. Happy Reading! 🙂 Buried by Ellison Cooper Disappeared by J. T. Brannan Hot Roll by Patricia McLinn Second Sight by Aoife Clifford Grave Expectations by Heather Redmond Purpose of Evasion by J. A. Walsh Fishermen’s Court by Andrew Wolfendon

  • Book Review: “Rough Justice” by Lisa Scottoline

    Book Review: “Rough Justice” by Lisa Scottoline

    Genre: Mystery / Thriller If you read my last review on “Legal Tender” you know that I complained about each book in this “series” (Rosato & Associates) only having new characters. Well……in book #3, “Rough Justice”, the series FINALLY includes the old characters we have come to know and love. Whew! No more complaints from…

  • Book Review: “The Disappeared” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “The Disappeared” by C.J. Box

    Genre: Thriller Joe Pickett, Game Warden in Saddlestring, WY, is sent on a special assignment for (newly elected) Governor Allen. He is to pick up the investigation where the Wyoming DCI team left off….when the impetuous Governor fired them! The orders from this asshole Governor are: “Do it or lose your job. And keep Nate…

  • July 2019 Thrillers

    July 2019 Thrillers

    Here are four new thrillers for your summer reading pleasure at the beach. 🙂 Enjoy! Chai Another Day by Leslie Budewitz Images by Lauri Broadbent Dark Spiral Down by Michael Houtz A House Divided: A Lincoln & Speed Mysteryby Jonathan F. Putnam Looks like July is a good time for new authors to release a book! 😉

  • Book Review: “The Oracle” by Clive Cussler & Robin Burcell

    Book Review: “The Oracle” by Clive Cussler & Robin Burcell

    Genre: Thriller 533 A.D. Bulla Regia, North Africa (Tunisia) Seeking the advice of an Oracle the King and his brother hope to break a 100 year old curse before it ends in the death of the brother….. “Know, O King, the Saturnalia is upon us. To break the curse, the sacred scroll must be returned…