Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Book Review: “Subterranean” by James Rollins

    Book Review: “Subterranean” by James Rollins

    Genre: Thriller Ashley Carter is a single mom (to Jason) and a Paleoanthropology Assistant Professor specializing in cliff-dwelling primatives. What in the world would the U.S. Government want her for? Well, they need her to lead a team of biologists, geologists, and caving experts on a “research” mission beneath the Antarctic Ice Shelf. Ashley is…

  • Book Review: “Badlands” by C.J. Box

    Book Review: “Badlands” by C.J. Box

    Genre: Thriller Grinstad, North Datkota is in the middle of an oil boom. The population has grown beyond the capabilities of the town and the increase in crime, drugs, prostitution, and murder has followed. There are not enough police in town to stem the flow…. Kyle Westergaard, 12, was finishing up his early morning paper…

  • Book Review: “V is for Vengeance” by Sue Grafton

    Book Review: “V is for Vengeance” by Sue Grafton

    Genre: Mystery 1986 Phillip Lanahan is a young kid with a gambling problem. Losing badly (like all the time) he seeks out the local , Santa Teresa, CA, loan shark hoping to score $10,000 which he will then turn into a fortune and pay all his debts back in a jiffy. We all know how…

  • June 2019 Thrillers

    June 2019 Thrillers

    New thrillers for your spring reading list. Enjoy! Borrowed Time by Tracy Clark White Oaks by Jill Hand Murder She Wrote, Murder in Red by Jon Land & Jessica Fletcher Countdown by Matt Phillips Part-time Zombie by Gerald Dean Rice Her Secret Son by Hannah Mary McKinnon Greasepaint & .45s by Ryan Sayles (editor) Charlie 316 by Colin Conway and Frank Zafiro The…

  • Book Review: “Two for the Dough” by Janet Evanovich

    Book Review: “Two for the Dough” by Janet Evanovich

    Genre: Mystery On a stakeout with experienced bounty hunter, Ranger, new bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is nervous and is without a loaded gun. Duh. A brand new 4×4 pulls up to the house they are watching, hoping that Kenny Mancuso shows up so they can grab him (for shooting his ex-best friend in the knee…

  • Book Review: “The Night Trade” by Barry Eisler

    Book Review: “The Night Trade” by Barry Eisler

    Genre: Thriller Two months after the final events in the first book (“Livia Lone”). Livia (real name, Labee) has re-settled into her Seattle Police Department position in anti-trafficking. Livia is teaching a self-defense class when her boss, Lt. Donna Strangland, interrupts class to introduce Livia to Homeland Security Special Agent Benjamin Dixon Little. He is…

  • May 2019 Thrillers

    May 2019 Thrillers

    A few new books for this month. Happy Reading! 🙂 The Flagler Hunt by Jeremy Burns Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf Outcry Witness by Thomas Zigal Every Last Breath by Juno Rushdan The Hiding Place by C. J. Tudor The Pandora Room by Christopher Golden The Furious Way by Aaron Phillip Clark Widows’ Revenge by Lynda La Plante Once More Unto…

  • Book Review: “Camino Island” by John Grisham

    Book Review: “Camino Island” by John Grisham

    Genre: Thriller Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed planned the “perfect” crime. Together, they planned, and executed, the nearly perfect heist of several of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s original handwritten manuscripts, including “The Great Gatsby”, from the Firestone Library at Princeton University. Each manuscript will be worth millions, and Mark, Denny, Trey, Jerry, and Ahmed are…

  • Book Review: “The Venetian Betrayal” by Steve Berry

    Book Review: “The Venetian Betrayal” by Steve Berry

    Genre: Thriller “The Venetian Betrayal” is #3 in the Cotton Malone series. I am back on track after reading an ARC of #12 “The Lost Order”. Cotton Malone is a retired Department of Justice Magellan Billet special operative. He owns a book store in Copenhagen. On his way home after a meeting of the Danish…

  • April 2019 Thrillers

    April 2019 Thrillers

    Lots of new books this month! Enjoy. Save Me From Dangerous Men by S. A. Lelchuck Silent Remains by Jerry Kennealy Banana Republic: Richie’s Run by Glenn A. Bruce The Blameless Dead by Gary Haynes Murder-a-Go-Go’s by Holly West (editor) The Orange Groove by Bob Bickford Skudakumooch by Russ Meidinger Titanshade by Dan Stout Treason by Rick Campbell We All Fall Down by Daniel Kalla…