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Book Review: “Three To Get Deadly” by Janet Evanovich
Genre: Mystery New bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum, does not want to arrest the kindly local candy store owner, Uncle Mo, for failure to appear in court. First of all…..Uncle Mo will NEVER do anything wrong, and secondly…..Uncle Mo is, well…..U-N-C-L-E Mo to all the kids (and many adults) in this Trenton, NJ burg. Vinnie convinces…
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Book Review: “Police” by Jo Nesbo
Genre: Thriller The ending of “Phantom” left you wondering if the words on the next book, “Police”….”A New Harry Hole Novel” was wrong! After many pages where the author seems to have picked up a new, evil, trick of misdirection, we finally find out that, yes, Harry is alive and well and teaching at the…
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Book Review: “Capture or Kill” by Vince Flynn / Don Bentley
Genre: Thriller I am honored to have been selected as a Mitch Rapp Ambassador once again this year! The elite Iranian Qud forces are planning a major attack on the U.S. and the only people who can stop them is an old “friend”, Azad Ashani, and Mitch Rapp. Secondarily, the window to the real-life events…
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Book Review: “Phantom” by Jo Nesbo
Genre: Thriller A little over three years after leaving Oslo for Hong Kong, Harry Hole is back. Old friend, Beate Lonn, had let Harry know that someone he loves like a son, Oleg, has been arrested for the murder of drug addict, Gusto Hanssen. Yes, in the three years since he has been gone from…
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AI Assisted Book Review: “Fade” by Kyle Mills
Genre: Thriller I asked Google Gemini AI to provide a 250 word summary of this book. Fade by Kyle Mills introduces Salam al Fayed, a former Navy SEAL with a troubled past. A bullet lodged near his spine has left him a virtual recluse, counting down the days until paralysis. His solitary existence is shattered…
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Book Review: “The Reckoning” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller I asked Google Gemini AI to write a 150 word summary of this book. In 1946 Mississippi, war hero Pete Banning stuns the small town of Clanton by murdering the beloved Reverend Dexter Bell. Pete offers no explanation, leaving his family and community reeling. As Pete awaits execution, flashbacks reveal the horrors of…
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AI Assisted Book Review: “Three-Inch Teeth” by C.J. Box
Genre: Thriller Once again, and probably from now on, I asked Google Gemini to provide a 150 word summary to this book. I made zero changes to it. 🙂 “In the harsh Wyoming wilderness, game warden Joe Pickett faces a double threat. A vicious grizzly bear with unusually large fangs is on a murderous rampage,…
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AI Assisted Book Review: “Walk the Wire” by David Baldacci
Genre: Thriller I asked BARD / Gemini to write a 150 word summary of this book. Here is what they wrote (I added the NOTE): “FBI agent Amos Decker, known for his perfect memory, is called to a crime scene in the booming North Dakota town of London. A hunter stumbles upon a woman’s body…
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Book Review: “Amok” by Barry Eisler
Genre: Thriller 1991 Former Marine, Carl Williams (aka Dox) is now home in a small town in Texas after spending two years in Afghanistan fighting with the Mujahideen against the Russians. Now….at home…..he has more difficult issues to take care of before heading out to Timor, Indonesia….family! Dad Roy is about to get out of…
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Book Review: “The Last Orphan” by Gregg Hurwitz
Genre: Thriller 2 months after the events of the last book, Evan Smoak (aka The Nowhere Man, aka Orphan X, Roamzone number: 1-855-2-Nowhere), with Mia still unconscious and Joey on a trip to discover herself, is sipping Vodka on a glacier in Iceland…..contemplating….life. Evan is getting older and his priorities, and abilities, are changing. He…
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