Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Book Review: “Redemption Games” by Barry Eisler

    Book Review: “Redemption Games” by Barry Eisler

    Genre: Thriller John Rain, assassin, is getting soft dreaming about the possibly of a normal life. He may die because of it… Buy It! John Rain is a Japanese American assassin. His specialty is killing people so it looks like a natural death or accident. His services are for hire. In “Redemption Games”, the fourth…

  • August 2016 Thrillers

    August 2016 Thrillers

    Summer thrillers. Happy Reading! When the Music’s Over by Peter Robinson (Buy It!) Killer Look by Linda Fairstein Fatal Odds by John F. Dobbyn The Ninja’s Daughter by Susan Spann The Paris Librarian by Mark Pryor

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

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

    Genre: Thriller A long distance truck driver is a serial killer. Cody Hoyt and Cassie Dewell investigate, but, they may die in the process… Buy It! Cody Hoyt is a terrific cop with the best arrest record on the force. His only fault, is that he sometimes crosses the legal line when pursing criminals. Oh,…

  • Book Review: “Jury Town” by Stephen Frey

    Book Review: “Jury Town” by Stephen Frey

    Genre: Thriller (Superb: Stephen Frey is Baaack) Buy It! A number of large cases in Virginia are being decided in favor of big corporations. These decisions are detrimental to the good of society while benefiting only the very few. Jurors are being threatened. They are told to vote one way or risk losing

  • Book Review: “Kodiak Sky” by Stephen Frey

    Book Review: “Kodiak Sky” by Stephen Frey

      Genre: Thriller (Red Cell Seven Under Attack) Buy It! Red Cell Seven agent, Troy Jensen, is on a mission to kill drug cartel leader and terrorist, Daniel Gadanz. The mission does not succeed as Gadanz escapes

  • July 2016 Thrillers

    July 2016 Thrillers

    Lots of great Thrillers for summer reading!  Happy 4th.  🙂 — Deep Six by D.P. Lyle (Buy It!) The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose (Buy It!) The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb (Buy It!) Ice Station Nautilus by Rick Campbell (Buy It!) Ghost Sniper by Scott McEwen Read to Death by Terrie Farley Moran…

  • Book Review: “Deep Six” by Clive Cussler

    Book Review: “Deep Six” by Clive Cussler

    Genre: Thriller (Mind Control) — Buy it! — Facebook friend and author, Robin Burcell is co-writing a new Clive Cussler book due out in Sept 2016. That made me look at the last time I read a Cussler book…..EIGHT years ago!  Yikes, time flies.  Time to start catching up. — I had “Deep Six” in…

  • June 2016 Thrillers

    June 2016 Thrillers

    Lots of books for June 2016…Happy Reading! Beyond the Ice Limit by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Buy It!) Seven Days Dead by John Farrow Don’t You Cry by Mary Kubica The Last Good Girl by Allison Leotta Field of Graves by J.T. Ellison Ink And Bone by Lisa Unger Floodgate by Johnny Shaw The…

  • Book Review: “The Book of Lies” by Brad Meltzer

    Book Review: “The Book of Lies” by Brad Meltzer

    Genre: Thriller (Tell Your Stories) — Buy it! — The worlds first murder occurred when Cain killed his brother Abel. The murder weapon was never found, but, some theorize that that weapon was a book: “The Book of Lies”. In 1932, Mitchell Siegel was murdered by an unknown gunman in a robbery in Cleveland. His…

  • May 2016 Thrillers

    May 2016 Thrillers

    Lots of new books this month!  Happy Reading — The Last Mile by David Baldacci Extreme Prey by John Sandford Blood Defense by Marcia Clark The Dark Lady’s Mask by Mary Sharratt A Death Along the River Fleet by Susanna Calkins Three Minutes to Midnight by A. J. Tata Redemption Road by John Hart A…