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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
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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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Book Review: “The Exchange” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller 15 years after surviving “The Firm” (32 years between books in the real world), Mitch and Abby McDeere are happy, safe, and living in New York City. With two kids, Abby is an editor for a publisher of cook books and, with a great commerical grade kitchen in the apartment….the family gets LOTS…
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Book Review: “Zero Sum” by Barry Eisler
Genre: Thriller After spending the last 10 years fighting in the Philippines, John Rain decided to come home to Tokyo. Connecting with an old contact to find work, Liberal Democratic Party fixer Miyamoto… Rain finds work…..and a whole lot more. “Zero Sum” is a fantastic prequel as we follow along with John Rain and how…
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Book Review: “Sparring Partners” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller “Sparring Partners” consists of three novellas. Below is a brief introduction to all three….. “Homecoming” The year is 1991 and Clanton, MS lawyer Jake Brigance is helping an old friend return to Clanton after disappearing several years earlier. Jake teams with Harry Rex and…….. “Strawberry Moon” Death row inmate, Cody Wallace, is three…
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Book Review: “Dark Horse” by Gregg Hurwitz
Genre: Thriller This is book 7 of 9 in the Orphan X series. The end is nigh….. 😦 6 months after his apartment in LA was destroyed by artificially intelligent drones, Orphan X / The Nowhere Man (Evan Smoak) is finally getting to the end of the repair. Then…..his RoamZone rings (1-855-2-Nowhere), and he answers…..…
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