No Kings!

Author: Mike Pihlman

  • Book Review: “O is for Outlaw” by Sue Grafton

    Book Review: “O is for Outlaw” by Sue Grafton

      Genre:  Mystery – (Kinsey solves another mystery) – In “O is for Outlaw” Kinsey Millhone’s ex-husband, Mickey, is close to death in an L.A. hospital.  He was shot. Kinsey has not talked to Mickey for some time, but, is curious as to how Mickey got himself in this predicament and spends time looking into…

  • August 2013 Thrillers

    Lots of new books for August 2013 (yes, I know, I am late)! Jon Land (he is the reason I am TracyReaderDad) has a new Strong thriller….yippeee!  You gotta read this series.  AWESOME.  🙂 Strong Rain Falling by Jon Land A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay Don’t Look Now by Michelle Gagnon Gated by Amy Christine Parker…

  • Book Review: “The Racketeer” by John Grishham

    Book Review: “The Racketeer” by John Grishham

    Genre:  Thriller  (Great read) – Federal Judge Ray Fawcett and his girlfriend have been murdered and his safe has been emptied. Malcolm Bannister, an ex-lawyer, is 5 years into a 10 year sentence in a minimum security prison in Frostburg, MD.  He knows who the killer is. Malcolm contacts the authorities (starting with the warden)…

  • Book Review: “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins

    Book Review: “Catching Fire” by Suzanne Collins

    Genre: Fantasy (The Hunger Games Almost Redone) *************Spoiler Alert…just so you know*************** The first 200, or so, pages were really good.  After that we have to suffer through another Hunger Games (under a different name, and this time, with the old winners). Yes it had some surprising moments that lend themselves to the overall goal.…

  • Book Review: “Arctic Fire” by Stephen Frey

    Book Review: “Arctic Fire” by Stephen Frey

      – (Another Stephen Frey roller-coaster) Genre: Thriller For the first time ever, I read two Stephen Frey books in a row.  He uses a lot of the same names…I never realized that before.  🙂 To his family and friends, Troy Jensen is a daredevil.  To the U.S. Govt, Troy Jensen is one of the…

  • Vince Flynn passes away at 47

    OMG, this is SAD news. One of my all time favorite authors died today from prostate cancer.  He was only 47. Here is a news link.  (I grabbed the above picture from that article…) Go here for my book reviews of the Mitch Rapp series. Damn….damn….:-(((((

  • Book Review: “Hell’s Gate” by Stephen Frey

    Book Review: “Hell’s Gate” by Stephen Frey

    Genre:  Thriller – High powered New York City litigation attorney, Hunter Lee, just kicked some major butt in Montana.  He won a huge award for several families in Fort Mason, Montana who were injured (or killed) in a derailment of rail cars carrying dangerous and deadly products. Hunter’s brother, Strat, lives in Fort Mason and…

  • Book Review: “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” by Rachel Joyce

    Book Review: “The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry” by Rachel Joyce

      Genre:  Fiction (Wonderful Journey) – Harold Fry just got a letter from an old friend.  Queenie Hennessy is dying of cancer and she just wanted to say good-bye. Try as he might, Harold could not write a sufficiently good response, but somehow, after many iterations he had a letter that came close.  All he…

  • Book Review: “Inferno” by Dan Brown

    Book Review: “Inferno” by Dan Brown

    Genre:  Thriller (History, Symbolism, Action) Robert Langdon wakes up in the hospital.  He thinks he is close to Harvard University, but, when he looks out the window he realizes he is in Florence, Italy! How in the world did he get there?  He has no memory of the past 48 hours, and to top it…

  • Book Review: “Torn Apart: The Abduction of Gillian Curtis” by Marta Sprout

    Genre:  Mystery / Thriller (Surprising and scary) – This is an ARC sent to me by Marta Sprout.  It will be in stores in August 2013.  🙂 Gillian Curtis is now living with her father, Mike.  She hates it there and is planning to run away. Dr. Michael Curtis is the head of YorkCare medical…