Author: Mike Pihlman

  • September 2012 Thrillers

    I have been REALLY slacking….my first Thriller post since June!  Yikes! Lots of new books……Happy Reading!  🙂 Nightwatcher by Wendy Corsi Staub Father Night by Eric Van Lustbader Opening Moves by Steven James Winter of the World by Ken Follett Termination Orders by Leo J. Maloney Angel With A Bullet by M. C. Grant Bleeding Through by Sandra Parshall Bones Are Forever by…

  • Book Review: “Silent Slaughter” by C. E. Lawrence

    Book Review: “Silent Slaughter” by C. E. Lawrence

    Genre: Thriller (the best Lee Campbell so far…..) This was an uncorrected proof ARC sent to me by “C.E. Lawrence”.  It is due in stores momentarily. Lee Campbell is a NYC Police Department Forensic Psychologist. He is called in when the most heinous crimes occur (mostly serial) and help is needed finding the murderer. In…

  • Book Review: “Heaven’s Fury” by Stephen Frey

    Genre:  Thriller (Typical Frey fast and furious) Bruner, Wisconsin Sheriff Paul Summers is at his last stop as a law enforcement officer.   Not because Paul is old, but, because he has been screwed over twice before (intentionally) and, like in baseball, three strikes and you are out. Bruner, Wisconsin is a sleepy town where…

  • Book Review: “A Storm of Swords” by George R.R. Martin

    Book Review: “A Storm of Swords” by George R.R. Martin

    (The epic adventure continues) Genre: Fantasy – In this, the third book of the “A Song and Ice and Fire” series, Martin takes us on a rousing adventure covering many of the territories, islands, and venturing far north of the wall. This book is way to long to summarize in a short blog entry. Needless…

  • Book Review: “Strong Vengeance” by Jon Land

    (Complex, terrifying,  love Caitlin Strong) Genre:  Thriller – This is an ARC sent to me several months ago by Jon Land (who you all should know by now is the reason I am TracyReaderDad).  Life sometimes gets complex, and the reason it took me sooo long to finish this book is because it is complex.…

  • Book Review: “Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach” by Colin Cotterill

    Book Review: “Grandad, There’s a Head on the Beach” by Colin Cotterill

    Genre: Mystery (Funny, Touching, Interesting, Jimm Juree rocks!) This is an ARC sent to me by St. Martin’s Press.  It is due in stores….hmmm, I don’t know!  But soon! 🙂  I, downloaded it to, and read it on, my Nook Simple Touch. “Grandad, There is a Head on the Beach” is the second book in…

  • Book Review: “The Admiral’s Mark” by Steve Berry

    Book Review: “The Admiral’s Mark” by Steve Berry

    Genre: Thriller (Interesting Historical Adventure) Eight years before we get to know Cotton Malone, he lost his brother-in-law, Scott,  to drowning while Scott was diving in Haiti. The circumstances of this drowning were routinely handled by the authorities in Haiti and if it were not for Cotton’s wife (her sister was married to Scott) insisting…

  • Book Review: “Snatched” by Karin Slaughter

    Book Review: “Snatched” by Karin Slaughter

    Genre:  Mystery (Captivating) “Snatched” is a novella approximately 63 pages long.   Special Agent (with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation) Will Trent has been put on bathroom duty at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport watching for those searching for sexual encounters of the same (or different) kind.  It is punishment. Sitting in a bathroom stall waiting for…

  • June 2012 Thrillers

    I really need to get on the ball and get reading seriously…..here are a ton of new books for June! Happy Reading! Bloodline by James Rollins Hard Target by Alan Jacobson Tattooed by Pamela Callow The Conviction by Robert Dugoni Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Imperative by Eric Van Lustbader The 500 by Matthew Quirk Darkness Becomes Her by Jaime Rush The Reckoning by…

  • May 2012 Thrillers

    A bunch of new Thrillers this month!  Happy Reading.  🙂 Darkroom by Joshua Graham Writ of Mandamus by Rick Robinson Silenced by Allison Brennan The Columbus Affair by Steve Berry A Dark and Broken Heart by R. J. Ellory Hush Money by Chuck Greaves A Deeper Darkness by J.T. Ellison White Lies by Jeremy Bates The Emerald Storm by William Deitrich Louise’s Gamble by Sarah…