Author: Mike Pihlman

September 2011 Thrillers

A bunch of new books this month! Happy reading! Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs Petroplague by Amy Rogers Saint’s Gate by Carla Neggers Only Fear by Anne Marie Becker Where All The Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison The Black Stiletto by Raymond Benson The Arranger by L.J. Sellers The Ninth Day by Jamie Freveletti Getting Off by Lawrence Block writing as Jill Emerson…

September 1, 2011
Book Review: “The Towman’s Daughters” by David J. Walker

Genre: Mystery (fun, fast, exciting) This book is an ARC sent to me by David J. Walker. It is due in stores October 1, 2011, but, can be found online now. Kirsten is an ex-cop turned PI (owner of the detective agency: Wild Onion, Ltd.), and Dugan, her husband is a lawyer in his own…

August 29, 2011
Book Review: “A Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin

Genre: Fantasy (brutal, epic) “A Game of Thrones” is the first of five books in the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. Galen at the Tracy, CA Barnes & Noble told me it was a great book (he was right) and that I really should expand beyond spies, killing and murder. With “Harry Potter”…

August 24, 2011
August 2011 Thrillers

Lots of new books / e-books! Happy Reading 🙂 Killing Kate by Julie Kramer The Sixes by Kate White Inmate 1577 by Alan Jacobson Home Improvement: Undead Edition by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner (Editors) Drop by Drop by Keith Raffel Serial by John Lutz A Killer Like Me by Chuck Hustmyre The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss The Evil Inside by Heather…

August 1, 2011
Book Review: “Killed at the Whim of a Hat” by Colin Cotterill

Genre: Mystery (terrific) Rating: 5 WaterTowers This is an ARC sent to me by St. Martin’s Press. It is due in stores July 19, 2011. Wow! Refreshingly original characters, and settings, with more than a dash of humor makes “Killed at the Whim of a Hat” one of the most enjoyable reads this year (or…

July 18, 2011
Book Review: “City of Secrets” by Kelli Stanley

Genre: Mystery / Noir (Miranda rocks!) Rating: 4 WaterTowers “City of Secrets” is an ARC sent to me by Kelli Stanley. It will be in stores Sept 13, 2011. Small caveat: You may know that I adore Kelli. I will try very hard to be objective. Pandora Blake is dead. Stabbed with an ice pick,…

July 11, 2011
July 2011 Thrillers

A while bunch of new Thrillers coming out in July! Happy Reading and Drive Safe! this holiday weekend. News from South Africa by Mike Nicol Full Black by Brad Thor Creep by Jennifer Hillier You’re Next by Gregg Hurwitz The Knowledge of Good & Evil by Glenn Kleier The Nightmare Thief by Meg Gardiner Unhinged by E.J. Findorff The Fifth Kingdom by Caridad…

July 1, 2011
Book Review: “Trader of Secrets” by Steve Martini

Genre: Thriller Rating: 5 WaterTowers Picking up where “The Rule of Nine” left off, Liquida leaves the garage severely wounded by Herman Diggs (who is lying in a pool of his own blood). The Mexicutioner gets medical attention then heads out to the farm in Ohio to kill Sarah Madriani. In Ohio, Sarah proves to…

June 27, 2011
Book Review: “Fetching Raymond” by John Grisham

Genre: Legal Thriller Rating: 3.5 WaterTowers “Fetching Raymond” is short story from “Ford County Stories” by John Grisham Leon Graney borrows Mr. McBride’s upholstery business van for a road trip with his mother, Inez, and brother, Butch. They are going to visit their other brother, eternal optimist, Raymond, at Parchman prison. As the road trip unfolds we…

June 20, 2011
Book Review: “Blood Drive” by John Grisham

“Blood Drive” is short story from “Ford County Stories” by John Grisham Genre: Cozy (?) Rating: 4 WaterTowers (Three rednecks driving to Memphis to save a friend) Buy it! Bailey was working in Memphis when he got hurt and sent to the hospital. The details of his condition were varied, but, the town-folk of Box…

June 19, 2011