Mike Pihlman

Book Review: “Bad Luck and Trouble” by Lee Child

Genre: Thriller This book will be the subject of the second season of “Reacher” on Amazon Prime December 15, 2023. I’m ready! 🙂 Calvin Franz is a passenger in a Bell 222 helicopter flying high over the southern Califonia desert. Both his legs are broken and he is in a stretcher. When the helicopter reaches…

March 10, 2023

Book Review: “Surviving the Lion’s Den” by Matt Scott

Genre: Thriller This is the first book in the “Surviving the Lion’s Den” series. There are now three books in this series, and I will read all three! The author signed this copy. 🙂 Every now and then I read a book that has multiple plot lines, and characters, that when reading the book magically…

February 25, 2023

Book Review: “TripTych” by Karin Slaughter

Genre: Thriller “TripTych” is book #1 in the Will Trent series. I had a choice…..watch the TV show or read the books. 😉 1985 Mary Alice Finney, 15 years old was brutally murdered and mutilated. Among her other injuries……she had no tongue. Her killer, John Shelley, was apprehended, put on trial, and sent to jail…

February 10, 2023

Short Story Summary: “Double Jeopardy” by Steve Berry

Three days ago a car crash killed his wife, Kristen, and left his 6 year old son, Marty, brain dead and on a respirator. His life, that only four days ago had been so wonderful, was now in shambles as he delays pulling the plug on his beloved son. He finally does, then…… Oh to…

February 4, 2023

February 2023 Thrillers

Lots of new books and a new ITW web site that I am not thrilled with. 😉 Unnatural Mayhem by Sue Coletta Blast by Robert Blake Whitehill The Curators by Kenneth Andrus River of Wrath by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor Red Chaos by Gary Grossman & Ed Fuller Whispers of a Gypsy by J.T.…

February 1, 2023

Book Review: “Wrath of Poseidon” by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell

Genre: Thriller 546 BC King Cyrus trusted Pactyes, his newly appointed Overseer of the Imperial Mint and Gold Refineries……until he couldn’t. Pactyes had stolen, and hidden, tons and tons of gold……replacing them with gold covered lead! That golden treasure was never found. Present Day Sam and Remi Fargo armed with an expensive bottle of 2000…

January 15, 2023

Short Story Summary: “The Vly” by C.E. Lawrence

An old man has been haunted by an experience he had many years before as a 12 year old living near the Catskill Mountains (Upstate NY) and a valley the locals call “The Vly”. He decides it is time to write his experience down on paper……. Slade is happy to finally be allowed to go…

December 10, 2022

Book Review: “Hemlock Hollow” by Culley Holderfield

Genre: Historical Mystery “Hemlock Hollow” is an ARC sent to me by the publisher. It is due in “stores” December 6, 2022. Professor Caroline McAlister just lost her father and, because of her relentless pursuit of her research studying ancient peoples relationship with the stars, has no real friends and her brother, Andrew, has a…

December 3, 2022

December 2022 Thrillers

Lots of new books for your Christmas / winter reading list. Enjoy! Note: The featured image was taken with my Pixel 6 Pro using night sight. 🙂 Cleopatra’s Vendetta: A Stryker Thriller by Avanti Centrae A Portion of Malice by Lloyd Jeffries Blue Like Me by Aaron Philip Clark The Ridders by Lisa Towles The Drug Tampering Trial by Tom Breen…

December 1, 2022

Book Review: “Calico Joe” by John Grisham

Genre: Cozy/Baseball Summer 1973 Mets pitcher, Warren Tracey is the number 4 pitcher behind the likes of Tom Seaver and Jerry Koosman. He is 34 years old and marching toward the end of his so-so career (if you can call being a major league pitcher so-so). He is a complete dick. Treats his wife (he…

November 19, 2022

Author: Mike Pihlman