The author views the world through the eyes of Nicholas Hel and Japanese philosophy. I have to admit some of it was a challenge to read, yet very interesting

The plot, while historically interesting, goes on irrelevant side stories. The ending is just OK, very strange, and, I thought, unsatisfying.

1794: The City Between the Bridges is a dark, brutal story is unrelenting, but difficult to stop reading which is a testament to the excellent translation

A treat for dog lovers, in the only mystery series that revolves around a K-9 search-and-rescue unit is gripping, timely, and “wonderfully readable”

A diabolically twisty, psychologically unsettling novel about a woman with no recollection of her past, named one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of the Year

While The Unfamiliar Garden by Benjamin Percy could certainly classify as a horror novel, I found it to be less scary and more of a science-fiction thriller.

The horror in this book has nothing to do with imaginary monsters, but with the horror of what humans are able to do to one another. It is fascinating

The first thing I noticed, right off when starting to read The Middleman by Olen Steinhauer, is that it is absolutely believable and well written

Israeli art restorers/ spy Gabriel Allon is called one more time into service to investigate the mysterious murder of his friend Benjamin Stern

Even though The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry is a fictional book, there are many fascinating tidbits of information mixed into the fictional narrative