by B.D. Lawrence | Feb 7, 2023 | Reviews
Every Dead Thing by John Connolly All three of the themes are in this intense crime thriller. Revenge as Charlie Parker pursues the man responsible for his wife and daughter’s death (no spoiler, it’s in the prologue), justice as most crime thrillers and PI novels...
by B.D. Lawrence | Jan 12, 2023 | Reviews
Citadel (The Palladium Wars Book 3) by Marko Kloos I had to read book three after finishing book two of this series. This final volume (or is it?) definitely has justice. The adversaries are out for revenge. And one of our main characters finds redemption, though in...
by B.D. Lawrence | Dec 30, 2022 | Reviews
Ballistic (The Palladium Wars book 2) by Marko Kloos I’ve strayed from my usual crime fiction and read this military science fiction book. It’s book two of a three book series. I’d read book one over a year ago and decided it was time to finish the series. As for...
by B.D. Lawrence | Dec 20, 2022 | Reviews
Calculated Risk by Lynn Shannon This surprisingly good book (I’ll get to the surprisingly in a bit) was about justice, with vengeance as the motive for the bad guys, and redemption around love for both the main characters. I say surprisingly because this is a romantic...
by B.D. Lawrence | Nov 28, 2022 | Reviews
Lost Light by Michael Connelly As all Harry Bosch books are, this one is strong on justice. There is an undercurrent of vengeance running through it that isn’t obvious until toward the end. I didn’t pick up on any redemption. Regrets and guilt, yes, but not true...
by B.D. Lawrence | Nov 25, 2022 | Reviews
Movie Review of Bullet Train directed by David Leitch This entertaining, though violent movie is all about vengeance. Whether justice is served I’ll leave to the viewer. There are definitely moments of poetic justice. The main character, who goes by the code name...
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