Blogs / Reviews
Book Review of Weapons of Remorse by Chevron Ross
This book features justice and redemption. It’s hard to classify the type of book. Loosely, it could be called a crime story, but it’s much more. It’s a social commentary about the gun rights issue in the United States. Ross takes an interesting approach and argues in support of citizens taking responsibility for how guns are used in this country rather than legislating it and battling over the second amendment…
Book Review of This Is the Way, the Truth, and the Life: What The Mandalorian and Star Wars Reveal About Jesus, Hope, and Redemption by David Vogel
This fascinating book is all about redemption – true redemption by God. Mr. Vogel compares the journey of Din Djarin, known to most as The Mandalorian, to the Christian journey. It seems like an odd comparison, but Mr. Vogel does a great job, and by the end the comparison makes complete sense…
Book Review of The Book of Answers by Darrow Woods
This not quite a cozy mystery features justice, a form of vengeance, and at least the beginnings of redemption for one of the minor characters. It has some mystery to it and some suspense. The setting and protagonist make it seem like a cozy, but it’s a little raw for a true cozy. It’s labeled as a thriller on Amazon, but I would not call it a thriller. It’s an interesting read and the start of a potentially good series…
Book Review of Relentless by Ed Gorman
This is a western, thus it must have justice. Though for this one, it’s tainted and not complete. There’s a little redemption sprinkled in for one of the minor characters. One could argue there’s an undercurrent of vengeance. I find that westerns are similar to crime fiction, only set in a different time. The mood is similar to private detective fiction. This book is about a murder and there is a mystery, one that is not revealed until nearly the end. An ending I did not see coming…
Book Review of The Last Exchange by Charles Martin
This excellent book, another by Charles Martin, definitely features redemption. There is poetic justice as well as egotistically motivated revenge. While not crime fiction, there are crimes. This story hits many important topics…
Book Review of Water Grave by Mitchell S. Karnes
Justice, the beginnings of redemption, and vengeance play heavily in this police procedural set in Nashville, TN. It’s book one of the Abbey Rhodes Mystery series. Yes, that’s her name. Though as the reader learns, she changed her name to that to get back at her dad, an ardent Beatles fan…
