Blogs / Reviews
Book Review of The Final Detail by Harlan Coben
I have mixed feelings about this Myron Bolitar mystery. It is #6 in the series and was written in 1999. It features vengeance. If justice is served, that will be in the eye of the reader. Are the bad guys caught? Yes. But … You’ll have to read it to find out the rest. No redemption in this one, for anyone. If anything, several characters go the other way…
Book Review of The Chair by James L. Rubart
This is the third book of Mr. Rubart’s I’ve read. His books defy simple categorization. If you must have a category or genre, I’d call this one a supernatural thriller. This excellent book features the best kind of redemption. It also does a great job of showing the destruction that unforgiveness can wield…
Book Review of 61 Hours by Lee Child
This fast-paced Reacher novel is all about justice, as most of them are. The bad guys are motivated by greed, not vengeance. However, I believe Reacher sticks around to finish the job for revenge. No redemption in this story…
Book Review of The Keeper by Charles Martin
Another fantastic book in the Murphy Shepherd series featuring justice. This is book four and it’s my least favorite of the four. Still an incredible read, but not as good as the other three for one major reason that I’ll highlight below. I suggest if you’ve not read book three, The Record Keeper, you read it first. There are a lot of spoilers in this book about book three…
Book Review of The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke
This dark, disturbing mystery features justice, as all Dave Robicheaux novels do. It also features a twisted version of vengeance. For Detective Robicheaux, redemption is a slow, ongoing process. This mystery is also a psychological suspense story. We get a deep glimpse into the psyche of Robicheaux and how the killer or killers plays with that psyche…
Book Review of Her Last Wish by Blake Pierce
For most authors, I like to give three strikes and then I’m done with that writer. This is strike two out of two for this author. And I’m in no hurry to read a third. This FBI thriller, so it’s subtitled, is about justice. In a way, the killer’s motivation is vengeance, though I struggled with the motivation as being enough to go on a killing spree. No redemption. By the end of the story, I really disliked the main character, Rachel Gift…
