Category Archives: Series

The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen, Translated by William Frost

Posted on March 11, 2016 by bseat

Carl Mørk, a Danish detective in charge of Department Q is taking a well deserved nap in his office when he gets a phone call from a police officer on the remote Danish island of Bornholm. After chatting a bit, Mørk … Continue reading →

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Romance in the Air: A Collection of Notable Romance Books

Posted on February 12, 2016 by bseat

Although it is not quite Valentine’s Day it seemed appropriate to share with you some of the romance books I have read and enjoyed.  Romance is a difficult genre, often over looked and disparaged as not “good enough,” in much … Continue reading →

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Fool’s Assassin and Fool’s Quest by Robin Hobb

Posted on February 5, 2016 by bseat

Many years ago I read Hobb’s Assassin’s Apprentice and was introduced to FitzChivalry Farseer and the Fool. I fell in love with the characters and the world that Hobbs had created. I read the two other books in the trilogy but … Continue reading →

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The Crossing by Michael Connelly

Posted on January 29, 2016 by bseat

Harry Bosch retired from the police; forced into it by being suspended for a minor infraction. He hired his brother, Mickey Haller, the so called Lincoln Lawyer, to sue the LAPD and so when he gets a call from Mickey … Continue reading →

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The Promise by Robert Crais

Posted on January 15, 2016 by bseat

Elvis Cole was hired to find Amy Breslyn who has vanished.  She had recently lost her son, a rising journalist who was killed in a terrorist bombing incident overseas.  Although she was grieving she seemed to be coping with this … Continue reading →

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Last Words by Michael Koryta

Posted on December 11, 2015 by bseat

Markus Novak is a tortured man.  He and his wife, Lauren were working for a Florida based firm called Innocence Incorporated that defends death row inmates. As part of their investigation Lauren was going to interview a psychic who claimed … Continue reading →

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The Burnable Book by Bruce Holsinger

Posted on September 18, 2015 by bseat

Agnes, watched from a deep hedge while a nobly born woman was brutally murdered. The man who did it seemed familiar to Agnes but she can’t quite place him. There is no doubt the man was after something because after … Continue reading →

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Some Luck by Jane Smiley

Posted on August 14, 2015 by bseat

Life on a farm in Iowa from 1920 to 1953 wouldn’t seem like a great topic for the first of three novels, but Jane Smiley proves that memorable characters, a deep understanding and appreciation for the rhythms and values of … Continue reading →

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Heresy by S. J. Parris

Posted on July 24, 2015 by bseat

Bruno Giordano, a former priest and now excommunicant, has been running from the Inquisition in Italy because of his proclivity for reading books that are considered heretical, like Erasmus’ Commentaries or Copernicus’ De revolutionibus orbium coelestium. Finally, after many narrow escapes … Continue reading →

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The Hour of the Cat by Peter Quinn

Posted on July 17, 2015 by bseat

It is 1939 and Fintan Dunn, is a PI, struggling to find work in New York City. He had a great lead on a divorce case; a woman wanted him to catch her husband in flagrante delicto in order to improve her … Continue reading →

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