Monthly Archives: August 2015

Review of Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell 2013, Little, Brown, & Co. hc ISBN: 978-0-316-21679-1 Introduction, Afterword, Postscript, 358pp A Review by Gene Stewart Yes, the title echoes the book by Thomas De Quincey, Confessions of an English Opium … Continue reading →

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Review of The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Gene Stewart

The Third Bullet by Stephen Hunter Simon & Schuster, 2013, hc ISBN: 978-1-4516-4020-5 485pp, map on endpapers A Review by Gene Stewart This is a Bob Lee Swagger novel. That’s the lead character. He smacks of Mary Sue, along the … Continue reading →

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Review of I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter

Posted on August 21, 2015 by Gene Stewart

  I, Ripper by Stephen Hunter Simon & Schuster, 2015 1st ed. hc, inc. 4pp bibliography ISBN: 978-1-4767-6485-6 A Review by Gene Stewart A novel about Jack the Ripper, researched in detail and presented in the voices of 1888 contemporaries, … Continue reading →

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Stranded Off Earth

Posted on August 20, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Exactly: 100 words “Shivers That Linger” When you’re ten you don’t think you might die. Life is eternal, like midwest summer, and everything’s interesting. So my friend and I found a Masterlock, layers of metal, no key. “We can smash … Continue reading →

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Droodish Memories

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Being more detailed, complicated, and serious than necessary for a thriller, The Last Dickens by Matthew Pearl is a work of scholarly obsession.  How much fiction is flensed in he carefully details in the end notes and the clever interview … Continue reading →

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