Category Archives: Sample Reviews

Some examples of Gene Stewart’s nonfiction.

Small Changes

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Gene Stewart

They had a clown standee filched from a theater one had worked at. It folded in half as if bowing. Easy to transport. When they wanted, they could open it, flash the clown, fold it, and be gone. They flashed … Continue reading →

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Into the Water by Paula Hawkins, A Review by Gene Stewart

Posted on November 13, 2018 by Gene Stewart

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Riverhead Books, 2017, 1st edition hc 388pp, ISBN 978-0-7352-1120-9 A Review  by Gene Stewart  Into the Water breaks free from all the constraints of typical thriller and commercial writing and does an amazing job … Continue reading →

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Review: The Crimes of Jack the Ripper by John Roland

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Gene Stewart

The Crimes Of Jack the Ripper: The Whitechapel Murders Re-Examined by John Roland Arcturus Publishing, Ltd. 2018 287pp, notes, index A Review by Gene Stewart A concise, clear-headed overview of the crimes and conditions surrounding 1888’s autumnal horrors in London’s … Continue reading →

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Seeing Evil by Jason Parent, a Review

Posted on May 15, 2017 by Gene Stewart

Seeing Evil by Jason Parent Red Adept Publishing, trade pb July 2015, First Edition, 230pp A Review by Gene Stewart Concise, savvy writing propels this psychological thriller as lives clash in a struggle for survival that becomes increasingly intense and … Continue reading →

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Review of Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers by Friedman & Marden

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Fact, Fiction, and Flying Saucers by Stanton T. Friedman & Kathleen Marden New Page Books, Career Press, 2016, trade Appendix, notes, bibliography, bw pictures throughout 288pp, $U.S. 16.99, ISBN:  978-1-63265-065-8 A Review by Gene Stewart The Truth Behind the Misinformation, … Continue reading →

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Review of The Phantom Killer by James Presley

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Gene Stewart

The Phantom Killer: Unlocking the Mystery of the Texarkana Serial Murders: The Story of a Town in Terror by James Presley Pegasus Crime, 2014, HC 1st Edition Notes, Bibliography, 8pp bw photo insert A Review by Gene Stewart James Presley, … Continue reading →

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Review of The 37th Parallel by Ben Mezrich

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Gene Stewart

The 37th Parallel by Ben Menrich Atria Books, 2016, HC, 1st Edition 260pp, index, bw photos throughout ISBN:  978-1-5011-3552-1, $26 USD A Review by Gene Stewart First some bona fides:  Ben Mezrich graduated Harvard summa cum laude and has published … Continue reading →

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Review: Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay Wm. Morrow, ©2016 hc, 1st edition, 327pp A Review by Gene Stewart Disappearance At Devil’s Rock by Paul Tremblay is a delineation of the details of a missing child from the mother’s and … Continue reading →

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A Tribe Among Us, Unseen

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Gene Stewart

Finished Vol. 1 of Missing 411, subtitled Western U.S. by David Paulides.  Began Vol. 2. The Eastern U.S. & Canada.  Also reading The Phantom Killer by James Presley.  Also Finders Keepers by Stephen King.  A YA novel, two anthologies, and … Continue reading →

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Review of The Sign and the Seal by Graham Hancock

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Gene Stewart

The Sign and the Seal by Graham Hancock Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1992, Trade 600pp, $14.00, Index, Reference Notes, 2 maps, 61 b&w photographs A Review by Gene Stewart Then a world economics reporter, the East Africa correspondent for The Economist, … Continue reading →

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