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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 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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Review of The Colorado Kid by Stephen King

Posted on April 3, 2016 by Gene Stewart

The Colorado Kid by Stephen King Hard Case Crime imprint of Dorchester Books, October 2005 Mass Market Paperback, 184pp ISBN:  0-8439-5584-8 A Review by Gene Stewart Written to help inaugurate an imprint of new pulp mysteries, The Colorado Kid is … Continue reading →

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Bird Box by Josh Malerman, A Review

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Gene Stewart

Bird Box by Josh Malarian Ecco, 2014, 1st edition, hardcover Special cut-out dust jacket Special cover, 262pp A Review by Gene Stewart 
 Malorie and her two kids, a boy and a girl, are left alone by a deeply unnerving … Continue reading →

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The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Gene Stewart

The Girl On the Train by Paula Hawkins Riverhead Books/Penguin, 2015 323pp, hardcover A Review by Gene Stewart A lonely woman on her daily train commute notices a pile of clothing beside the track. She is Rachel, doing her best … Continue reading →

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My Name is Marnie by Tracy L. Carbone Shadow Ridge Press, 2014 trade pb, 245p, ISBN: 978-989-77963-0 cover design by Kealan Patrick Burke

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Gene Stewart

A mystery ghost story with oomph, crisply written, with sharply-drawn characters, this book is a one-sitter. It pulls you through seamlessly, adding layer, shadowing the tangles, and delivering you to a denouement that has you wondering how it got so … Continue reading →

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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, A Review

Posted on July 7, 2014 by Gene Stewart

Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King Scribner’s 2014 Hardcover 1st edition 437pp ISBN: 978-1-4767-5445-1 A Review by Gene Stewart He mentions James M. Cain on the dedication page but this streamlined killer thriller has other echoes, more contemporary ones. Lean prose, … Continue reading →

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A Review of Floating Staircase by Ronald Malfi

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Gene Stewart

In Floating Staircase, Islands In the Stream by Hemingway, who is saluted overtly, Bradbury’s Dandelion Wine, and Thomas Harris’s Silence of the Lambs, echo like footsteps in an empty house. Flannery O’Connor’s shade flits by. There is a whiff of … Continue reading →

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