Tag Archives: thriller

Seeing Evil by Jason Parent, a Review

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 All Those Broken Angels by Peter Adam Salomon

All Those Broken Angels by Peter Adam Salomon Flux/Llewellyn, 2014 227pp, $9.99 US ISBN:  978-0-7387-4079-9 A Review by Gene Stewart At age six, Richard hid his eyes and counted to a hundred while his friend, Melanie, scampered off behind him … Continue reading

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Review of Murder As A Fine Art by David Morrell

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

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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Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King, A Review

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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Yes, I Write Novels

Someone mentioned Salman Rusdie being tossed to the wolves during the whole fatwa against him thanks to The Satanic Verses and religious bigotry. I’ve written a novel about that. Well, actually, it’s about the choosing, training, and experiences of the … Continue reading

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