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John’s Favorite Books – Part 2

John’s Favorite Books – Part 2 John’s Favorite Books (continued from Part 1). The yellow covered book under that is Lullaby Town by Robert Crais.  While it is not the first Elvis Cole novel, it is by far the most scarce.  Crais has been another of my...

Invention or Alter Ego?

Invention or Alter Ego? Written by John Hutchinson, VJ Books, Tualatin, OR I grew up in a home that didn’t read much.  Oh my mom read trashy dime store romances and my dad did his best to get through the daily paper, but for the most part you couldn’t call us a...

Robert Crais – Hostage

All involved are held hostage by the exigencies of fate, and the only one capable of diffusing the standoff is the least stable of them all. Hostage is a blistering stand-alone thriller with superb characters in crisis, multistranded plotting, and pitch-perfect...

Sod goodwill, give me crime

(theaustralian.news.com, Dec. 6, Graeme Blundell) A time for old mates, Christmas is a good reason to renew acquaintance with saved-up favourite genre authors, friends who can still provoke our attention. These are the guys we know won’t let us down, their books...

Our Picks for 2008

Hello friends! 2008 was a great year for books.  We had the pleasure of bringing hundreds of new titles to you this year, and introducing you to dozens of new authors. When it was suggested to make a list of our favorites and give you one last chance to add them to...