Blog, Page 12

A decent (last?) entry in the series. It explores the same ethical dilemmas from Gone Baby Gone and does a decent job of going a bit further with them.

Another decent entry in the series. Some fun detective working, and the town is charming as always. The main weakness is the repeated interrogation of the same ch...

Another decent entry in the Bosch series. This time, he’s working with the FBI to track down a serial killer known as “The Poet.” It’s fairly entertaining overall...

An OK mystery story. There was some moderately interesting detective work, but the ending was fairly predictable. Overall, I’ve tried the Lord Peter Wimsey books,...

Not my favorite entry in the series. You don’t have as much fun banter between the characters and the way they interact with the bad guy is exceptionally stupid: ...

A decent, but not great, conclusion to the series. What made the first two books so enjoyable was the focus on (a) scythes and (b) Rowan, Citra, Curie, and Farada...

Another good entry in the series. I especially liked the ending in this one: both the “how” of the murder, and some of the touching scenes after it.

Another good Bosch entry. This time, Bosch is a private detective, rather than a cop, but that doesn’t change things too much: you still get an interesting murder...

The good Fun premise: the Greek gods are real, and are with us in the modern world. Every 100 years, they hold a competition called the crucible where ea...

If you liked the first book in the series, this one follows with more of the same goodness.