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The good A book set in the universe of Sherlock Holmes. I love the Sherlock Holmes books, and it’s clear that Laurie R. King does too. Having the opportu...

The good Interesting premise: a detective trying to solve a murder mystery gets a new partner—a robot. Interesting setting: on earth, due to ov...

The good A fun parody of Star Trek that clearly loves the source material. In some ways, it feels like Galaxy Question, but in book form. Occas...

The good Interesting setting: late 19th century NYC, during the rise of psychoanalysis, criminal profiling, and investigative detective work. Also includ...

The good This book gives you a glimpse into the writing process of Lee Child. This includes lots of fun, unexpected insights, such as: He writes 1 Reach...

The good Interesting premise: vampirism as a viral disease. Some interesting characters. Occasionally lovely writing and some beautif...

The good Cool premise: we have technology in the future that lets you create “ghosts” of yourself, which are digital copies of your consciousness. You ca...

Terrific writing. Fantastic characters that feel, act, and talk like real people. One one level, it’s an interesting mystery, as a mot...

Another solid entry in the Jack Reacher series. This one focuses on the dark web and, well, it gets a bit dark at times… But it’s still a fun, fast-paced read, wi...

The good Fun new universe with cool villains called the Dark Ones. A few interesting characters, especially Ingold the wizard. Decent...