THE HALLMARKED MAN (2025) **** by Robert Galbraith (J.K. Rowling) This paperback edition published by Sphere, 2025, 897pp ISBN: 978-1-4087-2378-4 Blurb: A dismembered corpse is discovered in the vault of a silver shop. The police initially believe it to be that of a convicted armed robber – but not everyone agrees with that theory. One of them is…
Category: Book Reviews
Three Books of Genesis
In recent weeks, we have seen the publication of three new books covering Genesis and their members: Mario Giammetti’s Tony Banks – Man of Spells: The Magician of Genesis, Mark Bell’s Face Value – From Crisis to Star: The Amazing Rise of Phil Collins and Genesis: Song by Song by Philipp Röttgers. TONY BANKS –…
Book Review – THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1971) by Ross Macdonald
THE UNDERGROUND MAN (1971) **** by Ross Macdonald This hardback edition published by Book Club Associates, 1972, 255pp © Ross Macdonald, 1971 ISBN: 978-0-002-31848-8 Blurb: A forest fire has mysteriously broken out in the hills above southern California. Meanwhile, Lew Archer has been asked by a desperate mother to find her six-year-old son. Instead, he discovers…
Book Review – THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE (2023) by Craig Johnson
THE LONGMIRE DEFENSE (2023) **** by Craig Johnson This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2024, 351pp © Craig Johnson, 2023 ISBN: 978-0-593-29733-9 Blurb: Sheriff Walt Longmire and Dog are called on a routine search and rescue to Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains, where Walt finds himself on a rock outcropping remembering when his father told him about the…
Book Review: HELL AND BACK (2022) by Craig Johnson
HELL AND BACK (2022) *** by Craig Johnson This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2023, 336pp © Craig Johnson, 2022 ISBN: 978-0-593-29730-8 Blurb: What if you woke up lying in the middle of the street in the infamous town of Fort Pratt, Montana, where thirty young Native boys perished in a tragic 1896 boarding-school fire?…
Book Review – DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR (2021)
DAUGHTER OF THE MORNING STAR (2021) ***½ by Craig Johnson This paperback edition published by Penguin, 2022, 322pp © Craig Johnson, 2021 ISBN: 978-0-593-29727-8 Blurb: When Lolo Long’s niece Jaya begins receiving death threats, Tribal Police Chief Long calls on Absaroka County Sheriff Walt Longmire as lethal backup. Jaya “Longshot” Long is the phenom of the…
Book Review – TO NICK A GOOD BODY (1978) by Barry Norman
TO NICK A GOOD BODY (1978) ***½ by Barry Norman This paperback edition published by Brash Books, 2025, 201pp © Barry Norman, 1978 ISBN: 978-1-9548-4198-7 Blurb: Detective Inspector Nicholas Redford works in the “I” Division, a notoriously understaffed and overworked part of the Metropolitan Police that handles all types of crime in their 100 square mile patch…
Book Review – WHAT’S WITH BAUM? (2025) by Woody Allen
WHAT’S WITH BAUM (2025) *** by Woody Allen This hardback edition published by Swift Press, 2025, 186pp © Woody Allen, 2025 ISBN: 978-1-8007-5629-8 Blurb: A middle-aged Jewish journalist turned novelist and playwright, consumed with anxiety about everything under the sun, Baum’s turgid philosophical books receive tepid reviews and his prestigious New York publisher has dropped him. His…
Book Review – THESE ARE THE VOYAGES (3 volumes) (2013/14) by Marc Cushman
THESE ARE THE VOYAGES: TOS SEASON ONE (2013) ***** THESE ARE THE VOYAGES: TOS SEASON TWO (2014) ***** THESE ARE THE VOYAGES: TOS SEASON THREE (2014) ***** by Marc Cushman (with Susan Osborn) Forewords by John D. F. Black and Mary Black (Vol 1); Walter Koenig (Vol 2); David Gerrold (Vol 3) These paperback editions published by Jacobs/Brown…
ITC ENTERTAINED THE WORLD (2022) by Jaz Wiseman
ITC ENTERTAINED THE WORLD (2022) ***** by Jaz Wiseman This paperback edition published by Network Distributing Ltd., 2022, 190pp Designed by Jaz Wiseman © Jaz Wiseman (text) & Network, 2022 ISBN: 978-0-9929-7668-2 Blurb: The Design and visual style of Lew Grade’s ground-breaking production company. Jaz Wiseman opens his archive and explores the design and visual…