Mystery

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane is a psychological thriller that was published way back in 2003. I bought it when it first came out but remembered that I  just couldn’t get into it. I challenged myself to finish it this year and mission completed. I was under the misguided impression that Lehane couldn’t possibly write anything of […]

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The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen is more of a historical mystery that is told alternately between the present day and the past. The story opens with a missive from O.W.H. referring to the events in 1830 regarding the West End Reaper, a killer who terrorized South Boston during that time. The author decides to transport the reader back […]

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Dearly, Devoted Dexter (2005) by Jeff Lindsay is the second book in the popular Dexter series. I was looking for a quick read and Jeff Lindsay’s book seem to fit my reading mood. I did read Darkly, Dreaming Dexter last year and wasn’t impressed. I graded it a B read. I remember all those boring dream sequences and repetitive internal dialogue. There […]

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Mark of the Lion: A Jade del Cameron Novel by Suzanne Arruda is the start of yet another historical mystery series. The story is set in British Colonial Africa, circa 1915 and features Jade del Cameron.  Jade is an American who was once in the ambulance corps in France during the war. Are you in the mood for adventure? Danger? Romance? […]

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How would you feel about having your life ruined? Having enemies out there that you didn’t know about or didn’t know existed? Old Boy by Tsuchiya Garon is a revenge story. Our protagonist is Goto.  When we first meet him, he is the nameless man who was imprisoned for ten years. He was locked up in a hotel room and served food and […]

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