The Surly Bookseller

I'm the youngest of four who had the unfortunate role of being the caboose on a string of dazzlingly brilliant and very good looking sib...

Here's something on which I usually don't bite: repackaging of a short fiction first published in a collection, particularly when th...

Let's make this short. Ms. Stevens has held me in thrall with some of her earlier novels. This one read like a first draft script fo...

One of the dangers of following any writer for any length of time is running up on that inevitable book that misses the mark, sometimes just...

I hate when reading slumps happen. Last time I had one, I quit even trying  to find a book that would grab me. Once it became clear I was in...

This is going to be one of those short and sweet reviews. Ace Atkins' Robert B. Parker novels are just a pure-tee treat, and this 42n...

Justin Campbell was kidnapped four years before this book opens. Laura, his mother, and Eric, his father, have chosen different coping ...