Monthly Archives: April 2013

Cat on Dogs

“I’ve grown more comfortable working with the dead. With parts of them, really. A few teeth, a vertebrae, a piece of carpet that lay underneath a body. One of my German shepherd’s standard training materials is dirt harvested from sites … Continue reading

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T. Jefferson Parker’s “The Famous and the Dead.” My Review.

With “The Famous and the Dead,” T. Jefferson Parker brings his six-novel saga about Charlie Hood, an LA lawman hellbent on disrupting gunrunning along the Mexican border, to a conclusion. The new crime novel, like the series as a whole, … Continue reading

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My Son Jeremy’s Groundbreaking Research on Human Evolution

I always knew he was going to do something special. As a toddler, he was fascinated by the world and everything in it. He carried on startlingly adult conversations before he was old enough for kindergarten. He was always the … Continue reading

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David Freed’s New Thriller Is Another Winner

David Freed, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Los Angeles Times,  made my list of the top ten crime novels of 2011 with his debut novel, Flat Spin. His just-released sequel, Fangs Out, is every bit as good. You … Continue reading

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