Monthly Archives: June 2016

CB McKenzie’s “Burn What Will Burn” — My Review

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

Burn What Will Burn, Edgar Award win CB McKenzie’s second novel, is a suspenseful, hard-boiled crime yarn filled with well-drawn, quirky characters and written in a tight, literary prose style. You can read my full Associated Press review of the … Continue reading →

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Who’s Reading “A Scourge of Vipers Now?” It’s Bob the Drag Queen!

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

Bob the Drag Queen is the season 8 winner of the wildly popular TV show, RuPaul’s Drag Race. Bob and my wife, the critically acclaimed poet Patricia Smith, have a mutual friend who introduced them backstage at the Gramercy Theater … Continue reading →

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“Widowmaker” by Paul Doiron: My Review

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

Widowmaker, book seven in Paul Doiron’s fine series of crime novels, sends game warden Mike Bowditch deep into the snowbound mountains of northern Maine, where future Olympians train at an exclusive ski academy, military interrogators train at a top-secret installation, … Continue reading →

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The Master of Journalistic Mystery Novels Is . . .

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

I happened across a book review on the “Two Heads Together” website the other day and got quite a surprise. It began this way: “It’s tough when your competition are masters of the trade. Ed McBain and Michael Connelly are … Continue reading →

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Who’s Reading “A Scourge of Vipers” Now? A Star of HBO’s “The Wire” — Benjamin Busch

Posted on June 2, 2016 by Bruce DeSilva

Benjamin Busch is best known as the actor who played Officer Colicchio in the final three seasons of HBO’s brilliant series, The Wire. and as the author of the acclaimed Iraq War memoir, Dust to Dust.  My wife Patricia and … Continue reading →

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