Jack Reacher is one part tumbleweed and two parts brick shithouse. If you told me I’d be captivated by an ex-military policeman who wanders the continental US dispensing his own brand of justice, I’d kick you in your concealed carry permits. And yet, each time, Child delivers a captivating mystery and a hell of a hero in Jack Reacher. He’s brains and brawn, and he fucks up enough to make each book worth watching him get to the end.
Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing, Baby
Oscar Wilde says there are two great tragedies in this world: the first, not getting what you want, and the second, getting what you want. I’ve been hungering for more Millennium since the rumors of a Larsson laptop containing notes on a fourth and fifth novel sprung up a decade ago. Sadly, a cash grab scam gave us a biographical ghost writer farting out a poor man’s version of Lisbeth Salander. It’s a mediocrely decent-enough thriller, but it’s not a goddamn Millennium book. And so […]
And that was how Maigret began his investigation by helping bring a pure-bred Friesian calf into the world
A man is shot to death outside his home late one night and the French lecturer on forensic and theoretical police work who had been staying with the dead man’s family has been asked to stay in the picture postcard little village in Holland while the investigation takes place. The lecturer, Jean Duclos, through the University of Nancy where he teaches, has requested that someone from the French police to come and assist in the investigation.The task falls on Maigret, who makes his unofficial visit […]
The Good Just Keeps on Going
Continuing the amazing story from Volume 1, Volume 2 delves into the stories of the other characters in the Saga world. Alana and Marko are fleeing the winged army and find out that the horned planet’s government is also out to get them. But instead of an army, they’ve hired an assassin called, The Will. He’s kick ass. Like James Bond except no British accent. But he’s got a bullet proof cape, a spaceship, and a giant cat that can tell if someone is lying […]