The Bone Tree by Greg Iles Whew! I finally polished off the 800 pages of Natchez Burning, the 5th book in Greg Isles Penn Cage series, and the first book in his Natchez Trilogy. Now, onto Penn Cage #5, The Bone Tree. It's the last one for now, since the…
Natchez Burning by Greg Iles As I have reported, I am attacking the Penn Cage series by Greg Isles. I'm now on to Natchez Burning, the 4th book in this series. This novel is the first of what is known as the Natchez Burning Trilogy which is being turned into an Amazon…
The Devil's Punchbowl by Greg Iles As I have reported, I am attacking the Penn Cage series by Greg Isles. I'm now on to The Devil's Punchbowl, the 3rd book in this series. Penn is determined to restore his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi to its former glory and stop the…
Turning Angel by Greg Iles Last week, I started the Penn Cage series from Greg Isles, and the first book in that series, The Quiet Game, is even better than I initially described. The skins of the onion keep coming off as he unravels a very complex conspiracy. As I've…
The Quiet Game by Greg Iles Every once in awhile, I dig back into a new series ... usually when there is a lull in the various series I'm tracking. I've read a few of Greg Iles' stand alone novels in the past, so I thought I'd check out his…
Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz Gregg Hurwitz is back with a new series, featuring Evan Smoak, aka Orphan X, the name of his new book. He's a former member of an elite warrior group, created and trained in the shadows with complete deniability and absolute secrecy. He's retired from his…
Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben Harlan Coben has written 8 consecutive New York Times bestsellers and is one of the few authors who doesn't write about a series character. Since virtually all of the fiction I read in this genre has a prominent series character, I've made this exception…
Back Blast by Mark Greaney Let me summarize the skills of Court Gentry, the black ops assassin otherwise known as the Gray Man, from Back Blast, the latest novel by Mark Gearney: "He can fly planes, scuba, rappel, fast rope, and free climb. He’s a master in the Israeli martial…
The First Order by Jeff Abbott In The First Order by Jeff Abbott, his protagonist, Sam Capra, a retired CIA agent is in hot pursuit ... of his brother who he discovers wasn't murdered as everyone believed. Instead, he's been recruited for an assassination, on American soil, of one of…