My review of The Clockmaker's Daughter by Kate Morton, narrated by Joanne Froggatt: a beautiful manor house and ghost, but a disjointed, multi-timeline story.

Signed first edition of John Grisham's The French Illusion from Square Books in Oxford, Mississippi. A Paris honeymoon turns into a kidnapping nightmare.

I preordered a signed first edition of Michael Koryta's Die Famous, a gangster novel with a historical fiction slant, from The Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale.

A review of Cormac McCarthy's Suttree, narrated by Richard Poe — stunning prose, memorable characters, but did it all add up to something?

A review of The Janitor, Don Winslow's new Audible Original novella about a lawyer-turned-fixer, narrated by Titus Welliver. Entertaining, if imperfect.

I read Michael Pollan’s This Is Your Mind on Plants—opium, caffeine, and mescaline, and how culture and law decide what counts as a drug. A review of the book and audiobook.

The Delivery by Gregg Hurwitz review. A couple brings home a humanoid AI named Mr. Man. At first he’s a miracle—then he misunderstands their private frustrations, with violent results. Tight, unsettli...

Review of Lightning in a Mason Jar by Catherine Mann: a dual-timeline story of survival, secrets, and second chances, told with unusual gentleness.

Rereading Stephen King and Peter Straub’s The Talisman before the third Jack Sawyer book. A tough 12-year-old, an unforgettable Wolf, and a long road that still lands.

I loved Kliewer’s debut, so I expected more from The Caretaker. Eerie Oregon-coast house, strict Rites, strong audio—and an ending that just stops. Full review.

I’m hooked on Orphan X. A review of Gregg Hurwitz’s Into the Fire—the action, Jack’s advice, Scott Brick’s narration, and that cliffhanger.

A personal review of The Complete Letters of Vincent van Gogh: how Jo van Gogh-Bonger shaped the collection, what the letters reveal, and why they are worth reading slowly.

I finished Sue Grafton’s Alphabet series with Y Is for Yesterday, the last Kinsey Millhone novel she wrote. A disappointing end—and why I read it anyway.