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Category Archives: Popular fiction
Hot on the trail of a missing island
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson When Janet Ivanovich’s first Knight and Moon novel hit the stands a year ago, I quickly declared the new series my second favorite of Ivanovich’s prolific offerings (the Stephanie Plum books have a lock on … Continue reading
Whom we love, what we see
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson WATCH ME DISAPPEAR. By Janelle Brown. Random House Audio. Read by Tavia Gilbert with Kaleo Griffith. 13 ½ hours; 11 CDs. $45. Also available in print from Spiegel & Grau. Billie Flanagan was a force … Continue reading
Posted in Audio Books, Popular fiction
Tagged Audio Books, Janelle Brown, popular novels, Watch Me Disappear
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High (and sometimes deep) adventure
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson NIGHTHAWK. By Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. Penguin Audio. Read by Scott Brick. 11 ½ hours; 9 CDs. $45. Also available in hardcover from G.P. Putnam’s Sons. The United States’ most advanced aircraft/spacecraft has gone … Continue reading
Posted in Action/adventure, Audio Books, Popular fiction
Tagged Clive Cussler, Kurt Austin, Nighthawk, NUMA
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The chase is on
This new book by one of Bob Moyer’s (many) favorite authors came out late last year, but we’ll forgive him for not getting around to reviewing it until now. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer THE OLD MAN. By Thomas Perry. … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries, Popular fiction, Thriller/Suspense
Tagged The Old Man, Thomas Perry, thrillers
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Disaster, resilience and Grace
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson THE STARS ARE FIRE. By Anita Shreve. Random House Audio. Read by Suzanne Elise Freeman. 8 ½ hours; 7 CDs. $35. Also available in print from Knopf. In the long, hot summer of 1947, a … Continue reading
Posted in Audio Books, Popular fiction
Tagged Anita Shreve, audio book, Great Fires of Maine, The Stars are Fire
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The art of death in Detroit
Bob Moyer takes a look at paperback original novel from a prolific writer of mystery stories. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer SHOT IN DETROIT. By Patricia Abbott. Polis Books. 302 pages. $15, paperback. The 12 bodies in this book don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Mysteries, Popular fiction, Thriller/Suspense
Tagged Edgar award, Mystery, Patricia Abbott, Shot in Detroit
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Murder in Atlanta
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson OLD BONES. By Trudy Nan Boyce. Read by Rebecca Lowman. Books on Tape. 10 ½ hours; 8 CDs. Atlanta is a powder keg after someone fires on a group of students from Spelman College who … Continue reading
Posted in Detective fiction, Mysteries, Popular fiction
Tagged audio book, Detective Sarah Alt, Old Bones, Trudy Nan Boyce
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A good thriller, laced with romance
Bob Moyer’s not particularly into vampire romance fiction, but if a vampire writer wants to try writing a thriller, he’s willing to see what she can do. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer THE CHEMIST. By Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown and … Continue reading
Posted in Popular fiction, Thriller/Suspense, Uncategorized
Tagged Stephenie Meyer, The Chemist, thrillers
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A fresh perspective: The cursed Harry Potter
Again this year, students in Paul T. O’Connor’s opinion-writing class in the School of Media and Journalism at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have contributed book reviews to Briar Patch Books. We welcome these reviews, which offer … Continue reading
Posted in Popular fiction, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Young Adult
Tagged Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling
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