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Apple’s predicament, detailed
Paul O’Connor has long been a fan of Apple computers and other products, but a book about how Apple is in thrall to China has given him much to consider. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor APPLE IN CHINA: The Capture of the World’s Greatest Company. By Patrick McGee. Scribner. 448 pages. $32. Also in audiobook…
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One corpse after another
Are you a fan of Alex Delaware books? Bob Moyer is, and he’s just read No. 40 in the series. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer OPEN SEASON. By Jonathan Kellerman. Penguin Random House. 273 pages. $30. Possible to probable to resolution. That’s how most mysteries proceed, from the moment the crime comes to the attention…
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A detective in island exile
Michael Connelly introduces a new detective, and reviewer Bob Moyer is on the case. Reviewed by Robert P. Moyer NIGHTSHADE. By Michael Connelly. Little, Brown. 241 pages. $30. He’s not like Harry Bosch, Michael Connelly”s hard-boiled, hard-bitten ex-LAPD detective, who drives an old jeep around, drives women away and lives on a downtown hillside. Los…
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A murder mystery with much to discover
Reviewed by Linda C. Brinson DETECTIVE AUNTY. By Uzma Jalaluddin. Harper Perennial. 324 pages. $17.99, trade paperback original. Uzma Jalaluddin’s debut murder mystery is both familiar and different, a well plotted and well written whodunit that should appeal both to mystery fans and to readers who have enjoyed Jalaluddin’s earlier novels, which are generally considered…
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A patriot’s story, well told
Paul O’Connor tells us of a new book about an old story, one we’ve probably heard many times before. But, as he discovered, there’s more to the story than the famous poem tells us. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor THE RIDE: PAUL REVERE AND THE NIGHT THAT SAVED AMERICA. By Kostya Kennedy. St. Martin’s Press…
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Speaking truth to corrupt, incompetent power
Paul O’Connor, longtime newspaper journalist and something of a world traveler, reviews a memoir by a courageous man who died an early death last year after having been a relentless critic of the Putin regime in Russia. Reviewed by Paul T. O’Connor PATRIOT: A MEMOIR. By Alexei Navalny. Knopf Doubleday Publishing. 496 pages. $35, hardcover.…