Category Archives: Reviews

A REAL Dylan Hunter is a fan of the novel

A real-life Dylan Hunter — who happens to be a fan of my debut novel, living in Denver — took this photo, showing off his personally inscribed copy of HUNTER. Dylan, I appreciate your enthusiasm and your generous Amazon review! … Continue reading

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350 Amazon Customer Reviews!

  Another milestone for HUNTER: It has just received its 350th Amazon customer review. And I’m delighted to report that it’s yet another 5-star rave (the 259th, as of this writing): I loved how this author mixed in thriller, intrigue … Continue reading

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Book Review: THE STORYTELLING ANIMAL

  As both a nonfiction author and a bestselling novelist, I’ve pondered certain puzzles for decades. Why do people find certain ideologies and philosophies appealing, but not others? Why do we so often hold to our points of view dogmatically, … Continue reading

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A Humbling Endorsement of HUNTER

  Recently, I received a private message from renowned author and writing teacher Randy Ingermanson, best known as author of the bestselling Writing Fiction for Dummies. After reading HUNTER, Randy graciously volunteered the following endorsement “blurb”: Hunter is a terrifically … Continue reading

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FREE ebook edition of Edd Voss’s “RAMBLING”

  ABSOLUTELY FREE, from Tuesday April 24 through Thursday April 26: my buddy Edd Voss’s charming short-story collecting RAMBLING is available as a free Kindle ebook. Highly recommended! I reviewed the book here, and I interviewed Edd here. If you … Continue reading

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Interviews with Indies: Stephen England — Counterterrorism Thriller Author

  I noticed Stephen England and his work pretty early during my own efforts to become an “indie” author. His Pandora’s Grave was attracting comment, and when I checked out his feisty online comments, I found that he sounded a … Continue reading

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Book review: Larry Abrams’s THE PHILOSOPHICAL PRACTITIONER

In an age of formula fiction, a novel with a fresh premise is an unexpected delight. The Philosophical Practitioner is such an original, witty, thought-provoking, and polished bit of writing that it’s hard to believe it is Larry Abrams’s debut … Continue reading

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Book review: Edd Voss’s RAMBLING

  The cover of Rambling — Edd Voss’s collection of thirteen beguiling short stories — uses such adjectives as “unique,” “heartwarming,” and “legendary” to describe his tales. Well, they are all that, and more. Mr. Voss is a cross-country truck … Continue reading

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“The Gray Man” returns

  Mark Greaney, a young author who made a big splash with his bullet-paced debut thriller The Gray Man a few years ago–which was followed by a sequel titled On Target–has just published the third in the series, Ballistic. I … Continue reading

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The Best Thriller Writers — Ever (Part 2)

  My list of seven “best thriller writers” in the previous post came with some important caveats—such as the fact that they’re really only “the best I’ve ever read,” and that I couldn’t possibly be familiar with all the great … Continue reading

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