Milo and the Calf

Tag: thrillers

  • Steinhauer’s Middleman

    MiddlemanOlen Steinhauer If literate, smart, fast paced thrillers are your thing, you should pick up every Olen Steinhauer novel as soon as it is published. He is without a doubt amongst the best in the business. This thriller about a leftist social movement (or is it a terrorist organization?) which one day tells its members…

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    Review: Ide I.Q.

    I.Q. Joe Ide Cat nip for the crime novel fan. Fast paced P.I. story set in Los Angeles with a compelling protagonist, I.Q. A genius, a high school dropout, black, socially insecure and from Long Beach. He’s an unusual hero in a genre more often populated by misanthropic ex-cop white dudes.  You won’t be surprised…

  • Review: Kostova’s The Historian

    Ed note: This review was originally written in 2007 for a now long defunct livejournal account. The Historian Elizabeth Kostova A retelling of the Dracula story, this time by a pretentious writer looking to hit it big with a “literary thriller”. Generally, this is the kind of book I cannot resist. I love nothing more…

  • Eisler’s Rain Fall, Blood from Blood, and Choke Point, Killing Rain

    A Clean Kill in Tokyo (Previously Published as Rain Fall) (A John Rain Novel) A Lonely Resurrection (Previously Published as Hard Rain and Blood from Blood) (A John Rain Novel) Winner Take All (Previously published as Rain Storm and Choke Point) (A John Rain Novel) Redemption Games (Previously published as Killing Rain and One Last…