Book Talk: Thomas Perry, ‘Forty Thieves’
Thomas Perry is a Southern California septuagenarian who has been writing best-selling novels since his award-winning “The Butcher’s Boy”...
Jim Glynn
May 14
Book Talk: David Baldacci, ‘Simply Lies’
“Mickey Gibson wiped the spit-up off Darby’s face, and then gave her two-year-old daughter a plastic squeaky ball, hoping that would hold...
Jim Glynn
May 7
Book Talk: J.A. Jance, ‘Tombstone Courage’
J.A. Jance has written dozens of best-sellers. She became famous for her J.P. Beaumont series, a tough male detective. Because her...
Jim Glynn
Apr 30
Book Talk: Paul Levine, ‘Habeas Porpoise’
First, let me say that I think that Paul Levine is one of this country’s fine writers. Second, I’ve enjoyed all of the books in his Jake...
Jim Glynn
Apr 24
Book Talk: Charlie Donlea, ‘Don’t Believe It’
I didn’t understand the meaning of the title of Charlie Donlea’s novel until I finished the book. But I should have. After all, I’ve read...
Jim Glynn
Apr 16
Book Talk: Lisa Jackson, ‘The Night Before’
Josh Bandeaux, wealthy, local aristocratic family member, mentally alert, physically paralyzed. His head, arms, and upper body are...
Jim Glynn
Apr 11
Book Talk: Ed Falco, ‘Family Corleone’
Mario Puzo’s “The Godfather” was published in 1969. Sometime between then and the release of Francis Ford Coppola’s movie adaptation in...
Jim Glynn
Apr 2
Book Talk: DeMille & DeMille, ‘The Deserter’
About 30 years ago, I read Nelson DeMille’s “The Gold Coast,” and I’ve been a DeMille fan ever since. “The Deserter” (2019, 560 pages) is...
Jim Glynn
Mar 26









