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, 2025
Book Talk: Goodman, ‘The Meadowbrook Murders’
Jessica Goodman’s debut novel, “They Wish They Were Us,” 2020, which I reviewed in my Aug. 17, 2022 column, established her as a...
Jim Glynn
Mar 18, 2025
Book Talk: Thomas Perry, ‘The Boyfriend’
Thomas Perry has been a best-selling author since his debut novel, “The Butcher’s Boy” was published in 1983 and won the Edgar Award from...
Jim Glynn
Mar 11, 2025
Reflections
One time, many years ago, I got a job working as a salesperson. Sales was not really my gig, and I didn’t really know how to sell, so I...
Nancy Simpson
Mar 8, 2025
Book Talk: Two debuts by J.A. Jance
It may seem inappropriate to use the term “debut” when writing about novels by J.A. Jance, an author of dozens of novels after her “Until...
Jim Glynn
Mar 5, 2025
Book Talk: Whitaker, ‘All the Wicked Girls’
Chris Whitaker is not a recluse like J.D. Salinger was, although we know a great deal more about Salinger’s life than we know about...
Jim Glynn
Feb 25, 2025
Book Talk: J.A. Jance, ‘Until Proven Guilty’
J.A. Jance first arrived on my TBR (to be read) stack of books with one of her J.P. Beaumont mystery novels. Jance is a female author who...
Jim Glynn
Feb 19, 2025
Book Talk: Michael Connelly, ‘The Waiting’
During the early 1990s, I read my first Hieronymus (“Harry”) Bosch novel by Michael Connelly, and I’ve been a fan for more than 30 years....
Jim Glynn
Feb 12, 2025









