Lumen by Ben Pastor
An interesting psychological exploration of what it might be liked to be trapped between Prussian duty and one’s own moral code on the one hand and being a Captain in the Nazi army as it invades Poland on the other.
Little Elvises (The Junior Bender Series) by Timothy Hallinan
Junior Bender joins Poke Rafferty and Simeon Grist as Hallinan characters sure to have a cult following.
Betrayal of Trust
Betrayal of Trust: A J. P. Beaumont Novel
In the Mail: The Body in the Gazebo
The Body in the Gazebo: A Faith Fairchild Mystery From Publishers Weekly Two puzzles tax Faith Fairchild in Agatha-winner Page’s genial 19th mystery featuring the Aleford, Mass., caterer and amateur sleuth (after 2009′s The Body in the Sleigh). When an…
First-rate detectives are like good lovers and good novelists
Tara McKelvey makes me want to read Jonathan Rabb’s The Second Son (Berlin Trilogy) based on the last two paragraphs of her review in the NYTRB.
In the Mail: Known To Evil
Leonid McGill, Mosley’s newest hero (The Long Fall, 2009), is haunted by the bad things he used to do to people—or so he keeps telling us.
