Celtic noir: Three Irish murder mysteries
Back in my Celtic Noir phase. Just finished Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen. Before that The Nameless Dead and Little Girl Lost by Brian McGilloway. Love Bruen’s style. Sorta […]
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Inferno, by Dan Brown
Dan Brown’s latest thriller, “Inferno,” returns to his roots. I have to admit, I didn’t care much for “The Lost Symbol,” Brown’s third book in the adventures of fictional Harvard […]
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The D-Day beaches, 69 years later
German defenders at nearby strongpoints had an unobstructed view of the beach and the approaching landing craft on D-Day. “They must be crazy,” one German sergeant said. “Are they going […]
The Love-charm of Bombs, by Lara Feigel
The Love Charm of Bombs is a personal and literary history of five writers — Elizabeth Bowen, Graham Greene, Henry Yorke, Rose Macaulay and Hilde Spiel — and how they […]
