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Friday, April 18, 2025

[Review] —BATTLE MOUNTAIN by C.J. Box (★★★★★)

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BATTLE MOUNTAIN

A Joe Pickett Novel

by C.J. Box

Putnam, 2025

The campaign of destruction that Axel Soledad and Dallas Cates wreaked on Nate Romanowski and Joe Pickett left both men in tatters, especially Nate, who lost almost everything. Wondering if the civilized life left him vulnerable to attack, Nate dropped off the grid with his falcons in tow to prepare for vengeance.

When Joe gets a call from the governor asking for help finding his son-in-law, who has gone missing in the Sierra Madre mountain range, he enlists the help of a local, a rookie game warden named Susan Kany.

As Nate and fellow falconer Geronimo Jones circle closer to their prey, Joe and Susan follow the nearly cold trail to Warm Springs. Little do Nate and Joe know that their separate journeys are about to converge . . . at Battle Mountain.

[Review] — BLOOD SUGAR is a HARD CASE CRIME Without Any Crime, Mystery, Violence, or Horror

Billy Burgess books , crime

I have wanted to review BLOOD SUGAR near Halloween for several years, but one or two things always came up, preventing me from doing so. This year, I was determined to read the book in time to post a review on Halloween Day. And, here it is again—Halloween—and finally sharing my thoughts on BLOOD SUGAR.

[Review] — "THREE-INCH TEETH" is a Grizzly Read

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Have you ever been so upset that a television series got canceled that you delayed reading the newest book, which inspired the show, out of spite? Well, that's what happened to me with Joe Pickett. Paramount Plus canceled the streaming series in late 2023 after two seasons. (Side note: the first season aired on Spectrum.) It was a well-made modern-day Western series similar to Yellowstone and should have done better in ratings if marketed correctly.

[Review] - Death of the Black Widow by James Patterson & J.D. Barker

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When I hear the name Black Widow, I automatically think of Scarlett Johansson's Marvel character and not the newest novel from bestselling author James Patterson. No, Mr. Patterson hasn't stepped into the MCU world. Instead, he teamed up with J.D. Barker to coauthor the crime-thriller Death of the Black Widow (Grand Central Publishing; paperback; 560 pages).

[Review] - Dangerous Illusions by Irene Hannon

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Once upon a time, Christian romance mysteries were unique reads for me. Well, that's until the subgenre became crowded with too many new authors, and the stories became too generic for my liking. I tuned out sometime in 2017, around the time Revell published Dangerous Illusions by Irene Hannon. Revell sent me a review copy, and it's been sitting on a desk collecting dust along with a few other books. At long last, I picked it up, cracked it open, and read it.