Reviews by Bill B. (Irvine, CA)

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Exiles
Exiles: Aaron Falk Mystery #3
by Jane Harper
Start here (9/7/2022)
This is Jane Harper's third book featuring Aaron Falk and -Good News - you don't need to read the first two to enjoy The Exiles. In fact, with all the things happening in Aaron's life this would be an excellent place to start.
I enjoyed the book. Harper has made the wine …more
The Last Tiara
The Last Tiara
by M.J. Rose
Good Historical Fiction (1/14/2021)
This is my first book by Ms Rose. I’m impressed. Very good historical fiction tackling numerous subjects and having two strong heroines in it’s dual storylines.
You tell me that part of the book is set in Russia during the revolution and I think “confusion and a boring plot” …more
Other People's Houses
Other People's Houses
by Abbi Waxman
Great neighborhood!! (1/29/2018)
Abbi Waxman is a very good storyteller.

She has interwoven stories and characters from a neighborhood in a way that lets her address universal situations: fidelity/trust, being a teenager/being a teenager's mom, etc.

There are varying viewpoints and without being judgmental. …more
Trust No One
Trust No One: A Thriller
by Paul Cleave
Trust No One (7/20/2015)
Trust No One
Paul Cleave has a great premise for a scary book.
A famous crime writer develops early Alzheimer's. He confesses to murders but did he really kill them or were they products of his fiction?
Now this is terrifying to those of us who have
put down our books,
got …more
The Devil in the Marshalsea
The Devil in the Marshalsea
by Antonia Hodgson
Should win awards (6/2/2014)
A really good piece of historical fiction.

The setting isn't great. Nobody wants to be in Marshalsea Gaol, a London debtor's prison in 1720's - unless you have enough money to bribe the guards. But Ms Hodgson does a very good job describing the atrocious prison conditions. …more
Live by Night
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
Live by Night never slows down (8/15/2012)
Has Dennis Lehane started his own genre?
This is truly historical fiction as an action, thriller, family saga.
Set in the Prohibition era in Boston, Tampa, and Cuba, there is plenty of gang warfare, betrayals, revenge, graft, and violence.
Lehane's sharp, crisp writing …more
Falling Together
Falling Together: A Novel
by Marisa De Los Santos
Falling Together misses expectations (9/26/2011)
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a big fan of Marissa de los Santos. Loved her first two books. Think she is right up there with Sue Monk Kidd in the use of the English language par excellance. That is why it really pains me to say that I didn't think Falling …more
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