Reviews by William Y. (Lynchburg, VA)

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Descent
Descent
by Tim Johnston
Descent by Tim Johnston: a Review (11/5/2014)
To employ the term "lyrical thriller" might seem an oxymoron, but not after you have begun reading this extraordinary novel. The lyricism comes from Johnston's poetic descriptions of the natural world. The story, set in the rugged Colorado Rockies, radiates the harsh beauty …more
The Race Underground
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America's First Subway
by Doug Most
Review: The Race Underground (12/27/2013)
As is the case with virtually all modern urban areas, their downtowns choke on traffic as cars, buses, trucks, and an array of other vehicles fight the gridlock that expanding populations of both people and their conveyances have created on city streets. The problem is …more
The Edge of Normal
The Edge of Normal
by Carla Norton
The Edge of Normal, by Carla Norton (6/30/2013)
Predators and their prey, villains and victims. By now a major genre in the area of thrillers and mysteries, the recounting of serial crimes and multiple targets—more often than not women—has captured a large audience. The Edge of Normal fits the bill nicely.

The main …more
The Caretaker
The Caretaker
by A .X. Ahmad
A.X. Ahmad's The Caretaker, a review (4/13/2013)
As with most debut novels, "The Caretaker" exhibits both the promise and the blemishes of much new fiction. A character-driven mystery, it features Ranjit Singh, a disgraced former officer in the Indian army. That Singh happens to be a Sikh makes him unique in today's …more
Eighty Days
Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World
by Matthew Goodman
Matthew Goodman, Eighty Days: a review (1/16/2013)
In 1873, the French Writer Jules Verne penned Around the World in Eighty Days. One of his most popular novels, it did well in the United States and imposed, in many people's minds, a physical time limit on world travel. Thus the title for Matthew Goodman's engrossing new …more
Live by Night
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
Live by Night, Dennis Lehane (8/11/2012)
Coming four years after the success of his 2008 novel Unto This Day, Dennis Lehane’s Live by Night continues his saga of Boston’s Coughlin family. Set in the late 1920s and on into the Great Depression, the book follows the up-and-down career of Joe Coughlin, the youngest …more
15 Seconds
15 Seconds
by Andrew Gross
Review: 15 Seconds, Andrew Gross (5/13/2012)
The thriller genre has a long history in popular fiction. The Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls of the 19th century thrived on action, cliffhanger situations, and minimal character development, eventually evolving into pulp novels and countless paperbacks. In that respect …more
Half-Blood Blues
Half-Blood Blues: A Novel
by Esi Edugyan
Half-Blood Blues: A Review (2/11/2012)
American novels about jazz are few and far between, and even fewer have endured or achieved significant popularity. Esi Edugyan’s Half-Blood Blues may never climb to the top of best-seller lists, but her novel might well claim a lasting place among books that deal with jazz, …more
Low Town
Low Town: A Novel
by Daniel Polansky
Review: Low Town -- Daniel Polansky (6/9/2011)
Tales about apocalyptic futures, parallel universes, and alternative histories, have gained considerable popularity over the last several years. Some come across as imaginative and well-written, others appeal to adolescent fantasies, and still others clutter up book racks. …more
The Trinity Six
The Trinity Six
by Charles Cumming
The Trinity Six, Charles Cumming, A Review (2/6/2011)
Over many years, the novel of espionage and spycraft has enjoyed a large, steady readership. With the 2011 publication of Charles Cumming's "The Trinity Six," fans of the genre will discover they need have no worries about its decline.
The author introduces Sam Gaddis, a …more
Adam & Eve
Adam & Eve: A Novel
by Sena Jeter Naslund
Adam and Eve, a novel by Sena Jeter Naslund (10/1/2010)
"Audacious" might well serve as a descriptive word for Sena Jeter Naslund's latest novel, "Adam and Eve". Author of 1999's celebrated "Ahab's Wife", Naslund goes far afield in this effort, setting it in the near future, a time of conflict between followers of science and …more
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