Book Review By Derryll White Leon, Donna (2007). Suffer the Little Children. Donna Leon is always insightful and sensitive to her adopted city of Venice,…
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A good, easy read with a lot of entertainment
Book Review By Derryll White Sandford, John (2017). Deep Freeze. John Sandford is the type of serial author that a lot of readers follow from…
Superb storytelling of life in today’s jungle
Book Review By Derryll White Pelecanos, George (2024). Owning Up. “Nothing is going to be all right, ever.” – George Pelecanos George Pelecanos is…
Read with caution but definitely read
Book Review By Derryll White Fossum, Karin (2014). Hellfire. “Peace be with your dust.” Karin Fossum does not mess around. From the cover photo…
Cherie Dimaline is an emerging talent
Book Review By Derryll White Dimaline, Cherie (2019). Empire of Wild. Eden Robinson gave me hope that a whole new language of Canada was about…
A different offering in the mystery genre
Book Review By Derryll White Hendricks, Gay and Tinker Lindsay (2014). The Third Rule of Ten. Tenzing ‘Ten’ Norbu may be the most interesting…
Anne Hillerman does justice to her father’s creation
Book Review By Derryll White Hillerman, Anne (2024) Lost Birds. Tony Hillerman created the character Joe Leaphorn, a Navajo Tribal Police Lieutenant, in ‘The Blessing…
The Underground Library is an important work
Book Review By Derryll White Ryan, Jennifer (2024). The Underground Library. “Being in the library reminded her of life’s potential, of who she wanted to…
The Big Bounce is Elmore Leonard’s first crime novel
Book Review By Derryll White Leonard, Elmore (1969). The Big Bounce. “Boy, do they screw up!” – Anthony Lane Nancy Hayes is a mean…
McMurtry embraced the penny dreadful in Telegraph Days
Book Review By Derryll White McMurtry, Larry (2006). Telegraph Days. It is sad to know that Larry McMurtry will not be producing any more books,…