House of Spies – Is it as good as The Black Widow?

By Steven E. Clark Daniel Silva must be the world’s number one spy yarn author. His series featuring Gabriel Allon, art restorer and Israeli spy, fly off the shelves. Allon can be contemplative, artistic, and a killer. He can fake a Rembrandt or fire a machine gun. No...

The Late Show – In Review

It’s an honor to review The Late Show (Little Brown, $28.00).  Michael Connelly is perhaps the greatest living American crime novelist and has sold over 60 million books. I met Connelly at the Book Passages Annual Writing Conference in Marin County, California. He was...