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Book Review: David Poyer’s Down to a Sunless Sea

David Poyer's Down to a Sunless Sea is a cave diving thriller. It's part of a series where the protagonist, Tiller Galloway, has a long history of less than legal and self destructive behavior. Tiller is called in to help an army buddy's widow sell his cave diving business when he dies on a [...]

e-Book Review: Geek Mafia by Rick Dakan

GeekMafia is self published by Rick Dakan. Right now, you can buy a paperback for 5 USD or download the PDF for free.
I really enjoyed this e-book (aside from reading it on my laptop, time to get an e-ink reader…). It's not a work of great literature, it's a geek escapist beach book. If they [...]

Book Review: Blacklist by Sara Paretsky

Blacklist, by Sara Paretsky is a V.I. Warskawski novel. If you've seen the movie, this may or may not make you want to read the book, but I was pleasantly surprised. The plot revolves around a 50 year old mystery that leads to a present day murder.
Paretsky weaves together the themes of McCarthyism and [...]