Book Review By Derryll White Cormac McCarthy (1985). Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West. “Moral law is an invention of mankind for…
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A consummate work by an inspired storyteller
Book Review By Derryll White Matthews, Jason (2018). Palace of Treason. Jason Matthews’ first novel and the first of a proposed trilogy, ‘Red Sparrow,’ was…
I will look for another volume in this series
Book Review By Derryll White Hurwitz, Gregg (2016). Orphan X. “Act so that you can tell the truth about how you act.” – Jordan Peterson…
Hill goes straight to the heart of both love and terror
Book Review By Derryll White Hill, Susan (2013). Black Sheep. Susan Hill is perhaps best known for her Simon Serrailler novels; he a British police…
I couldn’t put down Trial By Fire
Book Review By Derryll White Fyfield, Francis (1990). Trial By Fire. This is an early work by Francis Fyfield, a writer who has gone on…
Contemporary masterpiece explores how society functions
Book Review By Derryll White Coben, Harlan (2021). Win. “It was also, as my father pointed out, a different era. That doesn’t excuse it. It…
A good debut for Halley Sutton
Book Review By Derryll White Sutton, Halley (2020). The Lady Upstairs. This is Halley Sutton’s first published novel. The setting is Los Angeles and the…
Matthew Sullivan is a strong writer
Book Review By Derryll White Sullivan, Matthew (2017). Midnight At the Bright Ideas Bookstore. Matthew Sullivan worked for years at Tattered Cover Book Store in…
The First Wife is uninspired writing
Book Review By Derryll White Spindler, Erica (2015). The First Wife. I have never read this author, although ‘The First Wife’ is her 18th published…
The Complaints is a good one
Book Review By Derryll White Rankin, Ian (2009). The Complaints. So John Rebus has retired after 18 novels, and after a break from writing Ian…