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The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel – Mark Frost

I listened to this on audiobook when it first came out, not realizing it was really a visual account as...

Michael C. Smith
January 2, 2023January 2, 2023
Books Fiction Urban Fantasy

Blitz: A Novel (The Rook/Checquy Files Book 3) – Daniel O’Malley

I was a big fan of the first installment in the Checquy Files series, The Rook, and enjoyed the second,...

Michael C. Smith
November 26, 2022November 26, 2022
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Hornblower and the Island / Hornblower and the Journey Home – James Keffer

    These two books are part of a series Hornblower's Legacy by author James Keffer. It is fan fiction...

Michael C. Smith
August 21, 2022November 24, 2022
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The Local – Joey Hartstone

On a recent New York Times recommended reading list is a new legal thriller – this time set in Marshall...

Michael C. Smith
August 20, 2022November 26, 2022
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The Cartographers: A Novel – Peng Shepherd

The idea of a novel built around the hidden secrets contained in maps was catnip to me when I first...

Michael C. Smith
May 1, 2022November 26, 2022
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Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel – Anthony Doerr

This novel beggars description. Throughout, it is multiple stories ranging from medieval Eastern Europe and Constantinople to the Korean War,...

Michael C. Smith
May 1, 2022November 26, 2022
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Quantum of Nightmares (Laundry Files, 11) – Charles Stross

Unlike the 10th installment of the Laundry Files, it only took me a couple of weeks to finish this one. ...

Michael C. Smith
February 20, 2022November 26, 2022
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Dead Lies Dreaming – Charles Stross

This is the latest installment in the "Laundry" series, but has nothing to do with that agency.  Instead, it is...

Michael C. Smith
January 17, 2022February 9, 2023
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At the Edge of Honor (Honor Series) – Robert N. Macomber

I should just quit trying.  I'm never going to enjoy a nautical historical fiction series as much as I do...

Michael C. Smith
March 7, 2021
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Shadowplay – Joseph O’Connor

I will read almost any fiction that involves Bram Stoker, on the off chance that it adds an interesting twist...

Michael C. Smith
November 1, 2020

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