Wow, I Stumbled on a great resource website for bibliophiles with a preference for mysteries and thrillers today! When I first started this site on Blogger, it was actually intended to be a small niche website focused on my love of Florida fiction. So much for plans. Stop, You’re Killing Me has all kinds of [...]

Up and at ‘em pretty early this morning. The day job is cool about letting me come in early when I need to leave early. After all, whether I sit on my ass with nothing to do from 7 to 3:30 or 8 to 4:30 isn’t really a big deal. I’m taking the family to [...]

James Swain: Deadman’s Bluff As a novice and amateur when it comes to writing book reviews, I expect I am going to make some mistakes. Case in point: While reading Deadman’s Bluff, James Swain’s continuation of the story begun in Deadman’s Poker, I got so caught up in the story that I did not stop [...]

I am always looking for new books to review. With regard to reviews posted on this site, I will accept review copies of books written by Florida authors, or books with a significant portion of the setting in Florida. I enjoy the following genres: Mystery Cracker Western Historical Fiction Humor Biographies Thrillers Select non-fiction (just [...]

James Swain: Deadman’s Poker< Just finished reading Deadman’s Poker by James Swain. I’ve written reviews of Mr. Swain’s other books previously for a poker-related website, and will re-post them here in the coming days and weeks. Swain’s main character is Tony Valentine, a retired police officer with a casino consulting business that specializes in catching [...]