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The Books of Greenwich Village

Chin: The Life and Crimes of Mob Boss Chin Gigante by Larry McShane

69 Barrow Street/Strange Embrace by Lawrence Block

The Pope of Greenwich Village by Vincent Patrick

May 11, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

Unintentionally so, I read three consecutive books set in Greenwich Village (well, I guess technically three out of four as one of the books is a two-for-one and the second story isn’t set in the Village). I decided to cobble together one review of the stories since they shared this similarity… Chin *** When I’d first heard of Chin Gigante, I was more fascinated with the idea that the mob had a thriving operation in Greenwich Village, an area I’ve always associated with Bohemians and the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: 69 Barrow Street, broadway, Chin, Chin Gigante, crime, erotica, Greenwich Village, hard case crime, heist, Larry McShane, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, mafia, mystery, New York City, Strange Embraces, The Pope of Greenwich Village, true crime, Vincent Patrick

Jake's CBR14 Review No:81 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fiction, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Suspense · Tags: 69 Barrow Street, broadway, Chin, Chin Gigante, crime, erotica, Greenwich Village, hard case crime, heist, Larry McShane, lawrence block, LGBTQIA, mafia, mystery, New York City, Strange Embraces, The Pope of Greenwich Village, true crime, Vincent Patrick ·
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The Hands of Providence

City on Fire by Don Winslow

April 29, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

I kinda knew what to expect with this Don Winslow novel going in and yet, I still wound up having a good time. Winslow is famous for taking historical crime events and melding them into fictional tales. He did it with the history of the West Coast mob in The Winter of Frankie Machine, one of my favorite crime reads of the last few years. Here he draws inspiration from the Boston-Providence mob and their wars of the 90s post-Patriarca. Oh and he decided to tell […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: City on Fire, crime, don winslow, historical fiction, Mob, Providence, Rhode Island

Jake's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: City on Fire, crime, don winslow, historical fiction, Mob, Providence, Rhode Island ·
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“He really does have very nice biscuits.”

Finlay Donovan Knockes 'Em Dead (Finlay Donovan, #2) by Elle Cosimano

April 27, 2022 by narfna 2 Comments

I love this series. I’m so happy there will be at least two more books full of wacky hijinks, dead body disposal, panicking over money, BFF frandship moments between Finlay and Vero, meta commentary, and I’m sure stuff I can’t even predict because this series is chaos. Beautiful chaos. Finlay Donovan, romantic suspense and crime author, keeps getting herself into these situations involving real life crime. It’s been several months since the first book, and it seems this time around, someone has taken a hit […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: black comedy, crime, Elle Cosimano, farce, finlay donovan, finlay donovan knocks 'em dead, friendship, mystery, narfna, Suspense

narfna's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: black comedy, crime, Elle Cosimano, farce, finlay donovan, finlay donovan knocks 'em dead, friendship, mystery, narfna, Suspense ·
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Hopefully the last one of these I three-star for a while.

A Better Man (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #15) by Louise Penny

April 26, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Not too much to say about this one. Not one of my favorites of this series. Parts of it I really liked, and parts of it I really did not. It’s been over a month now, and I’ve read 1,000 books since then, so I’m really not remembering specifics here. I remember there was a missing woman, and that plotline was interesting. I wished I was more interested in the plotline where Gamache comes back to be the head of the homicide department, a move […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: A Better Man, Canadian, chief inspector armand gamache, crime, Louise Penny, murder, murder mystery, mystery, narfna

narfna's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: A Better Man, Canadian, chief inspector armand gamache, crime, Louise Penny, murder, murder mystery, mystery, narfna ·
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Topsy Turvy

The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix

Perfect Remains (Luc Callanach #1) by Helen Fields

April 3, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

How, exactly, do you decide whether the book you’ve just read is good? I can appreciate books that I struggled my way through, and I’ve torn my way through books that I hated. Clearly enjoyment is one factor and reward is another, but the two books I’ve read in the past week or so kind of threw me for a loop. One of them is right up my wheelhouse. The other, not so much. Yet I ended up loving the latter and disliking the former […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: Callanach series, crime, grady hendrix, Helen Fields, horror

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:17 · Genres: Fiction, Suspense · Tags: Callanach series, crime, grady hendrix, Helen Fields, horror ·
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Extra Reading March 2022

Batman: The Killing Joke by Christa Faust and Gary Phillips

The Big East: Inside the Most Entertaining and Influential Conference in College Basketball History by Dana O'Neil

In The Country We Love: My Family Divided by Diane Guerrero

The Banks by Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle (Illustrator)

One Night, New York by Lara Thompson

The Secret Lives of Married Women by Elissa Wald

Lost and Found in Harlem by Delia C. Pitts

Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

Scandal in Babylon by Barbara Hambly

Sadie by Courtney Summers

April 1, 2022 by Jake Leave a Comment

These are the books I finished in the month of March in which I didn’t have time or words to elaborate on… Batman: The Killing Joke *** Two of my favorites team up for a Batman prose novel? Yes! But the end result is just okay. Interestingly enough, I think both writers do a better job with the random Gothamites than they do with the Caped Crusader and his primary nemesis. You’re fine just reading Alan Moore’s legendary graphic novel. The Big East: Inside the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: autobiography, Barbara Hambly, Batman, Beautiful Little Fools, Christa Faust and Gary Phillips, College Basketball, Colombia, comic prose novel, Courtney Summers, crime, Dana O'Neil, Delia C. Pitts, Diane Guerrero, Elissa Wald, erotica, fanfiction, Film Industry, Graphic Novel, harlem, heist, historical fiction, Hollywood, Immigration, in the country we love, Jillian Cantor, Lara Thompson, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, Libba Bray, Lost and Found in Harlem, mystery, One Night New York, Ross Detective Agency, Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle (Illustrator), sadie, Scandal in Babylon, short stories, The Banks, The Big East, The Great Gatsby, The Joker, The Killing Joke, The Secret Lives of Married Women, Young Adult

Jake's CBR14 Review No:51 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Fanfiction, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Non-Fiction, Romance, Short Stories, Sports, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: autobiography, Barbara Hambly, Batman, Beautiful Little Fools, Christa Faust and Gary Phillips, College Basketball, Colombia, comic prose novel, Courtney Summers, crime, Dana O'Neil, Delia C. Pitts, Diane Guerrero, Elissa Wald, erotica, fanfiction, Film Industry, Graphic Novel, harlem, heist, historical fiction, Hollywood, Immigration, in the country we love, Jillian Cantor, Lara Thompson, LGBTQIA, LGBTQIA romance, Libba Bray, Lost and Found in Harlem, mystery, One Night New York, Ross Detective Agency, Roxane Gay, Ming Doyle (Illustrator), sadie, Scandal in Babylon, short stories, The Banks, The Big East, The Great Gatsby, The Joker, The Killing Joke, The Secret Lives of Married Women, Young Adult ·
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