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The Confessions of Young Nero and The Splendor Before the Dark
I became interested in the Roman emperor Nero in researching my novel The Fire Starters and touring his buried Golden House in Rome. The...

Jackson Coppley
Jan 8, 20221 min read


The Extinction Trials
A.G. Riddle’s Extinction Trials begins with a man inviting leading industrial leaders to a private meeting in which he poses an...

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Dec 14, 20212 min read


The Family Man
You can judge a book by its cover. Not so with A Family Man. As I write this, author Anna Willett may have changed the cover from the one...

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Oct 31, 20211 min read


The Madness of Crowds
The Madness of Crowds, the latest novel from Louise Penny, was my first exposure to this author’s series of Inspector Gamache mysteries,...

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Oct 10, 20211 min read


New York, the Novel
New York puts history in context. It is a family saga with roots in the earliest settlement of Manhattan Island by the Dutch, when it was...

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Sep 4, 20211 min read


Noble Ultimatum - Jack Noble Book 13
Spoiler Alert: There is nothing to spoil. This installment of the Jack Noble series resolves nothing. Tune in to the next book in the...

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Jul 7, 20211 min read


The Boys in the Boat
A book about crew racing? You mean those ivy league guys rowing in a thin boat? Do I really want to read a book about that? Daniel James...

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Jun 3, 20212 min read


The Phoenix Project
Nick Thacker serves up a fine sample of the Harvey Bennett series in The Phoenix Project. If you open this novella on Kindle, it may tell...

Jackson Coppley
Apr 15, 20211 min read


The Other Emily
The Other Emily By Dean Koontz Review When one begins The Other Emily, one might wonder if Dean Koontz has produced a lyrical romance...

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Apr 13, 20212 min read


Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing presents nature through finely crafted prose with a murder mystery attached. It is not surprising that nature...

Jackson Coppley
Feb 25, 20211 min read


Florida by Lauren Groff
I’ve been a fan of the writing of Lauren Groff ever since I read Arcadia. She weaves words into tapestries that make this writer smile....

Jackson Coppley
Feb 7, 20212 min read


The Ocean Raiders - Writer's Digest Review
Reading The Ocean Raiders, the reader can easily picture the story as it happens, playing out like a movie – action sequences, cutting...

Jackson Coppley
Feb 1, 20211 min read


Hamnet
Hamnet Maggie O’Farrell A Historical Note prefacing Hamnet states the circumstances of the story best: “In the 1580s, a couple living on...

Jackson Coppley
Jan 3, 20212 min read


Caste - The Origins of Our Discontents
In Caste, Isabel Wilkerson takes a fresh approach to an important issue. When one hears the word ‘caste,’ they are likely to think of...

Jackson Coppley
Dec 10, 20201 min read


MasterClass
I was featured on the web site for MasterClass as one of nine authors who have benefitted from the service. Read all about it here:...

Jackson Coppley
Nov 29, 20201 min read


Mongkok Station
Needham, Jake. MONGKOK STATION (The Inspector Samuel Tay Novels Book 6) (p. 72). Half Penny Ltd (P. Needham). Kindle Edition. Mongkok...

Jackson Coppley
Nov 29, 20202 min read


Unmasked
Since the genre for my Nicholas Foxe series is Technothriller, I am always interested in the latest Technothriller hit and Unmasked does...

Jackson Coppley
Oct 29, 20202 min read


Project MOSE
When I was developing The Ocean Raiders: A Nicholas Foxe Adventure, Ellen and I headed to Venice to do research. Central to the story was...

Jackson Coppley
Oct 10, 20206 min read


The Enigma Strain
Folks that buy my Nicholas Foxe adventures like The Code Hunters also buy Harvey Bennett Thrillers by Nick Thacker, and for a good...

Jackson Coppley
Sep 30, 20201 min read


The Doomsday Testament
When I look at my Amazon page for The Code Hunters and see one book frequently bought by the readers who bought The Code Hunters, I pay...

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Sep 18, 20201 min read



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