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The Forgery of Venus, by Michael Gruber 2008

Posted on 01 April 2015 by staff

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Chaz Willmott is an artist, a painter. But he might not really be Chaz Willmott;…Continue Reading

Shark Skin Suite, by Tim Dorsey 2015

Posted on 25 March 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Tim Dorsey is an odd duck. You might hate him, or love him. He’s had…Continue Reading

The Hunter, by John Lescroart 2012

Posted on 18 March 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR The title would tend to evoke images of a mean person stalking innocent victims, perhaps…Continue Reading

Inside a Silver Box, by Walter Mosley 2015

Posted on 11 March 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR What is the all-time, number one most popular theme in works of fiction? The battle…Continue Reading

The 100 Year Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared, by Jonas Jonasson

Posted on 14 February 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Word on the street is that everybody in the free world has read this book,…Continue Reading

A Tap on the Window, by Linwood Barclay 2013

Posted on 11 February 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Barclay, author of 11 previous novels, has six pages of endorsements at the front of…Continue Reading

Kansas City Lightning, by Stanley Crouch

Posted on 02 February 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR The book’s subtitle is The Rise and Times of Charlie Parker, a reference to an…Continue Reading

Doing Hard Time, by Stuart Woods. Published 2013

Posted on 28 January 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR Stone Barrington returns in Doing Hard Time This is a Stone Barrington novel, which is…Continue Reading

The Hanged Man’s Song, by John Sandford. Published 2003

Posted on 28 January 2015 by Contributor

HERB JOHNSON – GAZETTE CONTRIBUTOR One of the good things about this book is the lack of Mystery Novel Clichés.…Continue Reading