Tag Archive | Andrew’s Picks
The System, by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian
Originally posted on Blogging for a Good Book:
Looking at the cover of The System, you see a striking image of college football – an enormous stadium filled with cheering crowds awaiting the contest to begin on that emerald green field. Â As you zoom in on that field, that crowd, that contest, the reality gets…
An Officer and a Spy, by Robert Harris
Originally posted on Blogging for a Good Book:
It was a cause celebre in France and much of the liberal Western world, a scandal that exposed cultural divisions thought to have resolved years before. It discredited a government, tarnished the honor of an entire army, and inflamed relations among already-antagonistic neighbors. It elevated some men…
Crashed, by Timothy Hallinan
Originally posted on Blogging for a Good Book:
I’ve been looking a long time for someone who approached that special place Travis McGee holds in my heart. John D. MacDonald’s boat bum blasted his way through 21 colorfully-titled stories, taking down bad guys, healing broken women, and judging the modern world through his uniquely moral…