Skip to content
The Dad Speaks
Menu
  • Home
  • About The Dad Speaks
  • How I Met My Wife
  • Book Reviews
  • Published E-Books
    • The Dad Speaks: My First-Year as a First-Time Dad
    • The Dad Gets Edumacated
    • The Statman Speaks
  • April 2025 Reads
Menu

Tag: Fiction Book Reviews

Robert B. Parker’s Blind Spot – by Reed Farrel Coleman

Posted on 10/20/2023 by Mark

This is the 13th book in the Jesse Stone series, and the first by Reed Farrel Coleman. This one explores Jesse Stone’s baseball playing days and how one of his teammates ends up being a suspect in a murder case. Unlike all the other books, this one or maybe it’s Reed’s style, is a bite…

Read more

Robert B. Parker’s Killing the Blues – by Michael Brandman

Posted on 10/04/2023 by Mark

This is the 10th book in the Jesse Stone series, and the first by Michael Brandman after Robert Parker passed away. That is one of the reasons why I was interested in this series, as a few other authors have continued the series. I wanted to see if I could spot the difference between them,…

Read more

Jesse Stone – Books 5 to 9 – by Robert Parker

Posted on 10/02/2023 by Mark

Sea Change (5) High Profile (6) Stanger in Paradise (7) Night and Day (8) Split Image (9)

Read more

Wrecker – by Carl Hiaasen

Posted on 09/28/2023 by Mark

I have read most (if not all) of his other fiction books and liked them all very much. I have had this one in my Amazon Wishlist since March, and it finally was published a few days ago. And this one didn’t disappoint me at all. The main character goes by Wrecker, he is 15…

Read more

12 Months to Live – by James Patterson and Mike Lupica

Posted on 09/28/2023 by Mark

James Patterson and Mike Lupica co-authored another book earlier this year, and I enjoyed that one. So, when I saw this one, I immediately threw it in my Amazon Wishlist and read it as soon as it was available. I didn’t even care what it was about! Jane Smith is a criminal defense attorney who…

Read more

Stone Cold – by Robert Parker

Posted on 09/19/2023 by Mark

This is the 4th book in the Jesse Stone series, and one of the main reasons I am reading it is that after Robert Parker passed away, a few other authors have continued the series. There are also movies (which aren’t great, but it keeps me amused) starring Tom Selleck as Jesse Stone and Viola…

Read more

Death In Paradise – by Robert Parker

Posted on 09/09/2023 by Mark

This is the third book in the Jesse Stone series. Another murder is taken on by Stone and crew. This crime was a young girl, and again Stone and crew find the culprits and punish them. I am currently watching Death in Paradise also on Prime TV.

Read more

Trouble in Paradise – by Robert Parker

Posted on 09/09/2023 by Mark

This is the second book in the Jesse Stone book series, and I am so glad there are more books and even movies starring Tom Selleck. Stone and his team have to solve another crime but this one includes a group of people who take hostages and one of the members of the group ends…

Read more

Night Passage – by Robert Parker

Posted on 09/07/2023 by Mark

This is the first book of the Jesse Stone series, and I was intrigued by the fact that Mike Lupica, a James Patterson coauthor and author on his front, has written some of the later Jesse Stone books. So, I decided to read the first book and, I really enjoyed it. I was kept in…

Read more

Lion & Lamb – by James Patterson and Duane Swierczynski 

Posted on 09/04/2023 by Mark

Just like all the Alex Cross books I have read by James Patterson, this one had me hooked immediately and kept me in suspense throughout the whole book. This is only the 2nd book I have read by him that is coauthored with somebody else. The first was Mike Lupica and they have another book…

Read more

Catch – by Will Leitch

Posted on 08/04/2023 by Mark

Since I had already read his two other fiction books, and really enjoyed both of them, I wanted to read his first one. But it wasn’t available on Amazon as a Kindle e-book, so I had to purchase a used physical copy. Once I started, it was hard for me to put it down as…

Read more

Sideline Confidential: A Novel – by Brooke Bentley

Posted on 07/21/2023 by Mark

This book was provided to me from Netgalley, so I can read and review it before it’s published. Although this a fictional story, it has happened to many females and males as well. So, basically, the premise for this book is about a young female journalist, Blake, who gets hired by a professional NFL franchise….

Read more

The Time Has Come – by Will Leitch

Posted on 07/17/2023 by Mark

As soon as I finished his other fiction book, How Lucky, I started this one. No hesitation, and I also didn’t know what it was about and to be honest, I didn’t really care. The first chapter of the book tells you somebody did something bad. Throughout the rest of the book, we get introduced…

Read more

How Lucky – by Will Leitch

Posted on 07/14/2023 by Mark

Sometimes, I need a break from all the nonfiction books I read, and I turn to either James Patterson for the Alex Cross books, Dave Barry, Carl Hiaasen, Anthony Bourdain, Fredrick Bachman, or David Wilson. I just so happened to see this book on my Kindle recommendations, and the title intrigued me. Then, I read…

Read more

Cross Down – by James Patterson and Brendan Dubois

Posted on 06/08/2023 by Mark

This book has been in my Amazon Wishlist for several months, and on the day it got officially released, I was all over it! It only took me two days to finish it. Yes, I have read all the other books in the Alex Cross series, and really enjoyed all of them. Despite the title,…

Read more

Swamp Story – by Dave Barry

Posted on 05/06/2023 by Mark

I have read most of the fiction works by Dave Barry, and really enjoyed the humor and characters in all of them. So, when I saw this an upcoming release, I didn’t even read the description. I threw it in my Wishlist so I could read it when it came out. This was one fantastic,…

Read more

Ma’s Diner – by David Wilson

Posted on 04/03/2023 by Mark

Just like his 1st book in this series, Two Seasons, which I enjoyed, I also really enjoyed this one. It’s the same fun cast of characters, and most of the action takes place in or near Ma’s Diner. On a side note, I want to eat at Ma’s Diner, as the food she serves sounds…

Read more

Two Seasons – by David Wilson

Posted on 03/31/2023 by Mark

I have already read one book by David Wilson, called Peanut Butter Memoirs. It’s primarily about his years as a law enforcement office in Maine. Well, he also has two other books about a fictional town with a bunch of interesting fictional characters. I really enjoyed his style of writing (as it kind of remined…

Read more

The House of Wolves – by James Patterson and Mike Lupica

Posted on 01/13/2023 by Mark

I read all the Alex Cross books by James Patterson as well as his autobiography, and I really liked his style of writing. As for Mike Lupica, I knew of him from ESPN and that he wrote several sports books. When I saw this book as an upcoming release in my Amazon Kindle library, I…

Read more

Posts pagination

  • Previous
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Mail

Book Reviews (219) Cooking Book Reviews (2) Fiction Book Reviews (59) GameCrafters (24) Humor Book Reviews (13) Memoir Book Reviews (146) Music Book Reviews (26) NaNoWriMo (30) Niko Book Reviews (2) Reflections On (8) Sports Book Reviews (52) The Dad Speaks (604) The Mom speaks (1) The Statman Speaks (24) Travel Book Reviews (4) WGU (18)

© 2015 to 2025 Mark Lieberman/The Dad Speaks. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this site’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.

© 2025 The Dad Speaks | Powered by Superbs Personal Blog theme