Author Archives: A. J. Kinnaman

Not quite in Grisham and Child’s league, but still heavy hitters are Nelson DeMille and Michael Connelly. In The Deserter  by DeMille, a Delta Force posted to Afghanistan disappear from his base.  He resurfaces in a video that shows him … Continue reading →

Ok, so we just saw a great World Series, Washington vs Houston, that went 7 games before the Nationals* prevailed. Now, its time to get down with the fall suspense classics, Child vs Grisham. In Blue Moon by Lee Child, … Continue reading →

Into the Panet by Jill Heinerth transports readers deep into inner space. Author Heinerth has descended farther into the inner depths of our planet than any other woman. She brings to life the split-second decisions that determine life or death. … Continue reading →

Range by Daniel Epstein argues that we need generalists in our increasingly specialized world.  Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell looks into what we might want to know about the people we don’t know. Braving the Wilderness by Brené Brown … Continue reading →

A Republic, if You can Keep It by Neil Gorsuch makes a case for constitutional “originalism”. Oliver Wendell Holmes by Stephen Budiansky profiles the pioneering jurist who “revolutionized our understanding of common law by showing how the law always evolved … Continue reading →

Crusaders by Dan Jones (Templers, Magna Carta) tells how a plea from the Byzantine Empire for military aid in its border wars launched a mass movement that upset the co-existence of Christians and Muslims in Palestine. What followed was decades … Continue reading →

Featured this week: stories with themes drawn fresh from recent headlines and current events. For crime readers, John Sandford plunks Virgil Flowers in the middle of campus culture wars in Bloody Genius. An academic disptue turns deadly when one of … Continue reading →