Here are the ones I didn't want to leave behind. The ones I could have put off for one reason or another because I do that, thinking they can wait. Books I couldn't bear to carry into another year, the feeling I'd get at seeing them still waiting, that feeling of never getting to what you promise yourself. These are the last-minute ones.
Tag: Mark Ellis
Art theft, espionage, and murder in WWII London
"Dead in the Water" is the new installment in Mark Ellis's WWII series featuring Scotland Yard’s DCI Frank Merlin. Smart and unpredictable, it’s a superior stand-alone detective/thriller novel with layers of fascinating characters, intrigue over Leonardo da Vinci rare drawings, and, with the Americans newly arrived, complications.
The Longest Chapter 