Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva (2012) - Gabriel Allon is a gifted art restorer. Under his care great masterpieces return to life after years of neglect. He is also a former Israeli Mossad spy and assassin who fervently wants to put that part of his life behind him. But his former associates in "The... Continue Reading →
Closure - Randall Wood (2013) - FBI Agent Jack Randall finds himself assigned to a high profile case in a very peculiar manner, by the killer. High profile people are being killed with frightening efficiency across the country. It's clear that it's all the same killer but finding the connections is a challenge. From New... Continue Reading →
39 Steps by John Bucan (1915) - After many years in Rhodesia Richard Hannay returns to London to begin a new phase in his life. Shortly thereafter he meets an American named Scudder who claims to be dead. Scudder faked his own death to escape a group of anarchists who are trying to force all... Continue Reading →
The Game (1997) - Wealthy and emotionally remote San Francisco financier Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) gets a strange birthday present from wayward brother Conrad (Sean Penn): a live-action game that consumes his life. So, it turns out I reviewed this movie before. I had no memory of that (which is probably not a good thing... Continue Reading →
The Devil's Quota by Tom Avitabile (2014, Story Plant) - Murder isn't simple when it kills an NYPD detective's partner and drags him into a conspiracy involving the economic 1%. Detective DiMaggio follows the trail through the offices of a sexual behavior specialist and onto the international stage. On the other side of the world... Continue Reading →
A Most Wanted Man (2014) - A young Chechen man arrives in Hamburg and immediately comes to the attention of the anti-terrorist forces in Germany. He will be caught up in in post-9/11 paranoia, anti-Islamic suspicions and departmental conflict while his young attorney tries to "normalize" his stay. It has been my practice here NOT... Continue Reading →
The Sacred Cipher by Terry Brennan - (2009) - Hidden inside a sealed room in New York's historic Bowery Mission is a cipher that promises to threaten the stability of the world even after centuries. An unlikely band of experts will gather in Jerusalem to try and find the truth. Assuming they can find it... Continue Reading →
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