Not quite 4 stars. This third novel featuring Miami police detective Iago "Jimmy" Paz brings some previous pieces of his backstory back around to tie up some loose ends. Not nearly as compelling as Tropic of Night or Valley of Bones, but very good nonetheless - I mean, where else are you going to f...
Gruber's books just amaze me. He has an uncanny gift for getting to the emotional heart of the underlying culture or setting of his stories. Tropic of Night dealt with field anthropology, Santeria/Yoruba folk religion and magic; The Good Son was set largely among the Pashtun people of Afghanistan ...
Gruber has yet to disappoint me. What I think I love most about his books is how he manages to immerse the reader in an unfamiliar culture and make it immediately accessible. I think I learned more about Central Asian/Islamic (specifically Pashtun) culture and politics from this book than from all...
-This book is a really cool mix of old, familiar fairy tales the reader is familiar with and a new story.-There are twists on the fairy tales though so it's not quite what the reader knows.-Some of the fairy tales mentioned in the book: Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella.-The book h...
I first read Gruber's Valley of Bones, which is the sequel to Tropic of Night, and I can tell you this is a much more complex book than its sequel. VoB is an above-average mystery/thriller/police procedural, with the bonus of excellent writing, plotting, and a fascinating suspect whose backstory g...
No way should this work, yet it does, it does. There are two indelible, outsized characters -- the eponymous son, Theo: raised in Lahore with his father's extended family, then initiated into the jihad against the Russian invasion in Afghanistan, now returned to his parents and a SEALish black-ops t...
Warning: this book is FULL of swearing. Like, to the point that it's seriously distracting. The story's interesting, but choppily written. I find I have no problem at this point putting it down.
This book has been described as “a tale within a tale within a tale” and it most certainly is! A modern day artist has the talent to paint like the old masters, specifically Diego Valasquez. Add to that a mix of genius, a little insanity, a few narcotics, some shady characters, a healthy dose of i...
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