Category Archives: Books Fleet Refuses

The Silent Patient started out amazingly. We have a very violent murder, a woman who won’t (or can’t) speak, and a therapist who is dying to find out what happened, to make Alicia talk. Where the book fails for me … Continue reading →

The Outsider by Stephen King I was really impressed at how good this book was. It’s probably the closest thing to a standard police procedural King has ever written, which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. It’s a … Continue reading →

Miniature Mysteries: 100 Malicious Little Mysteries by Various Writers, edited by Isaac Asimov This amazing collection was the 1981 (I think) version (there’s a 1990s version that might be updated) and the stories were deliciously ’70s. There are, as it … Continue reading →

I’m going to start a new series here of books I don’t finish. Some of these could be because I didn’t like the writing style or found the book too boring, too bogged down with insignificant details. And then there … Continue reading →