Month: January 2022

Police Thriller The Pied Piper

The Pied Piper, by Ridley Pearson     Seattle police detective Lou Boldt once again takes the lead in police thriller THE PIED PIPER, the moniker […]

Segue / Segway

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: SEGUE / SEGWAY You […]

Detective Novel P Is for Peril

P Is for Peril, by Sue Grafton     My instincts told me to decline the missing ex-husband case, but in typical Kinsey Millhone fashion, I […]

Sank / Sunk

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: SANK / SUNK Far […]

Women’s Fiction Night Road

Night Road, by Kristin Hannah     SPOILER ALERT!     Women’s fiction NIGHT ROAD probes the hearts of motherless teen Lexi Baill, an interloper in the […]

Riffle / Rifle

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: RIFFLE / RIFLE We […]

Thriller Night Fall

Night Fall, by Nelson DeMille I, John Corey, cannot resist a challenge. So when my FBI-agent wife waves under my nose a five-year-old closed case […]

Farther / Further

As usual — dare I say “as always”? — the big winner for the most misused word I noticed in my reading this year was […]