JoeyPinkney.com Book Review Into the Dark Desolate Night
by John Darling
5 of 5 Stars
“Into the Dark Desolate Night” by John Darling introduces the reader to Detective Anderson through a series of tightly-related short stories. These short stories serve as bite-sized chapters that can be read in one sitting. Within each chapter, cases are solved, supporting characters come and go, and Detective Anderson’s layers are revealed with the turn of each page. Continue reading Book Review – Into the Dark Desolate Night by John Darling→
JoeyPinkney.com Book Review Mack Dunstan’s Inferno
by Paul Collins
3 of 5 Stars
Fashioned after Dante’s Inferno, Paul Collins’ novel Mack Dunstan’s Inferno is similar in style and fashion to its progenitor. Collins’ novel follows Mack Dunstan through his descent through Hell after passing away due to complications stemming from Alzheimer’s disease. For Mack Dunstan, based on famed actor Charlton Heston, death is not the end of the story: it is the beginning. As he navigates through the path of the afterlife, Mack Dunstan finds himself trapped by his ego, unable to smoothly transition to the final stage of peace. Terrorized by the inequities of his guilts and attachments to the physical world, Mack Dunstan finds himself in a precarious position and not resting in peace. Continue reading JoeyPinkney.com Book Review – Mack Dunstan’s Inferno – Paul Collins→
JoeyPinkney.com Book Review The Magnificient Life of Gravvy Brown
by Devaughn Lilly
5 of 5 Stars
The Magnificent Life of Gravvy Brown by Devaughn Lilly is non stop action in a historical context. Born just before the Roaring 20s, Gravvy Brown went on the be the youngest person in Louisiana history to be executed for murder and the first person to be executed by the electric chair – just three days before his twenty-first birthday.
Who did he kill? His mother. Or so the police say…
