I picked up The Watchman because I read other books by Robert Crais and have always found him interesting.  I enjoy fiction mystery stories and try to guess ahead as to where the story is ultimately going to end.Joe Pike is Crais' alter-ego, super hero.  He is a private investigator - body guard - do whatever it takes handy-man  for hire. Like most heroes in fiction today he ...

I was drawn to this book by the title and cover art. I hadn't read anything by Joseph Finder before. I picked up the book and read the synopsis on the cover. While I don't usually read books about corporate intrigue and inner office politics, I wanted to see how the social misfit anti-social special forces veteran was going to fit in this setting.Jason Steadman is a young man who works ...

Our basement gets pretty cold in the winter.  I do spend time working down there, so decided to buy a little portable heater.  This one by Lakewood looked sturdy enough on the box cover, so I bought it.  At first glance this heater looks like something caught in a time warp, with it's metal housing. It might not have a contemporay look, but it does the job of keeping me warm ...

I come from a generation that had to sit around for several minutes trying to inflate kiddie pools and rafts. That is why I am so glad we have a Greatland electric pump. We bought an air mattress to use when the grandkids or other overnight guests come to visit. We needed an electric pump if we didn't want to kill ourselves trying to inflate the mattress the hard way.Alo...

Gone Baby Gone by Dennis Lehane, is a multi-layered story about disfunctional families, missing children, corrupt police, and a husband wife private investigator team trying to put their life back together following a case gone bad. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are contacted by the aunt and uncle of the missing four year old girl. The girl was left alone by her drug and alcohol addicted mo...

This is the DVD Eight Men Out. This movie stars John Cusack, Charlie Sheen, and D.B. Sweeney.This is the story of the 1919 Chicago White Sox who threw the World Series. The team is owned by Charles Comiskey, a penny pinching skin flint who spends lavishly cultivating the media, while underpaying his players and forcing some star players to sit down for weeks at a time so they can't make per...

This is the seventh and final installment of the Harry Potter series.  In this book, J.K. Rowling defines and explains all the hints and clues in the previous books.  The three main characters - Harry, Ron, and Hermoine, all fulfill their roles in the quest.J.K. Rowling began the series with a core group of (maybe) 9-13 year olds in mind.  As her core group got older, her writing...