Dale Jones

Robert Buckley of Marion has parlayed retirement into a pretty good career as a writer. ‘The Saga of Martin Shannon” …

I enjoyed Mary Tarnoff’s thoughts in her May 8 guest column ‘To put ‘America First,’ lead on climate” on how …

Memo to books editor: Thanks for sending me the Stephen Dobyns book to review. You’ve added 22 novels to my …

John Sandford (aka Cedar Rapids native John Camp) has a gift. The man can write a riveting police procedural thriller …

Robert Buckley of Marion likes to travel. Fortunately, he also likes to write about it. In ‘I’m Lost Again” (Irish …

Sometimes it’s not just the story. It’s how the story is told. That’s what draws me back to the novels …

On the surface it appears to be a classic case of talent, intelligence, good looks and white privilege combining to …

I thought Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child were off their game a bit in ‘Crimson Shore” and said as much …

After seeing a mediocre-at-best Jack Reacher movie in October, I needed a pick-me-up in November. Lee Child delivered it with …

Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks novels invariably include a great many musical references that often interrupt my reading when I head …

Not sure I’m on to something the rest of you aren’t, but I’m here today to tell you about Monkeewrench …

Every time I start a counterterrorism thriller, I have to stop and sort things out a bit to make sure …

Thomas Perry just doesn’t disappoint. Whether it’s an installment in the intriguing Jane Whitefield series or one of his many …

David Housewright just might be the best mystery writer you haven’t heard of. Well, maybe you have. He did, after …

I  won’t say C.J. Box is the most eloquent writer around, but I will say this: While reading about Wyoming …