Reader’s Diary

Jay Worrall

Capt. Charles Edgemont returns to cruise the Med, occasionally accompanied by his Quaker wife.  In due course he secretly wins the Battle of the Nile.   The strength of this series remains the relationships between the characters.  On the negative side the naval actions lack variety and the characters’ snappy dialog sometimes sounds jarringly modern.  Despite that, it’s a good read and adventure if not great historical fiction.  Jack Aubrey has a guest walk-on part.

Dewey Lambdin

Lambdin’s hero Alan Lewrie, his marriage in tatters, is sent to the Caribbean where he faces slave revolts, idiotic superiors, French privateers, and an American frigate.  This is typical Lambdin – a bit of “Flashman meets Hornblower” – but Lewrie does seem to be maturing.  This seems to be a transitional book in the series and I expect more action in the next one.

Dewey Lambdin

Lambdin’s hero, Alan Lewrie, is recognized as a hero after the battle of  Cape St. Vincent, is given a frigate to command, and gets caught up in the Spithead and Nore mutinies in this installment of the always-entertaining series.

James W. Huston

When the president’s helicopter crashes in a storm Mike Nolan, a lawyer and Marine Corps reserve helicopter is hired to defend the aircraft’s foreign maker from charges of negligence.  But was is negligence, or foul play?   This combination of techno thriller and courtroom drama is a very entertaining page-turner.