Category Archives: Vincent Cuddihy

Review by Vince Cuddihy While browsing through my shelves, I was delighted to stumble across Good Behavior (1985), another Dortmunder novel by Donald E. Westlake, complete with the author’s autograph. If anything, this story is even funnier than What’s So … Continue reading →

By Vince Cuddihy My friend, the late great Ian Tait, was fond of ascribing this maxim to his paternal grandmother. It could certainly be the motto of Eskibahçe, a small town on the south coast of Anatolia between Smyrna (Izmir) … Continue reading →

By Vincent Cuddihy I recently came into possession of two recent Tom Clancy books featuring his popular hero Jack Ryan and Ryan’s son Jack Junior. One interesting feature of this series is that more of these books (nearly 20) have … Continue reading →

By Vince Cuddihy It must be admitted that I am a big fan of Booker Prize winner Roddy Doyle. I have read most of his adult books, which is something that I can say about very few contemporary writers.  That … Continue reading →

By Vince Cuddihy It seems I lack mystery in my life. Three different people gave me mysteries for my most recent birthday gifts. Slow Horses (2010) is the first in a series of seven Slough House Novels by English writer … Continue reading →

Reviewed by Vincent Cuddihy I recently renewed acquaintance with Susan Hill, one of my favourite mystery writers. Specifically, her two most recent Simon Serrailler stories drew my attention: The Benefit of Hindsight (2020) and A Change of Circumstance (2021).  A … Continue reading →

By Vincent Cuddihy A recent browse through my bookshelves revealed a copy of Paul Collins’s The Trouble with Tom: the Strange Afterlife and Times of Thomas Paine (2005). Collins has ten books to his credit. I have found no mention … Continue reading →

By Vincent Cuddihy While browsing my bookshelves, I came across What’s So Funny? A Dortmunder Novel (2007) by Donald E. Westlake. It turns out that a Dortmunder is neither a somewhere nor a something, but a someone: John Dortmunder, a … Continue reading →

Reviewed by Vince Cuddihy Recently, I have been doing a lot of Binge (2021) reading. Douglas Coupland is one of my favourite writers—one of the few contemporary writers about whom I can say that I have read most of his … Continue reading →