Review of ‘Wisdom of Fools’, collection of short stories by Phil Harvey

**Originally written for “BigAl’s Books and Pals” book blog. May have received a free review copy.**   Of this collection of eight stories by Phil Harvey six of them are contemporary, two are science fictionish. Phil Harvey has other important career strands alongside his fiction writing. He is the author of non-fiction books about contraception,

Review of ‘The Damascus Cover’ by Howard Kaplan

**Originally written for “BigAl’s Books and Pals” book blog. May have received a free review copy.** In the new introduction to this edition the author tells us that in its first incarnation, in 1977, this novel sat in the lower reaches of the Los Angeles Times best seller list for 10 weeks. This reissue, self-published

Review: The Museum Heist by Kameel Nasr

**Originally written for “BigAl’s Books and Pals” book blog. Received a free review copy.** Genre:  Crime Description:  The crime at the bottom of this mystery actually took place. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston exists and works of art, including the paintings the book speaks of, were stolen from it in the small hours