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The Shooters (Presidential Agent Novel) 53 reviews
W.E.B. Griffin
Putnam Adult, 2008
Great read!
+ Another W E B Griffin Classic
+ Commentary on the Books of WEB Griffin
I don't know what some of the other reviewers are talking about, this was a great book. It delivered everything I've come to expect from a W.E.B. Griffin novel. I can't wait for the next volume.
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Christine Falls: A Novel 67 reviews
Benjamin Black
Picador, 2008
Will the Better Writer Please Stand Up
+ Literary noir evokes 1950s Dublin
Widower, moody, broody, drunken Garret Quirke is in charge of the pathology department in the basement of Dublin's Holy Family Hospital. It's the 1950's, Ireland is steeped in Catholic tradition, but when Quirke wanders downstairs from a going away party and finds his step-brother/brother-in-law ...
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Take Me, Take Me with You: A Novel of Suspense 13 reviews
Lauren Kelly
Harper Paperbacks, 2005
Compelling, thrilling and ultimately unsettling.
The pace at the start of the story gave me a rush of adrenline.
It was superbly crafted, moving in time and presenting the future before the present. The characters were seedy, and the decisions and choices of the protagonist made it hard to root for her. But at the end I accepted her choice ...
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T is for Trespass (Kinsey Millhone Mysteries) 193 reviews
Sue Grafton
Putnam Adult, 2007
Grafton Is Back!
+ Excellent!
+ It left you wanting more
+ " T " IS FOR THOUGHT PROVOKING
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Terminal: A Burke Novel (Burke Novels)30 reviews
Andrew Vachss
Pantheon, 2007
Pulls no punches
+ Best Burke yet!
Ever since my wife brought me "Hard Candy" while in the hospital I have been hooked on Andrew Vachss' writing.
While many writers in this genre get tedious with their characters after a while, Vachss keeps his main man Burke refreshingly alive and different with each new novel!
I make it the ...
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics253 reviews
Marisha Pessl
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Love it for its language if not the story.
+ I LOVED IT! I HATED IT!
I read alot. Sometimes several books a week. I am partial to novels. I was initially draw to this by the title. You must admit, it inspires curiosity.
I read the book in 3 days despite its 514 pages. The story was interesting but not particularly compelling. What maintained my interest was ...
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Third Degree: A Novel97 reviews
Greg Iles
Scribner, 2007
Another Iles Favorite
+ Good read...
If Greg Iles wrote the telephone book I would read it cover to cover. He is just that good. This story was suspenseful, tense, somewhat predictable and entertaining as hell. As much as I liked it I had a had time trying to figure out what value the 2 office girls added to the story. The fine ...
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Heartsick132 reviews
Chelsea Cain
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Deadly.
+ "One day of privacy. You get the other six."
+ Great Thriller
+ Great Thriller!
+ Stockholm Syndrome comes to Portland
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Interred with Their Bones55 reviews
Jennifer Lee Carrell
Dutton Adult, 2007
Loved the treasure hunt
+ Puzzled?????????????
+ What if?
+ A no holds 'Bard' thriller....
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The Silver Swan: A Novel24 reviews
Benjamin Black
Henry Holt and Co., 2008
Second noir tale establishes Dublin protagonist
+ "The world has fallen asunder": a city of paralysis
+ Depressing, Moody and Good
A sequel to Black's first Quirke novel, this second Dublin 1950s noir tale takes place two years later. And if you start with this one, a certain amount of confusion is inevitable. The repercussions from "Christine Falls" still echo through the lives of Quirke and his family, their relations (and ...
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The Lemur: A Novel7 reviews
Benjamin Black
Picador, 2008
Smooth oddity
I was half-way through this book in no time, came up for a breather, and thought that it was an awfully quick read. The cynical side of me wanted to ask if this were meant as made-for-movie book, sort of like McCarthy's No Country for Old Men. Maybe Banville needed to fulfill a contract or was ...
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The Secret Servant (Gabriel Allon) 104 reviews
Daniel Silva
Putnam Adult, 2007
Masterful
+ Daniel Silva
+ Glad I Bought It!!!!
+ New to Silva & Allon...and hooked!
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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)98 reviews
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
Another hit for Sandford
+ Phantom Prey
+ John Sandford is the best
+ The Phantom Prey
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Down River71 reviews
John Hart
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Down River
+ Behind the door in a sports hero's life.
+ Down River
+ Excelent
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Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher Novels)262 reviews
Lee Child
Delacorte Press, 2008
The least-thrilling Jack Reacher novel so far . . . fails to meet high standards
Lee Child's creation, Jack Reacher, has earned his legions of fans the hard way - through kicking butt and taking names. He's a surprising combination of loner, warrior, and detective and gifted with a surprising talent for finding trouble.
Thanks to Child's twisted imagination, Reacher has met ...
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Salem Falls130 reviews
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2002
Jodi Picoult Does It Again
+ A Touch of Witchery
Jodi Picoult is one of my new favorite authors. She certainly knows how to write a page-turner and how to straddle the line between "serious" and popular fiction. So far I have read Plain Truth, Harvesting the Heart, My Sister's Keeper, and this novel, Salem Falls. My favorite is a toss up between ...
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Sweet Revenge (Goldy Culinary Mystery, Book 14)55 reviews
Diane Mott Davidson
William Morrow, 2007
A little too sweet.
Sweet Revenge
Don't get me wrong. It was a good book. Had a lot of fun reading it. But it was the same old line. I wasn't able to guess right away who did it, but still, it was the same old thing. Also, I agree with other readers. It was a bit much to read her packing up her stuff, going over ...
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L.A. Outlaws30 reviews
T. Jefferson Parker
Dutton Adult, 2008
Allison Murietta Will Knock You Out
+ A Better Mousetrap
+ Action Packed Page Turner
I am always a tiny bit wary of female characters created by male authors. I don't know -- sometimes male authors don't seem to get into the mindset of the female character. That is NOT the case in T. Jefferson Parker's "LA Outlaws". Allison Murietta is an extremely dynamic and well realized ...
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The Sanctuary27 reviews
Raymond Khoury
Dutton Adult, 2007
A gripping saga.
+ Fan of Dan Brown? Then Raymond Khoury will not disappoint.
Raymond Khoury's THE SANCTUARY receives veteran narrator Richard Ferrone's smooth voice as it provides a powerful new political thriller set in 1750 Naples and 2003 Baghdad. Three men and a swordfight, a deep-hold secret, and a mission which crosses centuries to modern-day Baghdad politics creates ...
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The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel65 reviews
Alan Furst
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
Evocation of another world
+ A good read
+ This is a terrific book.
+ superb, fast, easy reading
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