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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
very happy
I enjoy all of John Sanfords books and again this one did not let me down. I will continue to get his books without a second thought.
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Lean Mean Thirteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 13)
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Press, 2007
4.5 stars
This is.... duh.... the thirteenth book in the Stephanie Plum series. Or actually, the 15th, if you include the two between-the-numbers books.
This time, Stephanie's ex, lawyer Dickie Orr, goes missing, not long after Stephanie fought with him while planting a bug ...
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Plum Lucky (A Between-the-Numbers Novel)
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Plum Lucky
Janet Evanovich keeps you wondering what Grandma will get into next and can let forget reality for awhile and use your laugh muscles! I really enjoy her writing.
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The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)
Jeffery Deaver
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Note to Jeffrey Deaver!!!
A 41-year-old teacher who has sex with a 16-year-old student is a PREDITOR not a married "boyfriend". A police office is required by law to report any romantic relationship of this kind to Child Protective Services...not just sit back and hope the child will figure it ...
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Careless in Red: A Novel
Elizabeth George
Harper, 2008
better than ever
I enjoyed the previous Inspector Lynley novels and I enjoyed this one more. The plot is somewhat convoluted and it is easy to forget who did what but we get to visit a fascinating part of Cornwall and it is well worth reading just to enjoy the people who live there ...
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The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Brian Selznick
Scholastic Press, 2007
Good reason it won the 2008 Caldecott
I know this book was a bit controversial within the children's book awards because it uses pictures to convey parts of the story (e.g. you MUST look at the pictures or you will miss information). All of the pictures are beautifully rendered in pen/ink no color. ...
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7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club)
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
The Women's Murder Club series is 7th Heaven!
What an excellent series! I was not a James Patterson reader until after I started watching the Women's Murder Club on ABC. Then I went out and bought all of the books in the series! Each one can stand on it's own but you really need to read them in order for the ...
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The Front
Patricia Cornwell
Putnam Adult, 2008
Cromwell's obvious brain-freeze
The failings of this latest effort by Cromwell have been well-documented, and rather than going over the same territory, I'll just include a passage from the book as additional evidence of the author's obvious brain-freeze:
"The Governor is a pure conservative ...
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Fearless Fourteen (Stephanie Plum, No. 14)
Janet Evanovich
St. Martin's Press, 2008
I wanted it to be so much more
Ever since I read her first book, I have been a big Stephanie Plum fan. I loved Lula and Grandma Mazure. The sizzle between Ranger and Stephanie plus the crazy antics were what made the series so much fun. But, I have to say the Fearless Fourteen was a big ...
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Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole Novels)
Robert Crais
Simon & Schuster, 2008
After the fabulous success of THE WATCHMAN, Crais comes roaring back with his Elvis Cole series. Elvis was a hero when he cleared an innocent man of a murder charge. But when that innocent man is found dead three years later holding photos of the victim, Elvis is the one on trial.
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Lush Life: A Novel
Richard Price
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008
Great Novel, incredible dialog
Calling this a cop book or a mystery misses the point. This is a book about NY, about dialog, about the sounds of the street. I didn't realize it was a mystery until I was 1/3 through it. He writes with a fantastic ear for dialog human interaction, and a true command ...
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From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
E.L. Konigsburg
Aladdin, 1998
movie?
Does anyone know what the title of the movie was that is based on this book?
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Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
James Lee Burke
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Much beloved Louisiana lawman Dave Robicheaux is back again, this time in the brand new setting of the rugged Montana mountains.
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Double Cross (Alex Cross)
James Patterson
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
A gripper from the get-go!
I'm only on page 71 and can't put it down! Alex Cross is a great character and James Patterson writes him well. A must read for the Alex Cross or JP fan!
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The Reapers: A Thriller
John Connolly
Atria, 2008
Louis's mystery tops Parker's supernatural in this one
I read this a month ago and didn't plan to review it. Now I'm only doing so because I'm surprised by the relatively high proportion of negative reviews and want to boost the positives a bit.
I've read all the books in this series and of course liked some more than ...
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