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Out: A Novel
Natsuo Kirino
Vintage, 2005
Really engaging, a side of Japan not often seen
+ Just like sashimi with wasabi - raw, pungent, and sharp
+ insightful gutsy noir
+ Move over Flannery O'Connor...
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Running Scared
Ken Douglas
Bootleg Press, 2008
There is Nothing Like a Little Dose of Revenge
+ Two Brave Women are Running Scared
+ Two Women in Trouble and Running Scared
+ Running scared to stay alive...
+ on the edge
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Wash This Blood Clean from My Hand (Chief Inspector Adamsberg Mysteries)
Fred Vargas
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Her Best Yet
+ Outstanding example of crime fiction
+ A clever, thought-provoking read
+ great book
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Down River
John Hart
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Behind the door in a sports hero's life.
+ Down River
+ Excelent
+ perfect summer read!
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Beverly Hills Dead
Stuart Woods
Putnam Adult, 2008
Excellent sequel
+ WHO Would Like Beverley Hills Dead and Why? For Some Folks, It Would Be a Great Gift!
Readers will be well advised to read The The Prince of Beverly Hills first, because this is Stuart Woods' much awaited sequel.
Both stories are set in Hollywood and New York City in the 1940s, and feature characters in the movie industry. WWII had ended and the Cold War was beginning. ...
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Bel Canto (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial, 2005
simply wonderful
+ Stunning and Emotional
+ Bel Canto
+ A MUST-read
+ Bellissimo
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The Quickie
James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Enjoyable Quickie
Lauren is a character that you can't help but identify with. Through the scituations she is faced with we can only imagine how we would react. Although as usual nothing goes as expected, Patterson delivers his usual quick & quite enjoyable read. The twists and turns will keep you reading his ...
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Say Goodbye
Lisa Gardner
Bantam, 2008
Say goodbye ...........
+ From J. Kaye's Book Blog
This is by far one of the best books I have read. In fact, I couldn't put it down. I always have a book in tow,no matter where I go. This one I put on my "red light" list. My red light list are those books that are so good that when you get to a red light you have to pick it up and read a few lines ...
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Compulsion: An Alex Delaware Novel (Alex Delaware)
Jonathan Kellerman
Ballantine Books, 2008
Excellent brain candy
+ Not his best, and not his worst....
I tend to look upon the Alex Delaware novels as brain candy -- an interesting puzzle to figure out along with Alex and Milo. They don't take too much thought from me, adn there's always an interesting take on the abnormal psychology of the perpetrator.
It ain't literature, that's for sure, but ...
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Child 44
Tom Rob Smith
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Russian Post WWII Thriller Electrifies!
+ Child 44 Stew
+ Mysterious Russia
CHILD 44 is one of the very best thrillers released this year. Interwoven stories of Russian domestic spying, psychological analysis, and family and interpersonal relations play out across the country as a plodding true believer wakes up to the crimes going on around him. He tries to make amends ...
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Careless in Red: A Novel
Elizabeth George
Harper, 2008
careless in red
Elizabeth George in my favorite writer, and I purchased "Careless in Red" the day it came out. I was so disappointed in the reviews that it took awhile for me to start it. Big mistake. I thought it was terrific. Perhaps not quite in the league with "Playing for the Ashes" or "Deception of his ...
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Fractured
Karin Slaughter
Delacorte Press, 2008
Fractured
+ good detective team
+ Another great book from Karin Slaughter
+ Another fine book from Slaughter; with a possibly hidden message?
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After Dark (Vintage International)
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2008
After Dark
+ Intriguing, but with too many loose ends.
+ The plot was a little boring
After Dark by Haruki Murakami: In Haruki Murakami's latest novel, After Dark, he tells a unique and compelling story of what goes on after midnight on the streets of Tokyo. It is a very different world from that of the daytime, with very different people. Murakami makes this clear by revealing that ...
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The Savage Detectives: A Novel
Roberto Bolano
Picador, 2008
Strange and chaotic book
First of all if you are trying to grasp Bolaņo I would recommend by far 2666 (Narrativas Hispanicas) (Paperback)2666: A Novel, an excellent novel.
I read the Spanish version and the Mexican slang all over the novel can be sometimes overwhelming.
The story is chaotic nevertheless amusing. But ...
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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
The Phantom Prey
+ you'll need to keep your wits about
+ Seems to be heading back in the right direction...
+ Surprise around every corner
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