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The Tenth Circle: A Novel
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2006
Not my favorite **SPOILER ALERT**
I was really excited about reading this novel and was slightly disappointed by it. I thought it was going to delve more into Trixie being a cutter and the problems being raped brought. It didn't. Picoult could have done so much with the plot but I felt like she didn't give it her all. As one ...
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Black Widow
Randy Wayne White
Putnam Adult, 2008
Doc Ford Fans, read this one.
+ Black Widow: Would You Like this RWW Novel?
+ Pretty Solid
+ Randy Wayne White hits this one out of the ballpark!
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Christine Falls: A Novel
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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The Club Dumas
Arturo Perez-Reverte
Harvest Books, 2006
You need to know your Dumas
+ Screenplay had a tighter plot line!
+ Great plot, strange ending
+ Bone up on Dumas and you're bound to love it!
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Sacred Stone (The Oregon Files)
Clive Cussler, Craig Dirgo
Berkley Trade, 2004
Plenty of food onboard.
I am reading the Oregon files out of order, making it all the more fun for me. Here are some quick observations: The best of the bunch, hands down, is "Plague Ship"; in that novel, Juan Cabrillo's prosthetic limb is mentioned more than once, and yet there's no mention of it in "Sacred Stone"; there ...
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The Overlook (Harry Bosch)
Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
A Great Overlook!!!
+ New case, old problem
+ Bare Bones Bosch
This current Harry Bosch offering by Michael Connelly is just as exciting as all his other Harry Bosch offerings. Michael is an expert in writing detective novels, as he was a Crime Reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Harry is a Detective for the Hollywood Special Homicide Division and his first ...
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The Whole Truth
David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Another great read from Baldacci
+ Political fiction
+ A little too close to "the whole truth" for comfort
As usual David Baldacci does an excellent job of character development and making the plot understandable. Even though you know the good guys are going to come out ahead, there are enough twists and turns in the story to make some part of your brain doubt that and make you wonder what's going to ...
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Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22)
Jonathan Kellerman
Ballantine Books, 2008
An Old Friend. . .
+ Middle of the Road for me.
I have done a lot of Kellerman's books on audio; John Rubenstein is a superb reader. I purchased this Kellerman out of state while fleeing Hurricane Ike, and needed something to read in my motel room.
This is the latest in a long series of Delaware books, and the reader is assumed to know his ...
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The First Patient
Michael Palmer
St. Martin's Press, 2008
The First Patient is First Rate
+ Great Political/Medical Thriller
+ The First Patient
+ The First Patient
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Stalked
Brian Freeman
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008
This Is What A Thriller Should Be
+ Politics and Sex Don't Mix
+ Well-crafted, intricate thriller/mystery
+ amazing
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Caught Stealing: A Novel
Charlie Huston
Ballantine Books, 2005
Fast paced, violent, raw, and still very fun.
+ Good book if you hate to read
+ A little violent at times but a good read
+ The Cat
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A Dangerous Man: A Novel
Charlie Huston
Ballantine Books, 2006
Mind Blowing
+ Our Beloved Hank Thompson....
+ Wow!
+ Great end to a great trilogy
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Careless in Red: A Novel
Elizabeth George
Harper, 2008
One of Her Best
Since others have outlined the plot I won't go into detail on that. Suffice it to say the stricken Thomas Lynley, mourning the loss of his murdered wife, has set off on a long walk intended to help him sort out his grief. When he discovers the body of a dead youth he becomes first a suspect and ...
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The Foreign Correspondent: A Novel
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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Creation in Death (In Death)
J.D. Robb
Putnam Adult, 2007
Well-done!!!
+ A gripping continuation of the series
I've been reading J.D. Robb for years, well, from the inception of the Eve Dallas series. I've always liked this series a great deal, although I'm not a big fan of "Science Fiction", per se. However, this series is set in the immediate future of the 2050's initially, so it's not so far-flung that ...
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