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The Sandman Vol. 4: Season of Mists
Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones, ...
Vertigo, 1994
I always suspected Thor had no manners . . .
+ A splendid story about Hell
+ THIS IS THE REAL DEAL
+ Season of Mists Is The First To Astound Me
+ Graphic SF Reader
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
Vintage, 1989
An American Classic
+ Cain Proably Influenced Kerouac [98]
+ Excellent
+ Morality Play
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A Judgement in Stone
Ruth Rendell
Vintage, 2000
The Best of the Best
+ Another Rendall Knockout
+ Parchment Face and the Absence of Affect
+ a unique crime novel
+ Ruth Rendell is the best
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The Lincoln Lawyer: A Novel
Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company, 2005
Bravo
+ Revealing and Engaging
+ One of Connelly's Best
+ Loved It!
+ The best Connelly I've read
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Vanish (Jane Rizzoli, Book 5)
Tess Gerritsen
Ballantine Books, 2006
The American Dream
+ Couldn't Put It Down
+ Great Read...
+ Disturbing but Satisfying
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Persuader (Jack Reacher Novels)
Lee Child
Dell, 2004
efficient, quality service
+ Ok but not brilliant
+ Satisfying
+ One of Lee Child's Best Reacher Novel
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The Big Sleep
Raymond Chandler
Vintage, 1988
"Tough Like Some Guys Think They Are Tough"
+ Where it all began
+ One of the earliest detective noir fiction books
Before Jim Thompson's nihilistic, tough guy crime fiction, and long before smart-talking private detectives like Robert Crais' Elvis Cole or Dennis Lehane's Patrick Kenzie, there was Raymond Chandler and his prototype hard boiled PI, Phillip Marlowe. While Hammett's Sam Spade pre-dates Marlowe's ...
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Winter Prey
John Sandford
Berkley, 1994
The Best Prey So Far...
+ Lucas is at it again
+ Winter, Weather ,and the Iceman Cometh
+ Lucas Davenport chases a killer in the frozen wilderness
+ My Favorite Prey Novel
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The Time Machine (Signet Classics)
H.G. Wells
New American Library, 2002
Wells blends Genre's with ease
+ Excellent!!
+ Early Sci-Fi Masterpiece
+ The epic tale of all time
+ The Time Machine By H.G. Wells
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The Quiet Game
Greg Iles
Signet, 2000
Greg Iles Sets High Expectations
+ Very entertaining
+ 6 stars !!!!
+ Another great Greg Iles read
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Replay
Ken Grimwood
Harper Paperbacks, 1998
Do-over
+ Unforgettable
+ What if you could really Do It Again?
+ Fantastic Read!
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The Killer Inside Me
Jim Thompson
Vintage, 1991
Guaranteed to make you squirm.
+ Good enough to buy twice?
+ A classic that still packs a huge punch
+ Chilling. Great read.
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The Rainmaker
John Grisham
Delta, 2005
David v. Goliath
+ Slapstick Look at the Ambulance Chasing Side of Legal Practice
+ Loved it!
+ One of his best!!
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What Came Before He Shot Her
Elizabeth George
Harper, 2007
Stunning
+ A compelling work of imagination
+ Not perfect, but oh - what a trip!
Not the usual Elizabeth George mystery, but a stunning and depressing study of the lives of the poor and down and out in London. I can understand why some would not like it, it is hard to read, harder to put down and difficult to forget. So many people are trying to do the right thing and live ...
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Tell No One
Harlan Coben
Dell, 2002
LOVED LOVED LOVED
+ Greatest of its genre
+ I could not put this down
I took the day off and pulled this book off my shelf. Bought it YEARS ago, but never got around to reading it. I went to the UCLA writers weekend and heard Harlan speak in a writer's conversation and vowed to take time to read all the books I have bought of his that I never got around to read -and ...
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