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Sail
James Patterson, Howard Roughan
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
The Patterson name must be a stamp.
James Patterson has written some memorable thrillers but Sail seems to be written by a ghost writer who is new (or tired) of the genre and pushed to this book on the masses using the Patterson label. Don't get me wrong, this is a quick and easy read, but the characters never seem to grasp the ...
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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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Winter Study (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)
Nevada Barr
G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2008
Nevada Barr's "Winter Study"
+ Following Anna
Anna Pigeon has a Winter Study (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)rather tumultous series of experiences in this book - more than "usual" but held interest and was a 'good read' --
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Sweet Revenge (Goldy Culinary Mystery, Book 14)
Diane Mott Davidson
William Morrow, 2007
Review of "Sweet Revenge"
+ Sweet Revenge
+ Goldy's in hot water again!
The female sleuth here is Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz. The premise of this book is that Goldy is investigating the murder of Drew Wellington, the former district attorney. She was setting up for a breakfast she was to cater in the city library when she and the head librarian find the dead body ...
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Dead Ringer
Ken Douglas
Bootleg Press, 2003
Zips Along Like a Jet Propelled Steam Roller
+ Hard to Put Down
+ What happens when your "death" is greatly exaggerated?
+ Four and a Half Stars for DEAD RINGER
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The 47th Samurai: A Bob Lee Swagger Novel
Stephen Hunter
Simon & Schuster, 2007
A worthy sequel
+ An entertaining book by Stephen Hunter
I enjoyed this latest Swagger novel. It was fun and credible, but not the sort of book that you would like to red again and again. Still, it was worth buying. No regrets.
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Bel Canto (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial, 2005
Stunning and Emotional
+ Patchett Delivers Again
+ simply wonderful
+ Bel Canto
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Limitations
Scott Turow
Picador, 2006
NOT YOUR TYPICAL "LEGAL THRILLER", BUT A DOLLOP OF AMBROSIAL WRITING
If you are looking for what the commercial reviews have billed as yet another classy "legal thriller" in vintage Turow style, then you'll be disappointed. "Limitations" is unlike any of his previous work, and delightfully so.
Not a grave departure, mind you. Not like John Grisham doing a ...
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Third Degree: A Novel
Greg Iles
Scribner, 2007
Good read...
I love the writing style of Greg Iles. This book did not disappoint. I had a hard time getting into it at first but once I did I lost a lot of sleep trying to get through it. The ending was a little disappointing but other than that it was a nice ride to get there.
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Candy Cane Murder
Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, ...
Kensington, 2007
Candy Canes, Warm and Comfortable
+ What Can More Perfect - Three of My Favorites Under One Cover
+ A Tasty Holiday Treat!
This is one of the most wonderful, charming, interesting, and fun books that I have ever read. I was very satisfied when I finished it. This book is three books in one, by three different authors. All three books are fun, very well-written, clever, and entertaining.
"Candy Cane Murder" by Joanne ...
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A Killer's Kiss
William Lashner
William Morrow, 2007
Another great one by William Lashner
+ ANOTHER HIT FOR LASHNER
+ His best yet ...
+ First Lashner but not last
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Tree of Smoke: A Novel
Denis Johnson
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007
On The Cutting Edge of Reality
"Tree of Smoke" is long, yes, and mostly talk. Especially for a war book, keep in mind that it's mostly talk. It's also compelling and riveting in its own unique way. I don't know what I would compare it too, but it's dense like Ken Kesey or Charles Dickens and epic like, say, "Catch 22." It works ...
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The Silver Swan: A Novel
Benjamin Black
Henry Holt and Co., 2008
Dark and Brooding with a Soul that is All too Real
+ Second noir tale establishes Dublin protagonist
+ "The world has fallen asunder": a city of paralysis
+ Depressing, Moody and Good
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Double Cross (Alex Cross)
James Patterson
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Cross keeps getting pulled back in
Alex Cross has been trying to live a more stable life for his children, and for his mental health. However, when a twisted killer - the Audience Killer - who lives for the attention granted by his killings starts to stalk the city, Alex is drawn back in. This killer stages his killings as a ...
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City of the Sun: A Novel
David Levien
Doubleday, 2008
A gut tightening read!
+ For the Lost
+ Gritty and moving
I guess like myself, many UK readers will since this tale involves a child kidnapping and the events a year later inevitably make comparisons in their mind with the widely publicised McCann case, especially in its depiction of the major impact of events on the parents. This is no bad thing in ...
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