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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 Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
James Lee Burke
Simon & Schuster, 2007
The TinRoof Blowdown
+ "I wasn't sure New Orleans would survive."
Great story line and characters - James Lee Burke just gets better and better. His research is excellent and I should know as I live in SW LA.
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Hold Tight
Harlan Coben
Dutton Adult, 2008
Terror of parenting today
+ No Title
+ If it ain't broke, don't fix it!
Prominent surgeon Mike Baye and his wife Tia are in mental torment about their son, sixteen year old Adam who has undergone a complete change of character in the last six months. Adam's best friend committed suicide for no apparent reason and Adam has turned into a sullen, unresponsive boy who ...
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The Last Juror
John Grisham
Delta, 2006
good book
+ The Last Juror by John Grisham
+ A View of a Changing Mississippi as Seen by a "Yankee" from Memphis
+ Return to the fold
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Terminal: A Burke Novel (Burke Novels)
Andrew Vachss
Pantheon, 2007
Pulls no punches
+ Best Burke yet!
Ever since my wife brought me "Hard Candy" while in the hospital I have been hooked on Andrew Vachss' writing.
While many writers in this genre get tedious with their characters after a while, Vachss keeps his main man Burke refreshingly alive and different with each new novel!
I make it the ...
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Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels)
Robert B. Parker
Putnam Adult, 2008
Love Jesse...Hate Jenn
+ I love Jesse Stone
+ Crow is back ...
I love this Jesse Sone novel. If you like Jesse you will like this book. It is more of the "same".
That being said...
I am sick of Jenn. Enough of her already! Get over her!
Enough drinking for Jesse. That is getting old.
I enjoy reading all of the Jesse Stone novels. I love the character. ...
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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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The Burnt House: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel (Peter Decker & Rina Lazarus Novels)
Faye Kellerman
William Morrow, 2007
Another excellent Decker-Lazarus mystery
+ Got the Brass Ring!
This suspenseful, entertaining mystery begins as a commuter plane crashes into an apartment house in California's West San Fernando Valley, not far from the Deckers' house, and bursts into flames. The LAPD's Lieutenant Peter Decker is called to the scene. The crash, later found to be caused by a ...
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L.A. Outlaws
T. Jefferson Parker
Dutton Adult, 2008
Allison Murietta Will Knock You Out
+ Great character
+ A Better Mousetrap
I am always a tiny bit wary of female characters created by male authors. I don't know -- sometimes male authors don't seem to get into the mindset of the female character. That is NOT the case in T. Jefferson Parker's "LA Outlaws". Allison Murietta is an extremely dynamic and well realized ...
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Plain Truth
Jodi Picoult
Washington Square Press, 2007
Judgment without mercy will produce evil
+ Plain Truth
+ A very interesting insight into the Amish world
+ Plain Truth
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Interred with Their Bones
Jennifer Lee Carrell
Dutton Adult, 2007
Loved the treasure hunt
+ Adequate - Shakespearean Indiana Jones?
+ outstanding read
+ A fun read
+ Puzzled?????????????
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The Killing Ground (Sean Dillon)
Jack Higgins
Putnam Adult, 2008
Sean Dillon is back!
+ Solid and familiar
Sean Dillon is back & in especially good form! I love these characters! Jack Higgins is a master at painting a picture that you mind can see - LOVE it!
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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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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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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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