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Killer View
Ridley Pearson
Putnam Adult, 2008
Atmospheric wilderness thriller
+ Frozen Quest
+ True Page Turner
+ A Killer Book!
+ A Non-Stop Roller Coaster Ride
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A Prisoner of Birth
Jeffrey Archer
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Lord Archer is back with a bang!
+ Fantastic audio book
+ Excellent. The Jeffrey Archer we know is back
+ Far Fetched and Predictable, But an Enjoyable Read
+ I READ THIS IN TWO DAYS!!
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The Front
Patricia Cornwell
Putnam Adult, 2008
Poor
I am a Patricia Cornwell fan, but am finding myself questioning as of late WHY???!!! The Front was slow to start and when it did pick up speed, it faltered once again.
Though there were limited pages, it didn't captivate; forcing one to wonder if it was a rushed publication.
Nevertheless, ...
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Buckingham Palace Gardens: A Novel (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)
Anne Perry
Ballantine Books, 2008
An avid thriller
+ Excellent but not her best
+ Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry
+ A GOOD, JUICY MURDER WITH ONLY ONE FLAW...
+ Great rainy afternoon reading
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The Savage Detectives: A Novel
Roberto Bolano
Picador, 2008
A masterpiece
+ Imperfectly entertaining
The Savage Detectives, the Mexican novel of a Chilean writer that spent his last years of life in Barcelona, is one of the few masterpieces that Latin America has produced during the last years. The language skills, the rhythm, the story, the characters, everything is first class literature in this ...
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In the Woods
Tana French
Viking Adult, 2007
From S. Krishna's Books
Detective Robert Ryan thought he left his past behind him. He changed his name, and it's been years since he's seen anyone from "back then." There's no one to associate him with Adam Ryan, the boy who was a witness to a crime in the woods of Knocknaree, a Dublin suburb. There were three of them ...
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The Memory Keeper's Daughter
Kim Edwards
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
A real page turner
I am so stunned by all of the negative reviews on this book! I think I tend to be very critical of books, and have a very short list of favorites. I absolutely loved this book. I thought the characters were very well-developed, and the author's writing positively flowed. The relationships ...
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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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Dark of the Moon
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2007
Strong Start to New Sanford Series
+ 1st Audio Book
+ John Sandford Does it Again with Phantom Prey
With Dark of the Moon John Sanford, the author of the Lucas Davenport series, begins a new detective series with the central character being one Virgil Flowers. In this novel, the laconic Flowers tracks down the clues to solve a case that had the local police baffled. Dark of the Moon is an ...
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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 Shell Game
Steve Alten
Sweetwater Books, 2008
This should be required reading!
+ Gutsy writing! and Solid.
+ A Must Read
This book should be required reading for all voters before the election. Steve Alten takes you through the twists and turns of both real and immaginary political chicanery.
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All the Pretty Horses
Cormac Mccarthy
Vintage, 1993
Definitely a Acquired Taste
+ A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature
+ a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?
+ Breathtaking and... breathless
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Running Scared
Ken Douglas
Bootleg Press, 2003
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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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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Plague Ship (Oregon Files)
Clive Cussler
Putnam Adult, 2008
One of Cussler's best novels
+ Another nice one
+ Plague ship
I have read many of Clive Cussler's novels, and I consider this to be one of his best. Since other reviewers have discussed the plot, I will comment on other aspects of the story.
The characters or larger than life, but not ridiculously so. The same is true of the Chairman's ship. What I liked ...
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