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Midnight Rambler: A Novel of Suspense
James Swain
Ballantine Books, 2007
Loved this book
+ Entertaining
+ This was my first read of a Swain book
I have read all of Mr. Swain's Tony Valentine books and enjoyed each of them. Then I picked up Midnight Rambler. What a surprise! The subject matter of this book is quite a departure from the Tony Valentine books. And while the other books were interesting, I found this book riveting. The pace ...
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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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The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)
Jeffery Deaver
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Data mining makes your life an open book to whoever has access to it...
+ No such thing as privacy
+ Mystery book
+ another awesome title
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The 6th Target
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Best one in series so far
+ I love James Patterson books
+ Great gift idea for mystery lovers. Spellbinding.
+ The 6th Target
+ Another great book for the series
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Indiana Jones)
James Rollins
Del Rey, 2008
Fun-loving adventurue
+ It's Indie - what can i say!
+ Not bad, Not great...
+ Well written.
+ The Crystal Skull-Paranormal Science
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I Am Legend
Richard Matheson
Tor Books, 2007
The classic tale of the last man on earth
+ Where Have You Gone, Charleton Heston?
+ ... worth it.
+ Great book and literature
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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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After Dark (Vintage International)
Haruki Murakami
Vintage, 2008
Mesmerizing
+ Superb.
+ Intriguing, but with too many loose ends.
I think this is the most down-to-earth novel by Mr. Murakami that is published now but with a touch of his earliest novels. I admire his recent novels but I also love his previous ones. This one has that mysterious, voyeuristic, supernatural, surrealist feeling of his recent novels but somehow, the ...
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Six Bad Things: A Novel
Charlie Huston
Ballantine Books, 2005
RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "IT'S LIKE BEING IN AN INDIANAPOLIS 500 RACE CAR MADE OF DEATH & DRUGS, AND YOUR CAR HAS NO BRAKES!"
+ Love it!
+ Decent Shoot'em Up
+ Charlie Huston rocks!!!
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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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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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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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Bel Canto (P.S.)
Ann Patchett
Harper Perennial, 2005
Stunning and Emotional
+ Almost spectacular
+ Patchett Delivers Again
+ simply wonderful
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Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15)
Patricia Cornwell
Putnam Adult, 2007
is there no happiness in Scarpettta-land
I've been following the Scarpetta crowd for years and usually enjoy their ploits, antics, brilliance, and odd personalities. When this one came out, I didn't even wait for the paperback....I had to know what happens to these larger than life characters created by a great story teller. This is the ...
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Beautiful Lies: A Novel
Lisa Unger
Three Rivers Press, 2006
A stellar first novel!
+ Beautiful Lies.
+ Couldn't put this one down.
+ wonderful writing
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