Crooked Little Vein: A Novel51 reviews Warren Ellis William Morrow, 2007 Subversive counter-culture satire of detective genre -- great fun! + A disturbingly shocking journey into the limits of bad taste. + warren ellis is awesome Having read some of Ellis's graphic novels, I knew to expect a richly imagined urban landscape filled with the extremes of human behavior, and I wasn't disappointed. By utilzing the genre roadmap of the detective novel, Ellis is able to give free reign to his wonderfully absurdist digressions and ...             The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, Book 1)156 reviews Cecilia Dart-Thornton Aspect, 2002 A disappointment after its terrific beginning This book has a terrific beginning in close third-person as a mute, amnesia-stricken youth with a disfigured face escapes imprisonment. He is grudgingly taken in by an old serving woman in a huge manor-tower reminiscent of Mervin Peake's Gormenghast series with its elaborate hierarchies of ...             Whitethorn Woods (Vintage)84 reviews Maeve Binchy Anchor, 2008 traditions change, too + Heartwarming, Enjoyable Read + A Very Good Read + Echoes of my Irish parents             The Spellman Files: A Novel86 reviews Lisa Lutz Simon & Schuster, 2008 Fun and funny San Francisco-based novel + Great new Series for Evonovich Fanis + Lots of great story lines + the Spellman family + Genre bender             Heartsick84 reviews Chelsea Cain St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Best novel I've read in years! Thirsting for more Cain. + Great read + Deeply Flawed Characters and Mind-Numbing Murders + Heart Sick             Later, at the Bar: A Novel in Stories26 reviews Rebecca Barry Simon & Schuster, 2007 Bittersweet Barflies + Imperfect People in an Imperfect World, Doing the Best That We Can + Great Depiction of Upstate New York + a 5-star book with a 3-star end + A Must Read             Crooked Little Vein: A Novel51 reviews Warren Ellis William Morrow, 2007 Subversive counter-culture satire of detective genre -- great fun! + A disturbingly shocking journey into the limits of bad taste. + warren ellis is awesome Having read some of Ellis's graphic novels, I knew to expect a richly imagined urban landscape filled with the extremes of human behavior, and I wasn't disappointed. By utilzing the genre roadmap of the detective novel, Ellis is able to give free reign to his wonderfully absurdist digressions and ...             The Spellman Files: A Novel86 reviews Lisa Lutz Simon & Schuster, 2008 Fun and funny San Francisco-based novel + Great new Series for Evonovich Fanis + Lots of great story lines + the Spellman family + Genre bender             Whitethorn Woods (Vintage)84 reviews Maeve Binchy Anchor, 2008 traditions change, too + Heartwarming, Enjoyable Read + A Very Good Read + Echoes of my Irish parents             Later, at the Bar: A Novel in Stories26 reviews Rebecca Barry Simon & Schuster, 2007 Bittersweet Barflies + Imperfect People in an Imperfect World, Doing the Best That We Can + Great Depiction of Upstate New York + a 5-star book with a 3-star end + A Must Read             Heartsick84 reviews Chelsea Cain St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Best novel I've read in years! Thirsting for more Cain. + Great read + Deeply Flawed Characters and Mind-Numbing Murders + Heart Sick             The Ill-Made Mute (The Bitterbynde, Book 1)156 reviews Cecilia Dart-Thornton Aspect, 2002 A disappointment after its terrific beginning This book has a terrific beginning in close third-person as a mute, amnesia-stricken youth with a disfigured face escapes imprisonment. He is grudgingly taken in by an old serving woman in a huge manor-tower reminiscent of Mervin Peake's Gormenghast series with its elaborate hierarchies of ...