In Cold Blood420 reviews Truman Capote Vintage, 1994 The reputation is well-deserved... + Crime, punishment, and more + Wow, Great Read! + Compelling and Engrossing             The Stranger Beside Me (Revised and Updated): 20th Anniversary176 reviews Ann Rule Signet, 2001 True crime masterpiece + Great, fascinating book + Very Creepy + Check the locks + Definitive Bundy book.             A Civil Action339 reviews Jonathan Harr Vintage, 1996 A Great Book about Human Nature and the Legal System + Easy Read + A Civil Action, A Review by SpeekNDaTruuf + A page turner that inspired me + A Must Read             The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel546 reviews Margaret Atwood Anchor, 1998 A timeless classic with a unique concept! + Intriguing + Wonderful read... + Masterpiece             The Good Mother: A Novel42 reviews Sue Miller Harper Perennial, 2002 Thought provoking, and explicit. The Selfish Mother? + Truthful and hard-hitting + Fantastic story I just finished this book, and boy am I exhausted. I would have loved to have given this book 5 stars, but Sue Miller's book was a little to overly explicit and graphic about everything. I felt like I was a psychologist or "Shrink" listening to every detail of Anna's (the main charactor) thoughts. ...             Fatal Vision73 reviews Joe McGinniss Signet, 1984 Thanks Freddy and Mildred Kassab. + Best true crime I've ever read + Not McGinniss's best but a classic of the genre + Brilliant, Sad, Truthful, and Painful! + Brilliant             To Kill a Mockingbird1746 reviews Harper Lee Grand Central Publishing, 1988 fantastic on every level + amaziing story + Awesome book This is my all time favorite book, wonderful on so many levels. At the end I cried for the loss of the characters in my life. Simply extraordinary.             Anatomy of a Murder11 reviews Robert Traver St. Martin's Griffin, 1983 "A murder trial is a fascinating pageant." + Superior, Like the Film. + Classic Courtroom Drama - Great Book, Superb Film Adaptation + For Prospective Lawyers + terrific legal thriller             The Client9 reviews John Grisham Delta, 2005 Off to See the Wizard + Tom Sawyer Takes on the Mafia, the FBI, and the Courts + Best Yet + An absolute hit! A true Grisham thriller + see the movie also             A Time to Kill352 reviews John Grisham Dell, 2004 Your Eyes Will Bleed as You Pour Through the Pages + ATime to Kill + Enjoyable read Gwen Hailey calls her husband Carl Lee at work, tells him their daughter, ten-year-old Tonya is missing. Carl Lee isn't all that worried though, because his wife tends to be, well a little protective. However when he gets home he's met with the news that Tonya has been raped by a pair of redneck ...             Beloved79 reviews Toni Morrison Vintage, 2004 a story of guilt + An excellent read I have to admit, I approached this novel with quite a bit of trepidation. It was an Oprah's book club pick, which generally means depressing, and I tend to be leery of "highly acclaimed" books. Maybe a bit of reverse snobbishness. But I've been making a point lately of ignoring my knee-jerk ...             Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)462 reviews Fyodor Dostoyevsky Pocket, 2004 Crime and Punishment ~ Kindle eBook + Dostoyevski at his best unfortunately this translation did him no favors. + Crime and Punishment + Gripping!             The Bonfire of the Vanities155 reviews Tom Wolfe Dial Press Trade Paperback, 2001 The Best Mainstream Novel of the Last Two Decades + 5 stars as a period-piece + Wolfe "Bonefire" - One For The Ages + Bonfired Up + Had me laughing in the first 10 pages. This book is a hoot.             Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel700 reviews David Guterson Vintage, 1995 A Beautiful Story + "Let Fate, Coincidence and Accident Conspire; Human Beings Must Act on Reason..." + A Masterpiece What amazed me about this book was the way the story was told. It's kind of a courtroom drama, kind of a romance, and very much a commentary on the state of a torn and divided nation after World War II. On the North end of Puget Sound there was a murder and the accused, Kabuo Miyamoto is a friend ...             The Rainmaker347 reviews John Grisham Arrow Books Ltd, 1998 David v. Goliath + Loved it! + One of his best!! + A must for any attorney, insurance employee or business person             A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)488 reviews Ernest J. Gaines Vintage, 1997 Book leaves you thinking... + Thought provoking + A Great Book + A Lesson Before Dying             Presumed Innocent: A Novel84 reviews Scott Turow Farrar Straus Giroux, 1987 Must read novel for any legal thriller freaks + Great Book - Thoroughly Enjoyed It + Better than your average beach/airport novel + A Top 10 Mystery Book             Bleak House75 reviews Charles Dickens, Hablot K. Brown Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 A Masterpiece or Simply Too Long and Wanders Too Much? + An ironic title, to be so lovely + Artfully crafted story from Dickens, but takes patience + The not so Bleak House             The Executioner's Song77 reviews Norman Mailer Vintage, 1998 "It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions" - Mailer + A Brilliant, Colossal Project That is Worth Every Page + The Executioner's Song It just starts - no throat-clearing, no overture, no vamping-until-ready. Coming from a writer who had made his reputation slamming doors and banging about the house, leaving the television on in one sentence while simultaneously yelling abuse at the radio and bashing out power chords in another, ...             The Firm398 reviews John Grisham Dell Publishing Company, 1992 awesome page turner + Scott Brick does a good job reading this thriller + Good Read + Grisham at his best