Foreign Body26 reviews Robin Cook Putnam Adult, 2008 I disagree with the poor reviews - I liked it! I've been reading Robin Cook books for somewhere around 20 years and I continue to love them. I enjoyed this book immensely. Yes, he tends to recycle a couple of characters, but overall I enjoy the writing style because it's familiar. I always know what I'm getting with Cook - an entertaining ...             The Overlook (Harry Bosch)192 reviews Michael Connelly Little, Brown and Company, 2007 Great Reading + good thriller, not the best Bosch story Like all Michael Connelly books this is great reading. I enjoyed it from the very beginning to the very end. I highly recommend it.             The Reapers: A Thriller29 reviews John Connolly Atria, 2008 Cold violence This is an extremely violent book, peopled by characters who seem to have no sense of right or wrong and who are able to kill a designated person without the slightest qualm. A "reaper" is a killer who has been especially trained to kill other killers, under a contract from a crime boss. It took me ...             Book of the Dead (Kay Scarpetta, No. 15)647 reviews Patricia Cornwell Putnam Adult, 2007 the more i read the more i wanted to know what next....... Very interesting book. I never read any of her books before but this was definitely a book to read. The more i read the more i wanted to know what was going to happen next. Just great. You will not be dissapointed with this book.             Silent in the Sanctuary54 reviews Deanna Raybourn Mira, 2008 Her own woman + Worth reading! + Enjoyable read + Angieville: SILENT IN THE SANCTUARY + Beautifully written, slow-paced mystery             After Dark (Vintage International)78 reviews 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 ...             Grotesque (Vintage International)44 reviews Natsuo Kirino Vintage, 2008 Spoiled by last section A long book, written in several autobiographical sections narrating the action from contradictory points of view. It's an innovative and engaging structure. For me, this novel had three distinct parts. (1) commentary on Japanese treatment of women as students and professionals, with a focus ...             Christine Falls: A Novel67 reviews 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 ...             The Memory Keeper's Daughter873 reviews Kim Edwards Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006 Freeze Frame + What a memory!!! On a snowy winter night in 1964, Dr. David Henry is forced to deliver his twins and makes a split-second decision that forever alters theh lives of everyone involved. When it is apparent to him that his daughter has Down's Syndrome, he asks the nurse to take her to an institution, without telling ...             Now and Then70 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2007 SPENSER AND HAWK AND VINNIE AND CHOLO The four musketeers ride again! Yes, I got carried away, but this foursome is fearsome and Vinnie, a hired gun, will shoot anything that moves if he doesn't understand it. Cholo, another hired gun, is a bit slower to 'ace' people, but not by much. As Hawk says to Spenser at one point, "That's ...             All the Pretty Horses301 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1993 A Masterpiece + A compelling story that sacrifices some of its insight, in favor of action and adventure + A beautiful masterpiece of Western literature + a raw yet elegant coming of age story; hablas espagnol?             Stone Cold139 reviews David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing, 2007 wants more + Best of Camel Club series + keep getting better! + Stone Cold + Fast Paced             The Lemur: A Novel10 reviews Benjamin Black Picador, 2008 Short Book, Great Mystery The book cover caught my eye first: a cloud of smoke obscuring the face of a young man. Then, the author's name. By now most avid fiction readers are aware that Benjamin Black is the pseudonym for John Banville, a respected and prize-winning author. I enjoyed Christine Falls, so some weeks ...             Bel Canto (P.S.)584 reviews Ann Patchett Harper Perennial, 2005 A Song of Love + Loved the book, just not the ending + Awesome! You won't be able to put it down! + Almost spectacular             The Brass Verdict: A Novel83 reviews Michael Connelly Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Mickey Haller, the "Lincoln Lawyer" is back! + Connelly has crafted a novel that may eclipse some of his others + One of the Best + Brass verdict + The Brass Verdict Hits the Mark             Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)278 reviews Lee Child Delacorte Press, 2008 Messing with G?d and war... still a MASTER! First of all let me clarify something. There's clearly a campaign in Amazon against this book. You have hundreds of dismal reviews based on one thing only: Child messed with WAR PROFETEERING creeps! and the usual fascist monkeys came out to oppose this book. Pitiful. Specially from the ones ...             Touchstone25 reviews Laurie R. King Bantam, 2007 wow, you king readers are tough + One of my favorites this year... + Well-written but not her best ok, maybe this is not great and eternal literature, but it was a fun and exhilarhating ride. i mean, at this point you have given it the same score as dianna raybourn, which is ridiculous. i am a long time king fan and i think this is one of her best.             Dead Ringer37 reviews 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             Second Glance: A Novel97 reviews Jodi Picoult Washington Square Press, 2004 Unputdownable + How can you not like Jodi? + Not Enough Hours in the Day + Several Glances Back             Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)102 reviews John Sandford Putnam Adult, 2008 Masterful jewel + Lucas is still hot as every. + Another hit for Sandford Sandford has his hero, Lucas Davenport, currently of the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, musing early that life is just chaotic, happenings that save, or take, lives. Weather, his wife and a medical doctor, believes in cause-and-effect. After a bloodily murderous story, Davenport convincingly ...