Up Close and Dangerous: A Novel102 reviews Linda Howard Ballantine Books, 2007 Romantic Suspense at it's Best + Up Close & Dangerous + More Romance than Action ... And That's OK! + Not deserving of all the flack!!             The Rainmaker347 reviews John Grisham Delta, 2005 David v. Goliath + Slapstick Look at the Ambulance Chasing Side of Legal Practice + Loved it! + One of his best!!             Step on a Crack186 reviews James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge Little, Brown and Company, 2007 Group takes over St. Patrick's Cathedral to hold hostages A new cop is introduced in this book, Senior Detective Michael Bennett, Homicide Department of the NYPD. Bennett and his dying wife, Maeve, had ten children all of which were adopted from various areas of the world, had had a fantastic life together as a family. Maeve had untreatable cancer and ...             The Darkest Evening of the Year214 reviews Dean Koontz Bantam, 2007 A harrowing, spine-tingling, suspense thriller. + There Ought to be a Law + A slight improvement over recent Koontz books This novel is made for dog lovers, so if you are one of those persons, you can't go wrong. Yes, there are references to dog abuse and neglect, because the main protagonist, Amy, is deeply involved with Golden rescue. However, anyone that is a dog advocate knows these situations do occur and that ...             Desperation Moon26 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 Great find! + Non-Stop Action + A New Fan + A Book I Could Not Put Down             Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12)279 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 ...             Hold Tight135 reviews Harlan Coben Dutton Adult, 2008 Harlan Coben is Magic + Good thriller that goes too many places + A Gripping Tale + Coben at his best + Harlan Coben Never Disappoints             The Crime Writer19 reviews Gregg Hurwitz Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008 Highly Recommended + Different, but in a Good Way + Great Noir Spin What a great read! Although it took me a few chapters to get into the story (it's told in alternating real-time and past-tense chapters), this was one thriller that grabs on and never lets go. I've read other Gregg Hurwitz titles, but THE CRIME WRITER is the first one that had me reading late ...             Bones (Alex Delaware, No. 23)14 reviews Jonathan Kellerman Ballantine Books, 2008 A Grim Treasure Trove... + The presentation is arguably worth the price of admission all by itself + Give Chance a chance + Kept my interest...took a while to figure out "who done it"             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 ...             Bad Luck and Trouble (Jack Reacher, No. 11)180 reviews Lee Child Delacorte Press, 2007 Reacher follows in the literary Rambo's footsteps + best of jack reacher + Reacher Strikes Again! + Lee Child delivers again.             7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club)117 reviews James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Great Book! + 7th Heaven + 7th Heaven + Hot! Hot! Hot!             Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole)71 reviews Robert Crais Simon & Schuster, 2008 Great book, great series overall + Another great book I had never read any books by Robert Crais prior to 2 months ago when I picked up Chasing Darkness. I had seen the name Elvis Cole here and there and thought any book with a PI named Elvis was probably going to be a joke, literally and figuratively. I am glad I overcame my own foolish ...             The Third Angel: A Novel45 reviews Alice Hoffman Shaye Areheart Books, 2008 A Magically Delicious Read! + Lovely + Wistful and sad + Wow Excellent Book             Stone Cold139 reviews David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing, 2007 wants more + Best of Camel Club series + keep getting better! + Stone Cold + Fast Paced             The Appeal453 reviews John Grisham Doubleday, 2008 Excellent gritty tale + A rebuttal to the 1 and 2 stars: Intelligent, thought-provoking, and well-told thriller grounded firmly in the political landscape around us. Definitely worth a read, as it will ignite thought and conversation for a while afterward.             The Broker580 reviews John Grisham Delta, 2006 I thought it was great! From the first page I couldn't put this down! The whole realm of witness Protection was very intriguing!             The Last Juror535 reviews John Grisham Delta, 2006 good book + The Last Juror by John Grisham + A View of a Changing Mississippi as Seen by a "Yankee" from Memphis + A View of a Changing Mississippi as Seen by a "Yankee" from Memphis             Compulsion (Alex Delaware, No. 22)78 reviews Jonathan Kellerman Ballantine Books, 2008 Compulsion + Always Great + Great Quick Read Kellerman's Character Alex Delaware is awesome, I can't put the book down until I have read the entire book, so I wait until Friday night and start reading until Saturday... When I read it is like a movie for me, everything else goes away,,, great book             Careless in Red: A Novel130 reviews Elizabeth George Harper, 2008 Thomas Lynley continues his journey + Careless in Red ....metaphorically speaking. This is a first for George. As with all of her stories featuring Thomas Lynley there is a crime which must be solved, but in this case the crime is really incidental to the main thrust of the story, which is Lynley's journey (both physically and emotionally ...