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.
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
Bangkok Haunts49 reviews
John Burdett

Knopf, 2007

Police Procedural - Thai Style

+ A murder mystery featuring a buddhist pimp cop, who would have guessed?
+ more Thai stories

Thailand, poverty stricken and seething with mysticism, is the brilliant setting for this police procedural - Thai style. When mesmerizing prostitute Damrong becomes the star of a well produced snuff film, Detective Sonchai Jitplecheep calls in his farang (westerner) friend - "almost" lover ...
  
  











  



  
The Front219 reviews
Patricia Cornwell

Putnam Adult, 2008

Can't Wait to read

Looking forward to reading this - purchased several Cornwell books and reading them in order of date published. Excellent author!
  
  











  



  
The Echo Maker: A Novel102 reviews
Richard Powers

Picador, 2007

surreal landscape that sucks you in...

+ Intelligent and entertaining

Powers knows how to suck you into the turmoil and conflict in a character's life. This book deserves all the accolades it received. I could not put this down. Great stuff on identity, sibling relationships, what it means to be intimate after decades in a romantic relationship, and how we are ...
  
  











  



  
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"
  
  











  



  
Beautiful Lies: A Novel76 reviews
Lisa Unger

Three Rivers Press, 2006

Superb First Novel

+ Taking Chances
+ Beautiful Lies.
+ Couldn't put this one down.
  
  











  



  
The Blonde24 reviews
Duane Swierczynski

St. Martin's Griffin, 2007

The Life of an Assassin Isn't As Easy As You Think

+ The Kiss of Death
+ Cool Book
+ Pulp Fiction is Alive and Well with Swierczynski
+ Explosive first half, loses steam toward the end.
  
  











  



  
Interred with Their Bones62 reviews
Jennifer Lee Carrell

Dutton Adult, 2007

The search for the "real" Shakespeare

+ Adequate - Shakespearean Indiana Jones?

This exciting and well-written book has two intersecting storylines: one is the search for a missing play by Shakespeare, and the other is the quest to determine who really wrote the plays attributed to him. It's a fast paced book, and it takes the main characters through all of the various ...
  
  











  



  
Death's Little Helpers15 reviews
Peter Spiegelman

Vintage, 2006

Glad I Read TIME Magazine

+ Mystery suspense at its best
+ Excellent mystery

I recently picked up a copy TIME Magazine and read the article on 5 mystery books/authors that you shouldn't miss. Usually I'm skeptical of professional reviews, but I'm happy to say that this one was spot on as far as Death's Little Helpers, by Peter Spiegelman, is concerned. The story and ...
  
  











  



  
Dead Heat47 reviews
Dick Francis, Felix Francis

Putnam Adult, 2007

Food Poisoning & Bombs. Let's Pray Dick Francis is Here to Stay

+ This still has the identifiable Francis touch
+ Getting There
+ He's back!
  
  











  



  
Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels)44 reviews
Kathy Reichs

Scribner, 2008

Devil Bones

+ Wonderful sinister characters complicate this story

The content of this book is great-I am a fan of Kathy Reichs. The actual book arrived promptly and in very good shape. I use Amazon quite a bit as I am an avid recycler.
  
  











  



  
Dark of the Moon90 reviews
John Sandford

Putnam Adult, 2007

use your imagination and just read for enjoyment

+ Sandford brings us Flowers
+ A totally fascinating crime genre novel by a master
+ If You Like The Prey Series Check This
  
  











  



  
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.
  
  











  



  
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 ...
  
  











  



  
The Cruel Stars of the Night: A Mystery (Ann Lindell Mysteries)7 reviews
Kjell Eriksson

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Build slowly to WOW

+ A New Star for American Readers
+ It's more a psychiatric study than a real mistery

Laura Hindersten's professor father has gone missing and, while he may have just took off without telling her (though tyrannical, he is exceptionally eccentric), she is convinced something horrible has happened to him. The members of the Uppsala Violent Crime Division are certain the professor ...
  
  











  



  
Secret Dead Men7 reviews
Duane Swierczynski

PointBlank, 2006

Soul Man

+ Wonderfully Imaginative
+ Swierczynski is a master of the imagination
+ A Weird and Infinitely Compelling Read
+ Check into the "Brain Hotel"
  
  











  



  
Clockers: A Novel32 reviews
Richard Price

Picador, 2008

Brilliant, mind blowing and extremely well researched

+ Evolution of an Author
+ Exceptional
+ Beyond its genre...
  
  











  



  
Hurricane7 reviews
Ken Douglas

Bootleg Press, 2008

Lots of Action, Tension too

+ Drugs, Guns, Boats and a Hurricane, too
+ Good quick read
+ Lots of Chase Scenes in this Action Packed Thriller
+ Fast-Paced, Action-Packed Sailing Adventure