Desperation Moon25 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 Mucho Desperation in this Finely Tuned Thriller + Non-Stop Action + A New Fan + A Book I Could Not Put Down             Protect and Defend: A Thriller111 reviews Vince Flynn Atria Books, 2007 Help us Mitch! + Another winner from Mr. Flynn! + Can't wait for the movie! + Vince Flynn             The Paper Moon (Inspector Montalbano Mysteries)12 reviews Andrea Camilleri Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008 Subtle Sicilian delight + The Ninth Inspector Montalbano Mystery - La Luna di Carta - The Paper Moon by Andrea Camilleri + Well, I thought I had him! + Another great book from Camilleri + All is not as it seems             Buckingham Palace Gardens: A Novel (Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novels)25 reviews Anne Perry Ballantine Books, 2008 Buckingham Palace Gardens by Anne Perry + A GOOD, JUICY MURDER WITH ONLY ONE FLAW... + Great rainy afternoon reading + Anne Perry novels are wonderful             Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone Novels)52 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2008 Maybe the best of the Stone series... Perhaps I was just in the right mood, but I devoured this one in two sittings, and the break I took in order to go to sleep was done regretfully. For a change, the actual suspense/mystery/thriller plot was better than the personal relationships depicted. Thus, it qualified for me as a ...             Last Call: A Novel of Suspense (Jack Swyteck)20 reviews James Grippando Harper, 2007 Theo's history + Underworld revenge + This Mystery Hits Close to Home + A mediocre Grippando             Mercy75 reviews Jodi Picoult Washington Square Press, 2001 Smudged powdered doughnuts! + Love and betrayal... If you have scored this book anything lower than 5 stars, you have temporary insanity! Picoult engages the reader from the very first page and does a phenomenal job going from different characters which share the same story lines: Jamie and Maggie; Allie and Cam; and Cam and Mia. For the book's ...             The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery)25 reviews Donna Leon Atlantic Monthly Press, 2008 The Girl of his Dreams + The Girl of His Dreams + Another very good Brunetti novel + All of Leon's books are wonderful reads, and THE GIRL OF HIS DREAMS stands tall among them.             The Last Patriot: A Thriller100 reviews Brad Thor Atria Books, 2008 A page turner! + a little disappointing + Not Favorite + A very fun, and interesting read. + Forcing the hand of radical Islam?             The Tin Roof Blowdown: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)123 reviews James Lee Burke Simon & Schuster, 2007 Interesting mystery taking place during the most distressing disaster of this country's history. + One Word - Beautiful + Great, until the end... + a good read             The Whole Truth86 reviews David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Good Fast Read I am quickly becoming a David Baldacci fan. This book was excellent. Its cliche to say, but I had a tough time putting it down. The book has the classic tough guy hero with a lady in tow, the impossible situation that they must figure out how to get through. But Baldacci's writes in a way ...             No Country for Old Men (Vintage International)408 reviews Cormac McCarthy Vintage, 2007 no country for old men + Call It + Definitely a Winner haven't read yet but i'll take any bets that it's good. i really like cormac mccarthy.             The Brass Verdict: A Novel Michael Connelly Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his biggest case yet: the defense of Walter Elliott, a prominent studio executive accused of murdering his wife and her lover. But as Haller prepares for the case that could launch him into the big time, ...             All the Pretty Horses293 reviews Cormac Mccarthy Vintage, 1993 Definitely a Acquired Taste + Hauntingly Beautiful Search for the Dead West + Western for the 20th century + Life, death, love, horses and hand rolled cigarettes             Careless in Red: A Novel105 reviews Elizabeth George Harper, 2008 George at her best + `He found the body on the forty-third day of his walk.' + At last they're back + Lynley can't go on. Lynley goes on.             Blood Dreams (Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel)29 reviews Kay Hooper Bantam, 2007 Like the series, not the best of them, though + First Read of Bishop Series Finally! Hooper is back with another paranormal thriller featuring Bishop and the Special Crimes Unit from the FBI. There is a serial killer operating in Boston without remorse. He's killed twelve women in a one month time period, and it seems that the only reason he's gone to ground is because ...             The Savage Detectives: A Novel42 reviews Roberto Bolano Picador, 2008 Original and thought-provoking Although it took me three months to read this book, I thought it was very worthwhile. The first part drew me in with interesting characters, many in the prime of youth and full of idealism and enthusiasm for poetry and love. The second part was, at times, difficult. So many different narrators. ...             Plague Ship (Oregon Files)42 reviews Clive Cussler Putnam Adult, 2008 Great couple of CD's but missing 3rd + The Best Adventure Novel This Year + Cussler does it again! + Plague Ship + Plague Ship             Dakota: A Novel17 reviews Martha Grimes Viking Adult, 2008 Dark Side of the Moon I need to go back and reread BITING THE MOON and discover what I've forgotten about the character Audi Moon. I own all of Martha Grimes' novels and enjoy the slight darkness that follows them even in the delightful Richard Jury series. But DAKOTA left something lacking, it ended as it had begun ...             Moscow Rules31 reviews Daniel Silva Putnam Adult, 2008 He's done it again + Moscow Rules - A Nice Change of Scenery + Another excellent Silva + 4 1/2 Stars...Serpentine Stealth