Priest: A Novel (Jack Taylor Series)11 reviews Ken Bruen St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Irish Noir + Kne Bruens's the Priest + Pitch-black noir in Galway There is no joy for Jack Taylor. This book is like a train wreck. A glorious , noir train wreck that you wouldn't look away from even if you could. The running dialog inside Jacks head is a fascinating window into the mind of a man that reads voraciously out of a desperate need to mask the pain. An ...             Hollywood Station97 reviews Joseph Wambaugh Vision, 2007 Back with the LAPD 14 years A.C.G. (After Chief Gates) + The King is Back! + Don't Miss It! + One of the best books on audio--funny as Wodehouse             Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel (Arkady Renko Novels)93 reviews Martin Cruz Smith Simon & Schuster, 2007 Remarkably good at details of Russian life + Arkady Is Back! + Arkady Fan + Modern Russia v. Arkady             Body of Lies: A Novel59 reviews David Ignatius W. W. Norton, 2007 Instantly gripping, yet in the end it doesn't fully live up... Not many novels have been able to grip me from the very first sentence like `Body of Lies'. From that first word almost I felt as though I was being compelled to turn each page and finish each chapter. The opening sequence is mapped out so beautifully, with enough detail to satisfy our curiosity ...             Anarchy and Old Dogs (Soho Crime)9 reviews Colin Cotterill Soho Crime, 2007 `I'm a coroner, not a fortune-teller.' + great late 1970s Laos mystery + Best So Far in a Wonderful Series + Exotic setting and unique perspective             Mistress of the Art of Death63 reviews Ariana Franklin Putnam Adult, 2007 brutal and intense, but great characters and plot + "Bones" set in the 12th Century! I love a good historical mystery, and this was terrific in so many ways, but first a caveat: this plot deals with a series of child torture-murders (oh, I DO wish people would find something ELSE to write about!), and a number of scenes are graphic and brutal and horrific. As much as I enjoyed ...             A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O Novels)24 reviews James Church St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Raymond Chandler in Pyongyang??? + He's real, to a point, Lord Copper + ...and now for something a little different A remarkable and unexpected book, featuring the most unlikely of protagonists in Inspector O, a latter-day Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. Except that Inspector O is North Korean, a servant of the world's last Stalinist state and a government that makes Idi Amin's Uganda seem rational and ...             The Shotgun Rule: A Novel21 reviews Charlie Huston Ballantine Books, 2007 Brilliant! + Do you really have to see it - to call it? + Gritty to an Extreme, but Effective + 'Stand By Me' on steroids + Not for Those with Weak Stomaches             Half the Blood of Brooklyn: A Novel20 reviews Charlie Huston Del Rey, 2007 Hardboiled vampires--violent and edgy + out of the frying pan into the fire + Another winner! Joe Pitt is going through a rough time. His girlfriend is dying of AIDS, he's lost his independence and is working as enforcer for the Society, and then there's the little matter of being a vampire--with the attendant need for blood. Fortunately, Joe doesn't have much by way of morals, which helps ...             The Savage Garden32 reviews Mark Mills Putnam Adult, 2007 A Great Read + A Weekend in Tuscany + Great Story + A great weekend read             The Secret Servant (Gabriel Allon)100 reviews Daniel Silva Putnam Adult, 2007 Best Daniel Silva Ever + good reads, but......... + A must read spy thriller + Silva proves once again why he is just so good....             Voices: A Thriller (Reykjavik Thriller)9 reviews Arnaldur Indridason St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Dreaming of a Black Christmas + The Story Just Gets Better and Better as it Goes Along + The best one yet! + Raises what used to be seen as "only" a subgenre to a literary form             The Midnight Choir12 reviews Gene Kerrigan Europa Editions, 2007 Great characters; intriguing plot; local color + Everyone made interesting and plausible + Top Notch Irish Procedural + Celtic Tiger Ireland             Body of Lies: A Novel59 reviews David Ignatius W. W. Norton, 2007 Instantly gripping, yet in the end it doesn't fully live up... Not many novels have been able to grip me from the very first sentence like `Body of Lies'. From that first word almost I felt as though I was being compelled to turn each page and finish each chapter. The opening sequence is mapped out so beautifully, with enough detail to satisfy our curiosity ...             The Shotgun Rule: A Novel21 reviews Charlie Huston Ballantine Books, 2007 Brilliant! + Do you really have to see it - to call it? + Gritty to an Extreme, but Effective + 'Stand By Me' on steroids + Not for Those with Weak Stomaches             Hollywood Station97 reviews Joseph Wambaugh Vision, 2007 Back with the LAPD 14 years A.C.G. (After Chief Gates) + The King is Back! + Don't Miss It! + One of the best books on audio--funny as Wodehouse             Anarchy and Old Dogs (Soho Crime)9 reviews Colin Cotterill Soho Crime, 2007 `I'm a coroner, not a fortune-teller.' + great late 1970s Laos mystery + Best So Far in a Wonderful Series + Exotic setting and unique perspective             Half the Blood of Brooklyn: A Novel20 reviews Charlie Huston Del Rey, 2007 Hardboiled vampires--violent and edgy + out of the frying pan into the fire + Another winner! Joe Pitt is going through a rough time. His girlfriend is dying of AIDS, he's lost his independence and is working as enforcer for the Society, and then there's the little matter of being a vampire--with the attendant need for blood. Fortunately, Joe doesn't have much by way of morals, which helps ...             A Corpse in the Koryo (Inspector O Novels)24 reviews James Church St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007 Raymond Chandler in Pyongyang??? + He's real, to a point, Lord Copper + ...and now for something a little different A remarkable and unexpected book, featuring the most unlikely of protagonists in Inspector O, a latter-day Sam Spade or Philip Marlowe. Except that Inspector O is North Korean, a servant of the world's last Stalinist state and a government that makes Idi Amin's Uganda seem rational and ...             The Secret Servant (Gabriel Allon)100 reviews Daniel Silva Putnam Adult, 2007 Best Daniel Silva Ever + good reads, but......... + A must read spy thriller + Silva proves once again why he is just so good....