Beautiful Lies: A Novel74 reviews Lisa Unger Three Rivers Press, 2006 A stellar first novel! + Beautiful Lies. + Couldn't put this one down. + wonderful writing             One Good Turn: A Novel57 reviews Kate Atkinson Back Bay Books, 2007 "Boxes within boxes, dolls within dolls, worlds within worlds..." + A perfect piece of literature! + Great read! In the second of her Jackson Brodie series (after Case Histories: A Novel and before When Will There Be Good News?: A Novel), Kate Atkinson creates a series of bizarre characters, all involved with murder--either planning it, committing it, or trying to avoid it. Many seemingly unrelated ...             Stone Cold137 reviews David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing, 2007 keep getting better! + Stone Cold + Fast Paced + Good reading             Devil Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels)32 reviews Kathy Reichs Scribner, 2008 She hit it out of the ball park again! + It's all right Kathy Reichs is a genius! I honestly don't know how she does it all but I love her descriptions and the way she can use language to paint a picture. These books are so packed with science I can use them in the classroom to emphasize topics on Forensics as well as other basic science topics. I ...             The Whole Truth98 reviews David Baldacci Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Another great read from Baldacci + George's Take! + very good read + Political fiction             Running Scared22 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2008 There is Nothing Like a Little Dose of Revenge + Two Brave Women are Running Scared + Two Women in Trouble and Running Scared + Running scared to stay alive... + on the edge             A Dangerous Man: A Novel27 reviews Charlie Huston Ballantine Books, 2006 Our Beloved Hank Thompson.... + Henry Has Come Back to His Beginnings + Wow! + Great end to a great trilogy             Caught Stealing: A Novel69 reviews Charlie Huston Ballantine Books, 2005 Fast paced, violent, raw, and still very fun. + Good book if you hate to read + A little violent at times but a good read + The Cat             Grotesque (Vintage International)45 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 ...             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, ...             Quicksand (Eve Duncan)32 reviews Iris Johansen St. Martin's Press, 2008 Another Iris Johansen winner + Loved it! I'm a big Iris Johansen fan and this book did not disappoint me. Read Pandora's Daughter first, if you haven't already read it. You will understand the character of Megan so much better if you do. I loved the ending of Quicksand! I can't wait for the next book!!             The Quickie284 reviews James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge Little, Brown and Company, 2007 Love James Patterson! + One of the best books I've read I always look forward to reading the next James Patterson book, and this one certainly did not dissapoint me...it was wonderful, suspense filled, and kept me turning pages! I finished it in less than a day...and it left me now to wait for his next one...Keep em coming!             Losing You7 reviews Nicci French St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008 Can't put it down, edge of your seat kind of mystery... + Great thriller with a lot of realism + Gone missing + Daughter abducted! Mother has to find her!             7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club)115 reviews James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Loved 5th, missed 6th, loved 7th + 7th Heaven + Hot! Hot! Hot! + 7th Heaven + Physio for Barbecue             Death's Half Acre14 reviews Margaret Maron Grand Central Publishing, 2008 One of the best in the series + The characters make the book... + A Solid Win for Maron + A 5-Star Read! + Solid and Thoughtful Mystery             Careless in Red: A Novel125 reviews Elizabeth George Harper, 2008 One of Her Best Since others have outlined the plot I won't go into detail on that. Suffice it to say the stricken Thomas Lynley, mourning the loss of his murdered wife, has set off on a long walk intended to help him sort out his grief. When he discovers the body of a dead youth he becomes first a suspect and ...             The Black Path5 reviews Asa Larsson Delta, 2008 exhilarating Swedish police procedural legal thriller + It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This + Just the Beginning In Kiruna, Sweden, the corpse of the woman found on the frozen lake did not require an autopsy to see she was tortured. Police Inspectors Anna-Maria Mella and Sven-Erik Stainacke lead the investigation into identifying who the Jane Doe is and why she was so brutally battered. Anna-Maria ...             Bones (Alex Delaware, No. 23) Jonathan Kellerman Ballantine Books, 2008 When it comes to writing deftly layered, tightly coiled novels of suspense, #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman reigns supreme as “master of the psychological thriller” (People). Now, Kellerman has worked his magic again in this chilling new masterpiece. The anonymous caller has an ominous tone and an unnerving message about something “real dead . . . buried ...             Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole)69 reviews Robert Crais Simon & Schuster, 2008 Another great book + Elvis Has Come Back in the Building + Elvis Cole Makes Mistakes? + Typical Robert Crais Good Book             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 ...