Midnight Rambler: A Novel of Suspense61 reviews James Swain Ballantine Books, 2007 Loved this book I have read all of Mr. Swain's Tony Valentine books and enjoyed each of them. Then I picked up Midnight Rambler. What a surprise! The subject matter of this book is quite a departure from the Tony Valentine books. And while the other books were interesting, I found this book riveting. The pace ...             1st to Die (The Women's Murder Club)545 reviews James Patterson Grand Central Publishing, 2005 Ist to Die + Start of new women-led murder series + Wonderful start to the series This is the first in the Women's Murder Club series and it is the first James Patterson book I've read. He is a popular and prolific writer, and this thriller doesn't disappoint. It may not be great literature, but it is easy reading with very short chapters and it keeps the reader's interest to ...             Play Dirty: A Novel77 reviews Sandra Brown Simon & Schuster, 2007 It's more 3 than 4 + A definite read I think a lot of readers are going to be appalled by this novel. The hero, Griff, is flawed. I ended up liking him though he isn't a very ethical person. He cheated. And that's a no no in professional football. (i.e. Pete Rose!) What he is asked to do in this novel is so far fetched and ...             Killer Heat30 reviews Linda Fairstein Doubleday, 2008 Great Book for Alex Cooper Fans!! + Not as great as the previous novels in the series, but still very enjoyable! + An Outstanding Mystery and a Great Thriller too + Another great book by Linda Fairstein             Special Topics in Calamity Physics257 reviews Marisha Pessl Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 Have Yet to Finish, but its great! + Special Topics In Descriptive Sentences and Tangents This book is very hard to read because there are so many references. It confuses me sometimes because I'm wondering...Who actually knows what the author is talking about? Although, that is what intrigues me. It leaves me guessing! It makes me want to strive to figure out exactly what the author is ...             Forced Out: A Novel116 reviews Stephen Frey Atria, 2008 A Line Drive + Baseball and the Mafia, What a Combination + Good strong character based suspense I tend not to read many thrillers, mysteries, or suspense books. However, I was drawn in by the baseball angle of this Frey book. I enjoyed every minute of this thing. It was truly tasty popcorn. The plot was tight and the characters made me wish that the book were longer.(The idea of a central ...             The Virgin of Small Plains: A Novel39 reviews Nancy Pickard Ballantine Books, 2007 Nancy at her best + What can I say? I liked it! I've read all of Nancy Pickard's novels, and this is one of the most intriguing. The suspension of disbelief required is considerable, so the fact that she still carries off a real page-turner is all the more impressive.             Cross240 reviews James Patterson Little, Brown and Company, 2006 Patterson is great! + Classic Alex Cross Good vs Evil Storytelling + books I loved this book. I also loved the book itself, the size is easy to hold with my arthritic hands, and easier to read with the larger pages.             Hurricane20 reviews Jack Stewart Bootleg Press, 2003 A Mighty Fine Adventure Story + Lots of Chase Scenes in this Action Packed Thriller + A Real Sitting on the Edge of Your Seat Thriller + Drug Smugglers and a Hurricane What a Ride! + Action Packed Book!             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 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 ...             The Shotgun Rule: A Novel24 reviews Charlie Huston Ballantine Books, 2007 Brilliant! + Do you really have to see it - to call it? First, I must say Charlie Huston is one of the most provocative, creating, and brilliant and thought provoking authors of our time. He doesn't scare away from difficult topics like racism, drugs, alcoholism, violence, sexual abuse and parental relationships. The latest Huston novel examines the ...             Lie Down with the Devil (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries)10 reviews Linda Barnes St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008 Reviewing: "Lie Down With The Devil" + Her best ever! + Latest, but short, Carlotta Carlyle sequel entertains her fans The latest in the series finds Carolotta estranged from nearly everyone and not by her choice. Sam Gianelli is on the run somewhere overseas and can't come home because of federal trouble in Vegas. He is refusing all help or contact and with things involving the feds, she isn't going to get much ...             The Broken Window: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel (Lincoln Rhyme)76 reviews Jeffery Deaver Simon & Schuster, 2008 George Orwell and Aldous Huxley are spinning in their graves! + Twists and turns and more + My first Jeffrey Deaver novel + A good team overcomes             Hitman: A Stanley Hastings Mystery (Stanley Hastings Mysteries)1 review Parnell Hall Pegasus Books, 2007 Smart & Funny Stanley Hastings is, like his creator Parnell Hall, smart and funny. Hastings is a New York Private Investigator, like Hall. He doesn't carry a gun, he goes home to his wife, and he tries to do the right thing. In Hitman, Hastings finds himself embroiled in a case far from the usual slip and ...             Blasphemy149 reviews Douglas Preston Forge Books, 2008 A Fantastic Read + Guilty Pleasure for Amateur Science Nerds + Interesting + Think this is fantasy? There's more here than meets the eye!             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.             Plum Lovin' (A Between-the-Numbers Novel) (A Between-the-Numbers Novel)256 reviews Janet Evanovich St. Martin's Press, 2007 Plum Loving + I love these characters! + between-the-numbers fun This is a can not put down book. Janet Evanovich is a great writter. I am working working my way through all of the Plum series, since I got hooked on the first one I read.             Take Me, Take Me with You: A Novel of Suspense13 reviews Lauren Kelly Harper Paperbacks, 2005 Compelling, thrilling and ultimately unsettling. The pace at the start of the story gave me a rush of adrenline. It was superbly crafted, moving in time and presenting the future before the present. The characters were seedy, and the decisions and choices of the protagonist made it hard to root for her. But at the end I accepted her choice ...             Power Play99 reviews Joseph Finder St. Martin's Press, 2007 JOSEPH FINFER IS THE BEST KEPT SECRET + Worth the time to read....four stars + good tech thriller + Finder's 'Power Play'