books: crime and punishment

books: crime and punishment

books:

Crime and punishment

John Grisham

Dell, 2007

Great Book!
This is the very first book that I have read by John Grisham and since then I bought all of his books.

The Lincoln Lawyer : A Novel

Michael Connelly

Little Brown and Company, 2005

-----Another Riveting Story from Michael Connelly-----
Mickey Haller is not your ordinary attorney. He isn't sitting at his desk waiting for clients to approach him. Mickey is driven around in his Lincoln Town Car and usually drums up a little business along the way. His clients are mostly on the seedy side and they too, ...

Crime and Punishment (Enriched Classics)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Pocket, 2004

A towering work of criminal psychology
It's seldom that I root for the evildoer of a novel or movie, but Dostoyevsky definitely had me doing it with "Crime and Punishment". Early in the novel, impoverished student Raskolnikov murders two innocent older women in order to make a quick buck (and also for ...

The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch)

Michael Connelly

Grand Central Publishing, 2007

One of Connelly's best Bosch novels.
Michael Connelly's character, Harry Bosch, is like Sherlock Holmes: so real the reader assumes he is an actual, living person. I've read almost all of the Bosch mysteries, and this is my favorite. Since he's investigating a cold case-his mother's murder-it gives ...

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2002

American Classic
Harper Lee wrote only one novel. And it is probably one of the best books ever written. It's a beautiful story of the South and one incredible and emotional year, all told through the observant and innocent eyes of a little girl called Scout. This is a great book ...

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Vintage, 1993

Crime and Punishment
What can I say that hasn't been said already? This is probably the best fictional study of the effects of guilt and radical ideas on a troubled mind. The prose is flowing, and it's not hard to see why Dostoevsky considered his novels "poems". Dostoevsky's works in ...

The Poet

Michael Connelly

Grand Central Publishing, 1997

Thrilling
I started with Black Ice, I've been hooked on Connelly books ever since. I will say I was hesitant on this book, I don't normally like first person styles, in fact I hate them. But after realizing that good old Harry was somehow involved in a sequel book to The ...

The Inferno (Signet Classics)

Dante Alighieri

Signet Classics, 2001

A powerful translation of a masterpiece
There have been several excellent translations of Dante in the past few years, all worth reading in their own right. But I retain a special affection for John Ciardi's version, as it's the first one I ever read, at the unprepared & overwhelmed age of 15. I knew of its ...

The Harry Bosch Novels: The Black Echo, The Black Ice, The Concrete Blonde

Michael Connelly

Little, Brown and Company, 2001

What's In A Name?
This is not a specific review, but I'd like to merely point out that one of the many admirable qualities of Michael Connelly's writing is that he at least devises sensible names for his characters. One can easily imagine someone named Jerry Edgar or Norman Church or ...

Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer (P.S.)

James L. Swanson

Harper Perennial, 2007

Harrowing "Manhunt"
Most everyone knows that John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln. But few know the broader plan, how history could have changed, how history indeed did change, the minute by minute saga of the planning of the crime and its twelve day aftermath - the Manhunt for ...

Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel

David Guterson

Vintage, 1995

A Beautiful Story
What amazed me about this book was the way the story was told. It's kind of a courtroom drama, kind of a romance, and very much a commentary on the state of a torn and divided nation after World War II. On the North end of Puget Sound there was a murder and the ...

Crime and Punishment (Wordsworth Classics)
Dostoevsky

Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 2000

Introduction and Notes by Dr Keith Carabine, University of Kent at Canterbury Crime and Punishment is one of the greatest and most readable novels ever written. From the beginning we are locked into the frenzied consciousness of Raskolnikov who, against his better instincts, is inexorably drawn to commit a brutal double murder. From that moment ...

Crime and Punishment (Signet Classics)

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Signet Classics, 2006

A Hard Read
This book is excellent but readers should take the time to read the Translator's Preface before jumping in. This will help to understand the names of the characters and other nuances that apply to a book translated from another language. The book is about redemption. ...

The Executioner's Song

Norman Mailer

Vintage, 1998

"It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions" - Mailer
It just starts - no throat-clearing, no overture, no vamping-until-ready. Coming from a writer who had made his reputation slamming doors and banging about the house, leaving the television on in one sentence while simultaneously yelling abuse at the radio and bashing ...

Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't

John R. Lott Jr.

Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2007

Informative
One thing I like about Prof. Lott is that he does not try and be funny. I've read other books by economists and they try to be cute or witty or funny, but jokes usually fall flat. Prof. Lott sticks to the facts and draws conclusions, and I appreciate that.