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Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen
Grand Central Publishing, 2006
Ton o' Fun
+ Skinny Dip
+ Well written, witty and entertaining book
+ Zippy, Funny, Fun
+ Fun!
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Gone, Baby, Gone: A Novel
Dennis Lehane
HarperTorch, 1999
Absolutely engrossing!!
+ As they say in Spanish,
+ Moral Questions
+ Good writing but it does require suspension of belief
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Shame the Devil
George P. Pelecanos
Dell, 2001
Nick and Dimitri sitting side by side . . .
+ Interesting and different
+ John Steinbeck with a pistol
+ Powerful, gritty storytelling
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Soul Circus
George P. Pelecanos
Little, Brown, 2003
Powerful
+ 3rd Pelecanos Read and Well Worth IT
George Pelecanos is an exceptional writer, but Soul Circus is the most powerful novel of his that I have yet read. The third novel in his Derek Strange series, it concerns the jockeying for position of two small-time drug dealers and their mutual interactions with a P.G. County arms dealer. The ...
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The Testament
John Grisham
Island Books, 1999
THE TESTAMENT by John Grisham
+ Great Read
+ Legal Wrangling, Adventure, Sleaze, Redemption
I received the book in fast time, it was in excellent condition and I am very happy with the service I got.
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The 6th Target (Women's Murder Club)
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Best one in series so far
+ Woman's Murder Club Redeems Itself with 6th
+ The 6th Target
+ I love James Patterson books
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Hit Parade (John Keller Mysteries)
Lawrence Block
William Morrow, 2006
The Stamp Collector
+ totally new main character
+ A worthwhile read
+ First Time Reading This Author
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Ariel
Lawrence Block
Carroll & Graf, 1996
An understated, underrated psychological thriller.
+ for Block fans
+ bemused and befuddled over this book
Originally marketed as "occult horror", Ariel is neither. It's a story of the madness that lies just under the surface, and what it takes to bring it out; the need to give evil a face and a name. Who better to scapegoat for unexplainable tragedies than the one who is Different? Ariel is adopted, ...
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Darkness, Take My Hand (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro Novels)
Dennis Lehane
HarperTorch, 1997
He's Not Kidding About the Darkness
+ A Must-Read IF you have a strong stomach
+ Hannibal Lecter meets Stephen King's "IT"
In this the second book in his Kenzie-Gennaro detective series, Dennis Lehane begins to show his skills in earnest (surpassing A Drink Before the War). The complex plot is well-constructed and expertly revealed. The book opens with Kenzie reflecting on the events to follow and foreshadowing an ...
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Jack Wakes Up (Jack Palms Crime Mysteries)
Seth Harwood
Breakneck Books, 2008
Shake 'Em Down BABYYYYYY!!!!
+ Jack Gets 5 Stars???
+ JACK PALMS is the man
+ Could not put this book down!
+ What a great book. What a great writer.
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The Last Juror
John Grisham
Delta, 2006
good book
+ The Last Juror by John Grisham
+ A View of a Changing Mississippi as Seen by a "Yankee" from Memphis
+ A View of a Changing Mississippi as Seen by a "Yankee" from Memphis
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Jeff Lindsay
Vintage, 2006
I WANT MORE!!!
+ My favorite serial killer!
+ A heartless killer with heart
I just can't get enough of this character. Jeff Lindsay isn't writing fast enough, I want it NOW!
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A Drink Before the War
Dennis Lehane
Harvest Books, 2003
Dennis Lehane is a great storyteller!!!
+ Great read
+ Good Enough to Read the Next One
I thoroughly enjoyed A Drink Before the War. The characters and storyline were so well-developed that it's hard to believe this is a first novel. Highly recommended reading.
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Hard Rain
Barry Eisler, 2003
Going in Deeper
+ Hard Rain
+ Same Rain, not as strong a plot as the debut
+ Rain-san is sans equal
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Up in Honey's Room: A Novel
Elmore Leonard
William Morrow, 2007
Try the audiobook
+ As always, great characters
Other commentators have mentioned that this is a slow-moving book and, to be fair, it is less action-packed than others that Elmore Leonard has written but it is well worth buying nonetheless. It is a comic novel, more like "Get Shorty" than "Cat Chaser", and is probably best approached through the ...
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