Quick Synopsis: Warning: Experimental fiction. Multiple narratives ahead. Quick Review: I really liked it, but it’s certainly not for everyone. Read the Full Review
S.
Lincoln Lawyer Returns in Fine Courtroom Style
Connelly does what he does best, combining excellent courtroom drama with personal stories that go beneath the surface and bring his characters to life. Mickey Haller is still doing business out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, and his employees include an ex-wife, her new husband, a chauffeur who owes him favors, and a newly-hired young lawyer with ambition. Haller himself is still that odd mixture of half selfish and half heart-of-gold that makes him an interesting character—the reader keeps rooting […]
A Mind Puzzle of a Crime Thriller
I’ve been a long-time fan of Deaver’s well-executed serial killer novels starring his dynamic duo Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs. His next series with Kathryn Dance was less inspired, and when he wrote the Ian Fleming knockoff Carte Blanche, I was worried that the old Deaver magic had gone walkabout. So I was happy to learn that Deaver has re-discovered his creative flair for the original and the bizarre in The October List. Don’t get me wrong—the writing itself is not stellar and the characters […]
Blood Rites: Sex, Blood, Magic
Blood Rites (The Dresden Files, Book 6)
Jazz Vampires
This is a follow on book to “Midnight Riot”
Masters Swimming and Murder
The hook for me in this mystery is that it is set in the world of open-water swimming and written by an actual swimmer. Ironically, the main character, Trisha Carson, isn’t a swimmer but her sister, Lena, is. Trisha happens to be watching her sister compete in an open water race when she witnesses the surprising but seemingly accidental death of another swimmer, Dick Waddell. Dick is in great shape and his death comes as a shock to the swimming community. From the very beginning, […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 900
- 901
- 902
- 903
- 904
- …
- 909
- Next Page »