The Eagle has Landed, by Jack Higgins
June 19, 2013
This is a great WW II thriller, with a truly innovative twist. The Germans know they are losing the war, and even this stunt may not change things, but it’s
Zero Day, by David Baldacci
June 19, 2013
Extremely good beginning and end, with a somewhat flat middle. John Puller is a military investigator, and is told to investigate a multiple murder in a small town in West
Riding the Rap, by Elmore Leonard
June 19, 2013
Raylan Givens drives this story, and drive it, he does. Raylan is FBI, and he has kind of a Dirty Harry modus operandi–he speaks softly, but can back up his
Pronto, by Elmore Leonard
June 19, 2013
I didn’t like this book nearly as much as the second one I read, Riding the Rap. But, it does set up the main character, Raylan Givens, for the series.
Prepare to Die!, by Paul Tobin
May 1, 2013
If you’ve seen the move Hancock, this will remind you of it. Except the hero, Reaver, is not a depressed drunk. And he has not one villain to fight, but
Amazonia, by James Rollins
April 25, 2013
This book is pure adventure–it starts out with a man walking out of the Brazilian jungle in a delirium and dying soon after. There are two things puzzling about this:
Lethal, by Sandra Brown
April 25, 2013
This was a pretty good mystery, and will keep you guessing right up to the very end. It makes sense, except for one secret that holds the key to the
The Drowned Cities, by Paolo Bacigalupi
March 28, 2013
Beauty and the beast gets a new spin. In this future America, scientists have been able to cross man with beast. But the beast is more like a super beast–huge,
The Accident: A Thriller, by Linwood Barclay
March 28, 2013
Remember the horrific crash that happened in New York in 2009? Mother killed with kids, high blood alcohol content. Weed in her system. Yet she was never seen by family
Empires of Sand, by David Ball
March 19, 2013
An epic story covering two generations and two continents. It starts in 1800’s France, with two young boys who narrowly escape death by a wild boar. A passing priest happens