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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

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