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Book Review: “Code of Conduct” by Brad Thor
Genre: Thriller Pierre Damien is rich beyond belief. Life has been good to him, and to keep that streak going, Helena, his current girlfriend, is beautiful, caring, and best of all….she loves him without question. Pierre has work to do coordinating the plan he has conjured up to make the world a better place, a…
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Book Review: “Silver Phoenix” by Cindy Pon
Genre: Fantasy Several Years Ago A baby boy was born prematurely to one of the concubines to the Emperor. The baby is clearly not related to the Emperor and if the baby is seen, he will be executed along with his mother. Luckily, a plan is in place to get the baby out of the…
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Book Review: “The Last Oracle” by James Rollins
Genre: Thriller 398 AD Delphi has been slowly falling into ruin, and Pythia, the last oracle, is perfectly willing to let it fade away. A young girl has entered her life, a special young girl with gifts Pythia could only dream about. The Romans are coming up the mountain to destroy Delphi, kill the girl,…
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Book Review: “Mercy” by David Baldacci
Genre: Thriller In this, book #4 of the Atlee Pine series, FBI Agent Atlee Pine and her assistant, Carol Blum, continue the search for Atlee’s twin sister, Mercy, who was kidnapped from their bedroom when they were six years old. The going is not easy, as there are multiple roadblocks, and criminals, standing in the…
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Book Review: “Blood On Snow” by Jo Nesbo
Genre: Thriller Olav is a “fixer”. He has tried other professions like pimp or selling drugs but he has weaknesses in both that preclude him from excelling in those areas. Olav excels at killing people. Working for big time drug dealer, Daniel Hoffmann, Olav just finished a fix, and now Hoffmann has another job…..to fix…
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Book Review: “Accused” by Lisa Scottoline
Genre: Thriller / Mystery 6 years ago The Gardner Corporation is opening a new HQ in Philadelphia. Lots of folks are attending the opening and there are caterers with dozens of employees, one of which is Lonnie Stall. Fiona Gardner is alone in the library when….. She is brutally murdered. Lonnie is then seen running…
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Book Review: “Treasure State” by C.J. Box
Genre: Thriller With these words regarding the new intern Cassie has hired…..two worlds collide, and I LOVE it! 🙂 “Cassie nodded. April came from a small mountain town in north-central Wyoming called Saddlestring. She found the name charming.” Cassie Dewell, ex-cop is now enjoying success as a private investigator in Bozeman, Montana. Her son Ben…
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Book Review: “Bad Luck and Trouble” by Lee Child
Genre: Thriller This book will be the subject of the second season of “Reacher” on Amazon Prime. I’m ready! 🙂 Calvin Franz is a passenger in a Bell 222 helicopter flying high over the southern Califonia desert. Both his legs are broken and he is in a stretcher. When the helicopter reaches it’s destination the…
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Book Review: “Surviving the Lion’s Den” by Matt Scott
Genre: Thriller This is the first book in the “Surviving the Lion’s Den” series. There are now three books in this series, and I will read all three! The author signed this copy. 🙂 Every now and then I read a book that has multiple plot lines, and characters, that when reading the book magically…
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Book Review: “TripTych” by Karin Slaughter
Genre: Thriller “TripTych” is book #1 in the Will Trent series. I had a choice…..watch the TV show or read the books. 😉 1985 Mary Alice Finney, 15 years old was brutally murdered and mutilated. Among her other injuries……she had no tongue. Her killer, John Shelley, was apprehended, put on trial, and sent to jail…
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Short Story Summary: “Double Jeopardy” by Steve Berry
Three days ago a car crash killed his wife, Kristen, and left his 6 year old son, Marty, brain dead and on a respirator. His life, that only four days ago had been so wonderful, was now in shambles as he delays pulling the plug on his beloved son. He finally does, then…… Oh to…
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February 2023 Thrillers
Lots of new books and a new ITW web site that I am not thrilled with. 😉 Unnatural Mayhem by Sue Coletta Blast by Robert Blake Whitehill The Curators by Kenneth Andrus River of Wrath by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor Red Chaos by Gary Grossman & Ed Fuller Whispers of a Gypsy by J.T.…
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