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  • Book Review: “Deadly Straits” by R.E. McDermott

    Book Review: “Deadly Straits” by R.E. McDermott

    Rating: 5 WaterTowers Readers:  This is my first “Guest” book reviewer!  Tom Alexander is a lifelong (truly he has known me ALL of my life) friend.  After high school Tom was accepted to, and attended, the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.  While there he met….R.E. McDermott.   I thought Tom’s expertise…

  • November 2011 Thrillers

      Wow…I am late this month.  Happy reading!  🙂 Death, Taxes & A French Manicure by Diane Kelly Who Do, Voodoo? by Rochelle Staab Zero Day by David Baldacci A Crimson Warning by Tasha Alexander Escape From Paris by Carolyn Hart National Security by Marc Cameron Obsession by Debra Webb Eddie The Kid by Steven M. Forman Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker Dead of…

  • Book Review “The Sixth Man” by David Baldacci

    Book Review “The Sixth Man” by David Baldacci

    Genre: Thriller (Sean King and Michelle Maxwell return) Buy it! Edgar Roy is really really smart.  So smart that he was selected to filter the overwhelming information from the E-Program’s “Wall” and, in that role, performed like no one else had before him.  Countless lives were saved as he deftly put random pieces of information…

  • October 2011 Thrillers

    Another batch of great books!  Happy Reading. Hell to Pay by Wendy Corsi Staub Blood Falls by Tom Bale Bad Moon by Todd Ritter Zillionaire by Gary Alexander Starcraft Ghost: Spectres by Nate Kenyon Hominid by John C. Boland The Affair by Lee Child The Dark at the End by F. Paul Wilson Shock Wave by John Sandford Freezing Point by Elizabeth Goddard If You…

  • Book Review: “One For the Money” by Janet Evanovich

    Book Review: “One For the Money” by Janet Evanovich

    Genre: Mystery (fun and fast) Stephanie Plum was laid off from her job as a lingerie buyer for a local (Trenton, NJ) department store.  Needing money quickly she turned to family and out of the goodness of his heart (not) her cousin Vinnie hired her to be a “skip tracer” in his bail bonds company.…

  • Book Review: “American Assassin” by Vince Flynn

    Book Review: “American Assassin” by Vince Flynn

    Genre: Thriller (Mitch Rapp before he was Mitch Rapp) The terrorists who brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland had no idea what hell they brought upon themselves. They will find out. Mitch Rapp was a star lacrosse player at Syracuse University in Upstate New York.  A gifted athlete waiting for his girlfriend…

  • “I Can Fly!” by Mike Pihlman

    “I Can Fly!” by Mike Pihlman

    S-P-L-A-T – Inspired by this months National Geographic cover. Copyright Sept 8, 2011 by Mike “TracyReaderDad” Pihlman.  This is fiction, I think.

  • Book Review: “Dreams of the Dead” by Perri O’Shaughnessy

    Book Review: “Dreams of the Dead” by Perri O’Shaughnessy

    Genre:  Thiller  (I LOVE Nina!) At one time, I considered Perri O’Shaughnessy my favorite authors.  In 2004, we took a day trip to Carmel, CA to meet them, get autographs, a picture (which they asked me to take off this blog a few years later) and hang around Carmel.  It was a great day. Before…

  • September 2011 Thrillers

    A bunch of new books this month!  Happy reading! Flash and Bones by Kathy Reichs Petroplague by Amy Rogers Saint’s Gate by Carla Neggers Only Fear by Anne Marie Becker Where All The Dead Lie by J.T. Ellison The Black Stiletto by Raymond Benson The Arranger by L.J. Sellers The Ninth Day by Jamie Freveletti Getting Off by Lawrence Block writing as Jill Emerson…

  • Book Review: “The Towman’s Daughters” by David J. Walker

    Genre: Mystery (fun, fast, exciting) This book is an ARC sent to me by David J. Walker.  It is due in stores October 1, 2011, but, can be found online now. Kirsten is an ex-cop turned PI (owner of the detective agency:  Wild Onion, Ltd.), and Dugan, her husband is a lawyer in his own…