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Book Review: “The Exchange” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller 15 years after surviving “The Firm” (32 years between books in the real world), Mitch and Abby McDeere are happy, safe, and living in New York City. With two kids, Abby is an editor for a publisher of cook books and, with a great commerical grade kitchen in the apartment….the family gets LOTS…
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Book Review: “Zero Sum” by Barry Eisler
Genre: Thriller After spending the last 10 years fighting in the Philippines, John Rain decided to come home to Tokyo. Connecting with an old contact to find work, Liberal Democratic Party fixer Miyamoto… Rain finds work…..and a whole lot more. “Zero Sum” is a fantastic prequel as we follow along with John Rain and how…
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Book Review: “Sparring Partners” by John Grisham
Genre: Thriller “Sparring Partners” consists of three novellas. Below is a brief introduction to all three….. “Homecoming” The year is 1991 and Clanton, MS lawyer Jake Brigance is helping an old friend return to Clanton after disappearing several years earlier. Jake teams with Harry Rex and…….. “Strawberry Moon” Death row inmate, Cody Wallace, is three…
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Book Review: “Dark Horse” by Gregg Hurwitz
Genre: Thriller This is book 7 of 9 in the Orphan X series. The end is nigh….. 😦 6 months after his apartment in LA was destroyed by artificially intelligent drones, Orphan X / The Nowhere Man (Evan Smoak) is finally getting to the end of the repair. Then…..his RoamZone rings (1-855-2-Nowhere), and he answers…..…
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Book Review: “The Takings” by Sandie Will
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Book Review: “Fractured” by Karin Slaughter
Genre: Thriller This is book #2 in the Will Trent series. Abigail Campano just arrived back home, called her husband Paul on her cell phone, and started into the house. But…..something is wrong. Someone is in the house! Heading up the stairs, Abigail comes upon a man, with a knife, stooping over the dead body…
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Book Review: “The 6:20 Man” by David Baldacci
Genre: Thriller Travis Devine is an ex-Army Ranger, current MBA graduate, and is now working as an intern at a large financial firm in mid-town Manhattan: Cowl and Comely. Living in the burbs, Travis boards the 6:20 train every morning (including Saturdays) on his way to a job he is hating more and more everyday.…
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Book Review: “Foreign Agent” by Brad Thor
Genre: Thriller An unprecedented number of deadly attacks on the U.S.A. by ISIS has everyone on edge. A highly trained paramilitary CIA squad from the super secret Special Activities Division in Iraq is attacked by ISIS and totally wiped out. The U.S. Secretary of Defense, Richard Devon, is in the Turkey for high level talks…
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Book Review: “Prodigal Son” by Gregg Hurwitz
Genre: Thriller “Sixty-five motherfucking dollars.” That is all that stood between Andrew Duran and his home, family, and a, hopefully, decent job. Now he is stuck working the midnight shift in an impound lot in a crappy part of town. Barely making child support for his beloved daughter, Sofia, and his wife Brianna. One night,…
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Book Review: “Storm Watch” by C.J. Box
Genre: Thriller This is book #23 in the Joe Pickett series. And yes….I’ve read them all. 🙂 Joe and Marybeth are now “empty nesters”. Sheridan is 24 and is working with Nate Romanowski at Yarak, Inc., she is close to becoming a master falconer. April is interning for a PI in Montana (Cassie Dewell!), and…
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