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January 2010 Thrillers
Happy New Year! There are 25 or so Thrillers due out this month. Click on the Books above to go to the ThrillerWriters web site for a lot more information. 🙂 From ThrillerWriters.org here is the list: Watchlist: A Serial Thriller by Jeffery Deaver & 21 others Impact by Douglas Preston The Sculptor by Gregory…
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Preview of "The Last Surgeon" by Michael Palmer
I hope to be getting an ARC of “The Last Surgeon” by Michael Palmer soon. The book is due in stores in Feb 2010, and I will have the review posted here before that date. Interestingly, since I love medical thrillers, I have not yet read Michael Palmer. But, I have been circling his books…
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Book Review: “Targets of Deception” by Jeffrey Stephens
Genre: Thriller Rating: 3.5 WaterTowers (ex-CIA operative thrilling action) “Their eyes met for the last time. “Portofino,” the dying man said in a raspy whisper. “Tomorrow. On the Halaby.” Jackson tried to draw a breath, to say something else but a gunshot, from closer range now, hit him in the chest as he lay there.…
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Book Review: “Cape Greed” by Sam Cole
Genre: Mystery Rating: 3.5 WaterTowers (imperfect, colorful, tough, smart characters) “Cape Greed” is an ARC sent to me by Mike Nicol. It was released to stores last month…yeah, I’m behind…arrrgghh. 🙂 As “Cape Greed” opens, Vincent Saldana is a Cape Town cop in the abalone anti-poaching unit. Abalone (aka Perlemon in South Africa) is a shellfish…
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December 2009 Thrillers
ThrillerWriters.org has announced 22 new Thrillers for your December reading pleasure. Click the books above to read more… FYI….I should be receiving “The Bone Chamber” by Robin Burcell soon.
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Book Review: “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown
Genre: Thriller Rating: 5 WaterTowers “And I guarantee you, as soon as I publish my work, the Twitterati will all be sending tweets that say, ‘learning about Noetics‘, and interest in this science will explode exponentially.” Dan Brown rocks the thriller world with “The Lost Symbol”. A rollicking novel that deftly weaves science…
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November 2009 Thrillers
There are 28 new thrillers out this month. I have a couple of them here that I need to read. Click on the Books above to see the whole list. Happy Reading!
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Barnes and Noble Nook EBook Reader
Caveat: I have not tried the Nook. The information below is from information I received at the store or online. It will be in stores at the end of November. http://www.youtube.com/v/1kLQFZDwRRc&hl=en&fs=1& You may know by now that I have been resistant to adopting the electronic readers (oddly enough for someone who loves new technology). You…
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Book Review: “The Test” by Patricia Gussin
Genre: Suspense Rating: 3.5 WaterTowers “The Test” is an ARC sent to me by Patricia Gussin. It was due in stores October 5, 2009. Billionaire Paul Parnell, retired CEO of Keystone Pharmaceutical, has died. The disjointed family members (and others) start calculating how much they will get, who deserves more, and who less. As they…
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Book Review: “Chosen to Die” by Lisa Jackson
Genre: Thriller Rating: 3 WaterTowers “Chosen to Die” is an ARC sent to me by Lisa Jackson, but I’m so far behind in my reading that it should be in stores now. Pinewood County, Montana is in the midst of a killing spree by someone the Pinewood Sheriffs Department calls the “Star-Crossed Killer”. The victims…
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