To be frank, I was never going to read another Scarpetta mystery after the last few disasters that Cornwell wrote. However, there the book was on the new releases shelf at the library staring down at me with a silent “read me” plea. Seemed like fate that I got to the library in time to [...]
Michael Connelly is easily one of the best crime fiction authors working today and The Scarecrow is a solid read, although I have to admit that after a great start the ending is a bit of let down.It isn’t that the ending is bad (it isn’t) – it’s just that it follows a standard formula [...]
In typical Patterson style, this book was a very easy and fast read: the chapters are short, the font is large, and the descriptive text is kept to a minimum.That pretty much sums up the good qualities of the book.Patterson should be ashamed of himself titling this book Alex Cross’s Trial.This is clearly a marketing [...]
It’s been four long years since Sara Paretsky’s last V.I. Warshawski novel. In brief, Hardball was worth the wait. This is Paretsky’s 13th novel featuring her memorable female private detective, and I found it one of the most satisfying.
I first “met” Warshawski on a redeye flight to Chicago for business as a change of pace [...]
The horrible rape/murder of young and innocent Deena, daughter of Captain Jonah McMasters, shocks the whole NYPD. Instead of enjoying some much needed time with Roarke Eve has to deal with one of her worst cases.It’s soon clear to her that Deena was just means to an end and that her unspeakable suffering was a [...]
Based on a real-life case attorney Randy Singer tried ten years ago, The Justice Game artfully portrays both sides of the gun rights debate. Interestingly, Singer didn’t set out to convert anyone. He told me, “I wanted to write a book so balanced that both sides would look at it and say, `That fairly represents [...]