The Terror of Living by Urban Waite (Little, Brown, $29.99, 304 pages, ISBN 978-0-316-09789-5) There are exceptions, students and professionals for example, but if you’re like most folks, you read to entertain yourself. I know I do. When selecting my next read, I look for reviews, but if they’re not available, I look at the title, the blurbs, or comments by other authors and read the dust jacket to
Red On Red by Edward Conlon (Spiegel & Grau, $26.00, 442 pages, ISBN 978-0-385-51917-5) If Woody Allen had a Harvard degree and was a New York City detective who wrote a novel, Red on Red by Edward Conlon would be it. Red on Red has more angst than a busload of teen-agers have drama. It’s a police procedural with psychological insights into the daily life of a cop, down
Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane (Harper Collins, $26.99, 325 pages, ISBN # 978-0-06-183692-3) I have to preface this week’s Mysterious Book Report by saying that I’ve never read a novel by Dennis Lehane that I didn’t like. Mystic River, The Given Day and ShutterIsland all grabbed me and never let go. Lehane’s newest, Moonlight Mile (Harper Collins, $26.99, 325 pages, ISBN # 978-0-06-183692-3) is no exception. Highly entertaining and
Gideon's Sword by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing, $26.99, 342 pages, ISBN 978-0-446-56432-8) Gideon's Sword is another thrill ride from two of my favorite authors who introduce a brand new character named Gideon Crew in this one. The adventure starts on the first page and never lets up as Gideon fulfills his mothers dying wish to avenge his father’s murder, but that chore is only the