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Kindle Edition: Life In Miniature – A Novel by Linda Schlossberg

On December 31, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

There are books out there on library shelves that make you laugh, make you cry, take you on the adventure of a lifetime, scare you to death, and educate you on all aspects of history. There are only a small few, however, that make you truly stop and think; think about the issues that face people in their hectic, anxiety-ridden lives, and how all the pain and angst that’s building every day in this world affects the children who have to watch things – including their own family – fall apart around them. This is one of those stories.

Kindle Edition: Mr. Hooligan – A Detective Thriller by Ian Vasquez

On December 26, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

Vasquez’s first novel, In the Heat (2009), set in Belize, fit comfortably within the hard-boiled-detective tradition, but he followed it with a classic noir, Lonesome Point (2009), set in Florida. This time he’s wearing black again, but he returns to Belize. Riley James was “an ordinary guy with a little street in him . . . who got himself into a scrape.” If that sounds like an archetypal description of the noir hero, it is; Riley is yet another likable, fairly smart guy who thinks he can outsmart the inevitable.

Kindle Edition: Dead Like You (Detective Superintendent Roy Grace) by Peter James

On December 20, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

In his sixth novel featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, a serial rapist known as The Shoe Man – called so because of his penchant for ladies’ designer shoes and the horrendous things he forces his victims to do with them – is on the prowl again among Brighton’s upper class after being dormant for 12 years.

Kindel Edition: The Death Instinct – A Novel by Jed Rubenfeld

On December 19, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

The destruction of the World Trade Center was not New York’s first terrorist attack. In 1920, a bomb blast on Wall Street sent cars tumbling and bodies flying. Rubenfeld’s novel, opening with the explosion, has the feel of a historical mystery. A cop and his sidekick are on the scene at once. The investigation begins. A witness to the explosion recalls seeing something that didn’t belong but can’t recall it. Thriller under way? Well, not exactly.

Kindle Edition – Sea Change: A Novel by Jeremy Page

On December 19, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

Page’s first novel, Salt (2007), was described as “both evocative and exhausting,” and those words also characterize Sea Change. The author’s minutely observed characters and his evocation of almost every subject he treats are masterful. But aside from his obsessional diary, Guy is a cipher, and it is difficult to accept that someone who lives a reclusive life isn’t more self-referential.

Kindle Edition: Hollywood Hills: A Novel by Joseph Wambaugh

On December 13, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

oseph Wambaugh’s Hollywood series was supposed to be a trilogy. Good news for readers that he changed his mind. His take on the Hollywood cop shop is colorful…these characters fighting crime are not to be missed. Neither are the criminals they pursue…. And in addition to stupid criminals, there are some gut-wrenching, psychologically difficult criminal interludes that remind the reader that for all the stupid wrongdoers who find their reward, there are also innocent victims, and these victims take their own kind of toll.

Kindle Edition – Rescue: A Novel by Anita Shreve

On December 10, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

The prolific Shreve brings her customary care to this thoroughly absorbing, perfectly paced domestic drama. Alternating between the life-and-death scenarios Pete encounters on the job and the fraught family tension between father and daughter, Shreve pulls readers right into her story. HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Since 2001, Shreve’s books have spent more than 100 weeks on the New York Times best-seller lists; her sixteenth novel will no doubt follow suit.

Kindle Edition – Running Dark: A Novel by Jamie Freveletti

On December 9, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

This fast-paced thriller makes good use of a timely topic (this is one of the first times Somali pirates have appeared in crime fiction), and the “ripped from the headlines” angle adds further frisson to the story. Many of the characters here were first introduced in Running from the Devil, but it is not essential to have read it before tackling this one.

Kindle Edition: This Gorgeous Game – YA Novel by Donna Freitas

On December 9, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

Freitas, author of the successful debut The Possibilities of Sainthood (2009), deftly catches the claustrophobia, uncertainty, and self-doubt that come with an obsessive relationship. The interwoven comparisons to Thomas Merton’s affair with a young woman add heft to this fast, chilling read.

Kindle Edition: A Thread of Sky: A Novel by Deanna Fei

On December 6, 2010, in Amazon Kindle, by Editor

For Lin Yulan, who was a fervent revolutionary and feminist, it is a not necessarily welcome journey into her own past. Although the women don’t really experience much of China as they are hustled from one tourist site and related shopping venue to the next, they all achieve a deeper understanding of themselves and one another. Fei stakes a claim in Amy Tan territory with this satisfying tale.