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.Where Memories Lie: A Novel (Duncan Kincaid/Gemma James Novels)
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by: Deborah Crombie

June 24, 2008
The appearance of a long-lost precious brooch at an auction house in London sets off a wide-ranging investigation by Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid, protagonists in this popular series of mysteries. Coupled with flashbacks to Jewish refugees fleeing to England just before the start of World War II, and Gemma's personal problems--her mother's illness and her own insecurity with regard to her relationship with Kincaid--set the tone for a highly emotional and poignant story.

The author, a Texan with a penchant for the English procedural, travels at least twice in each novel to London to research the places in which the tales take place. A charming map highlighting the locations and characters adorns the inside cover of the meticulously ... Read More:
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.The Last Centurion
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by: John Ringo

August 05, 2008
Save your money! An avid science fiction fan, I was very disappointed with this mish-mash. The "blog-style" writing was bad enough - made for a slow read- but remove all the political ranting, you have maybe a short story ... a very short story.
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.Hokus Pokus (The Sisterhood: Rules of the Game, Book 2)
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by: Fern Michaels

April 01, 2008
I got this book in the airport hoping for a good read on the way home. I found it very contrived with little character development. Of course it is hard to relate to characters who do such nasty things. I would never read another one!
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.The Da Vinci Code
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by: Dan Brown

March 28, 2006
First what I admire: I couldn't stop reading this! It's fast, it's quick, it's clever, it's full of intrigue and suspense. The thing that impressed me most: I could not have written it! My book has sex, naked people in California doing things like jumping on trampolines and smoking pot, but no history, geography or visits to Swiss banks!

What I don't like: Well, the dialogue is often stiff. The writing is sometimes trite and full of cliches.

BUT, seriously, YOU try writing a novel that crosses borders, takes place in a major world museum, delves into religions and secret societies and keeps the reader turning the pages! It's hard to do and Dan Brown did it very well.
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.Her Royal Spyness (A Royal Spyness Mystery)
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by: Rhys Bowen

July 01, 2008
HER ROYAL SPYNESS (Cozy-Lady Victoria-England-1930s) - G
Bowen, Rhys - 1st in series
Berkeley Prime Crime, 2008, US Paperback - ISBN: 9780425222522

First Sentence: There are two disadvantages to being a minor royal.

Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie may be 34th in line for the throne, but she is also broke. She is staying at the family mansion, Rennoch House, in London and learning to be self-sufficient.

A disagreeable Frenchman shows up at the door looking for her brother. He claims their father, a gambler who had lost the family fortune, had also lost the family home, Castle Rennoch. Victoria later finds the Frenchman dead in the bathtub and her brother her brother headed back to the Castle. She ... Read More:
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.Separation of Power
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by: Vince Flynn

August 27, 2002
I expected a little more depth of character and story development, but Flynn just rushes this book along, forcing an unrealistic plot down our throats. This is a world where the president looks at the window of the oval office in indecision and despondency at distressing world events; and does cliched things like end a meeting, then say something that sounds morbid or fatalistic just before his aides leave the room. A world in which the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff launches into a tirade about a doomsday scenario that would bring the earth to a standstill, and when career politicians whine and are easily manipulated by their politico-peers. And we're supposed to believe that the main character, who takes every last precaution deadly seriously, brings the woman he ... Read More:
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.The Virgin Suicides
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by: Jeffrey Eugenides

June 01, 1994
When the doctor treats Cecilia Lisbon's slit wrists, he asks why in the world she would want to kill herself?
"Obviously, Doctor, you've never been a thirteen-year-old girl," Cecilia replies.
Cecilia should have read >Huckleberry Finn< by Mark Twain. Huck had to dress up like a thirteen-year-old girl, and would understand her plight. Huck had also seen a drawing by fifteen-year-old Emmeline Grangerford, who pictured herself dressed in a white gown, poised to leap to her death from a bridge. Emmeline had done another drawing, "I Shall Never Hear Thy Sweet Chirrup Again, Alas!" of a dead bird.
"I didn't somehow seem to take to them," Huck said reluctantly about her pictures. He was on the lam with a runaway slave at the time, living hand-to-mouth, so Emmeline's ... Read More:
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.Three to Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, No. 3)
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by: Janet Evanovich

July 15, 1998
This Stephanie Plum book was just like the others, great! I thought it started out a little slow, but it definitley picked up and had a great ending. Don't give up on it for the first half, it is worth the read. I purchased the next 3 in a boxed set, can't wait to keep reading!
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.Break No Bones: A Novel (Temperance Brennan Novels)
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by: Kathy Reichs

August 21, 2007
BREAK NO BONES is definately worth reading as it is a good mystery with good characters and lots of action. Temperance Brennan is at it again, finding bones where they shouldn't be and then becoming a player in a pretty complicated plot. Tempe deals with a county sheriff who is not a typical stereotype in that while he needs to convinced before he takes action, he does eventually act upon real facts and does seem competent in his job. Tempe also has the awkward situation of having her estranged husband and her lover together with her in one house. I believe this was supposed to be somewhat comic, but I just got the feeling that Kathy Reichs missed on this situation. Anyway, neither Pete nor Ryan was much of a hero in this one. The real saving hero turned out to be someone completely unexpected ... Read More:
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.Shoots to Kill (Flower Shop Mysteries, No. 7)
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by: Kate Collins

August 05, 2008
Having read all of the books from this series, I really enjoy returning to the characters I know and love. This book didn't let me down! It had a very interesting story line.
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