Tag: book
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Books – Review of The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica – 2022 – A Charming Novel
Book Review – The Horsewoman by James Patterson and Mike Lupica – A Charming Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – The Horsewoman From the master of the page-turning thrillers – James Patterson – comes this sports drama as his first offering of the new year. Co-authoring with Mike Lupica…
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Books – Review of Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman – 2021 – Astounding Thriller
Book Review – Serpentine by Jonathan Kellerman – Absorbing Narrative My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary (Storyline) – Serpentine Admittedly, my first Jonathan Kellerman, and it certainly won’t be my last! This year has been a year of discovery for me, particularly new authors. Some on their debut, some seasoned but I…
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Books – Review of Falling by T. J. Newman – 2021 – Tantalizing Thriller
Book Review – Falling by T. J. Newman – Tantalizing Thriller My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – Falling This book will give you the chills, of the fatalistic kind – where you wonder ‘What if this happened to me?’ and a cold shiver runs down your spine. The premise is frighteningly…
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Books – Review of The Cellist by Daniel Silva – 2021 – Outstanding Thriller
Book Review – The Cellist – Outstanding Thriller My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Cellist The broad categorization of the Gabriel Allon series as thrillers is a little too broad, they are Spy Thrillers a la James Bond, without the fancy and mostly ridiculous gizmos. They can mostly be read…
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Books – Review of False Witness by Karin Slaughter – 2021 – Exquisite Read
Book Review of False Witness by Karin Slaughter – Exquisite Read My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – False Witness The book starts off with a story thread that the book blurb seems unrelated to – A child, his hunk of a father and the child’s babysitter. Tragic incidents unfurl which then seemingly have no…
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Books – Review of The New Girl by Daniel Silva – 2019 – Irresistible Thriller
Book Review – The New Girl – Gabriel Allon # 19 – Irresistible Thriller My Rating 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The New Girl I stumbled upon Gabriel Allon and Daniel Silva sometime in 2017, when my daughter received the “House of Spies” as a prize for academic achievements from her school. I…
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Books – Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides – 2021 – Breathtaking Suspense
Book Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides – Breathtaking Suspense My Rating – 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Maidens I sometimes hold it half a sinTo put in words the grief I feel:For words, like Nature, half revealAnd half conceal the Soul within. Lord Alfred Tennyson quoted in The Maidens The…
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Books – Review of The Last Thing He Told Me – Laura Dave – 2021 – Mind-blowing Thriller
Book Review – The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave – Edge Of The Seat Thriller My Rating – 4 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Last Thing He Told Me When I picked up this novel, I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. Would the book live up to the…
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Books – Review of Choppy Water by Stuart Woods – 2020 – Simplistic but Fast Paced
Book Review – Choppy Water by Stuart Woods – Mundane Thriller My Rating – 3 out of 5 Plot Summary – Choppy Water This is 2020’s Stone Barrington installment, number 54 at that! There are many who’ve never heard of Stuart Woods or his main protagonist Stone Barrington, so here’s a small recap – Stone…
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Book Review – The Rooster Bar – John Grisham – 2019 – Wonderful Thriller
Book Review – The Rooster Bar – John Grisham My Rating : 3.5 out of 5 Plot Summary – The Rooster Bar Growing up as angsty teenagers, facing an uncertain future out of the parental umbrella, it is easy to be fooled by the lure of professional courses – what with the glitzy ads, smiling…