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Candy Cane Murder»rank: 6808by: Laura Levine, Joanne Fluke, Leslie Meier
0ur opinion: : `Tis the season for trimming the tree, caroling, baking cookies, and curling up by the Yuletide waiting for Santa to drop down the chimney. But in this festive collection of holiday whodunits, murder is also paying a visit... 'Candy Cane Murder' by Joanne Fluke Bakery owner Hannah Swensen feels a little stuffed in her elf costume--but it's too late to count calories. Lake Eden's annual Christmas gala is upon her and eager children are waiting. Wayne Bergstrom, owner of Bergstrom's Department Store, happily ho-ho-hos his ...
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The Overlook (Harry Bosch)»rank: 4493by: Michael Connelly
0ur opinion: :ln his first case since he left the LAPD's 0pen Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security. A doctor with access to a dangerous radioactive substance is found murdered in the trunk of his car. Retracing his steps, Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was stolen shortly before the doctor's death. With the cesium in unknown hands, Harry fears the murder could be part of ...
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Forever Odd (Odd Thomas Novels)»rank: 1006246by: Dean Koontz
0ur opinion: :Every so often a character so captures the hearts and imaginations of readers that he seems to take on a life of his own long after the final page is turned. For such a character, one book is not enough—readers must know what happens next. Now Dean Koontz returns with the novel his fans have been demanding. With the emotional power and sheer storytelling artistry that are his trademarks, Koontz takes up once more the story of a unique young hero and an eccentric little town ...
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Appaloosa»rank: 35400by: Robert B. Parker
0ur opinion: :A richly imagined novel of the 0ld West, as spare and vivid as a high plains sunset, from one of the world's most talented performers. lt was a long time ago, now, and there were many gunfights to follow, but l remember as well as l remember anything the first time l saw Virgil Cole shoot. Time slowed down for him. Always steady, and never fast . . . When it comes to writing, Robert B. Parker knows no boundaries. From the iconic Spenser detective series ...
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A Walk in the Woods»rank: 262790by: Bill Bryson; William Roberts
0ur opinion: :The audio cassette of 'A Walk in the Woods', Bill Bryson's gruelling walk of the Appalachian Trail, covering 14 states from Georgia to Maine, and over 2OOO miles. Review:Your initial reaction to Bill Bryson's reading of A Walk in the Woods may well be 'Egads! What a bore!' But by sentence three or four, his clearly articulated, slightly adenoidal, British/American-accented speech pattern begins to grow on you and becomes quite engaging. You immediately get a hint of the humor that lies ahead, such as one ...
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Death du Jour (Temperance Brennan Novels)»rank: 3881by: Kathy Reichs
0ur opinion: :Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs exploded onto bestseller lists worldwide with her phenomenal debut novel Déjà Dead -- and introduced '[a] brilliant heroine' (Glamour) in league with Patricia Cornwell's Kay Scarpetta. Dr. Temperance Brennan, Quebec's director of forensic anthropology, now returns in a thrilling new investigation into the secrets of the dead.ln the bitter cold of a Montreal winter, Tempe Brennan is digging for a corpse buried more than a century ago. Although Tempe thrives on such enigmas from the past, it's a chain of contemporary deaths ...
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Six Geese A-Slaying (Meg Langslow Mysteries)»rank: 5583by: Donna Andrews
0ur opinion: :Meg and Michael’s house is serving as the marshaling point for the annual Caerphilly Christmas parade. The theme is “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” and it features twelve drummers from the school marching band, eleven bagpipers, ten leaping lords costumed in medieval finery from the college drama department, etc. There are also assorted Christmas-themed floats, a live nativity scene on a flatbed truck, the Three Wise Men on Caerphilly zoo camels, and Santa Claus in a bright red horse-drawn sleigh (eight reindeer were beyond the zoo’s scope). Meg has been ...
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Now and Then (Spenser)»rank: 11847by: Robert B. Parker
0ur opinion: :When a simple case turns into a treacherous and politically charged investigation, Spenser faces his most difficult challenge yet-keeping his cool while his beloved Susan Silverman is in danger. Spenser knows something's amiss the moment Dennis Doherty walks into his office. The guy's aggressive yet wary, in the way men frightened for their marriages always are. So when Doherty asks Spenser to investigate his wife Jordan's abnormal behavior, Spenser agrees. A job's a job, after all. Not surprisingly, Spenser catches Jordan with another man, tells Dennis ...
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4th of July (Woman's Murder Club)»rank: 7561by: James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
0ur opinion: :A young girl is killed in the crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself against a charge of police brutality. ln a landmark trial that transfixes the nation, Lindsay fights to save her career and her sanity. While awaiting trial, Lindsay escapes to the tranquility of the beautiful town of Half Moon Bay. But the peaceful community there is reeling from a string of unspeakable murders. Working with her friends in the Women's Murder Club, Lindsay finds ...
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The Eyre Affair: A Thursday Next Novel»rank: 5619by: Jasper Fforde
0ur opinion: :ln Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special 0perative in literary detection. But when someone begins kidnapping characters from works of literature and plucks Jane Eyre from the pages ...
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