I have reserved a section for those authors whose collections I have read, that aren't as extensive. I hope visiting The Book Realm might encourage you to read some of the titles listed.
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The Bone Collector - By:Jeffrey Deaver - 1998
Lincoln Rhyme is a legend in his field, the man who literally wrote the book on forensic analysis of crime scenes. He is also a quadriplegic, his spine having been irreversibly damaged during a cave-in at an underground murder site.
At the eleventh hour, with oblivion within his grasp, Lincoln is visited by a pair of detectives who offer him something he can't quite refuse: a new and unusual case.
Using patrolwoman Amelia Sachs as his eyes and legs, Lincoln engages in a sustained battle of wits with an unknown killer who leads him to a series of crime scenes, each of which is salted with evidence pointing to the next crime scene and the next victim.
This book is just awesome!
Need I say more :-) |
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And Then You Die - By: Iris Johansen 1998
Photojournalist Bess Grady goes to Tenajo, Mexico, with her sister to photograph the reportedly beautiful scenery there for a travel piece.
What they find is a village full of dead people; only a baby girl remains alive A detachment of soldiers arrives on the scene, and with no time to react Bess is knocked unconscious.
When she wakes, her sister is dead, and she is a prisoner in a Mexican hospital. But when rescue comes from a totally unexpected source, Bess is unprepared for the chilling truth. Tenajo was a testing ground -- the first stage in a twisted game plan designed to spread terror, at the cost of countless innocent lives.
This is the first novel I read by Ms.Johansen, and I've been hooked ever since! |
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The Face of Deception - By:Iris Johansen 1999
Eve Duncan is a forensic sculptor who loves her work — and at times, the work is gruesome.
John Logan is no ordinary man. He's a Bill Gates wannabe with the billions of dollars and the computer chips to prove it — and he wants something desperately from Eve.
He makes her a proposition: If she will work for him for two weeks, in an isolated laboratory/studio, he will pay her half a million dollars.
But when Logan finally levels with her about what kind of skull she'll be working on, both terror and disbelief make her want to get as far from Logan as possible.
If you like a little romance thrown in with your suspense,
then this books aims to please. |
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The Killing Game - 2000
A killer has been loose for thirty years, eluding capture and brutalizing scores of victims. Now he has his sights on Eve Duncan, a forensic sculptor whose young daughter was murdered ten years earlier. Eve's tropical exile is interrupted, however, when her old friend Joe Quinn shows up to tell her that a pile of bodies has been discovered in the Georgia woods, including that of a young girl he believes may be Eve's daughter. |
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The Search-2000
As part of an elite K-9 search and rescue team, Sarah Patrick and her golden retriever, Monty, have a gift for finding what no one else can
Whether it's a survivor buried alive by an earthquake or the skeleton of a murdered child. But their latest assignment is not like the others. This time Sarah is being forced to take part in a deadly mission...by a man who knows enough about her past of ensure her cooperation.
Sarah and her fabulous canine partner, golden retriever Monty, slog into the aftermaths of a Turkish earthquake and a Taiwanese mudslide, and engage in a heartbreaking search for drowned teens in a lake near Sarah's Arizona cabin. Sarah is furious when she is strong-armed into joining Logan on his search. And once she takes the perilous assignment, she realizes that Logan's promises that she and Monty will be safe may not be enough to protect them. Because a killer is devising a sadistic vengeance...and he may soon find use for Sarah.
A great novel, i'm anticipating the next one! |
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Twelve-year-old Billy Straight—precocious, heartbreakingly perceptive, relentlessly moral—has fled the chaos and abuse of his life at home and is fighting to survive on L.A.'s meanest streets. All alone, Billy has fashioned a precarious existence for himself, using principled tricks to nourish his body and his mind. Late one night he watches from his hiding place as a man viciously butchers a woman.
The victim turns out to be the ex-wife of a television celebrity with a history of domestic violence, and Billy becomes the center of terrifying attention—from the media, from violent bounty hunters, and from the murderer himself.
As he runs for his life, relying on his native wit and instincts for survival, Billy is also tracked by a potential savior: Petra Connor, a tough, gifted, beautiful LAPD homicide detective with a past of her own.
I have been a Kellerman fan for years, and even though this book doesn't feature Alex Delaware, I loved it anyway! |
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See Jane Run By: Joy Fielding-1996
Jane Whittaker has awakened to a nightmare. She doesn't know her name, her age ...or even what she looks like.
Frightened and confused, she wanders the streets of Boston wearing a blood-soaked dress-and carrying $10,000 in her pocket. Her life has become a vacuum—her past vanished...or stolen.
And all that remains is a handsome, unsettling stranger who claims to be her husband, whispered rumors about a dead child whom she cannot recall...and a terrifying premonition that something truly horrible is about to occur.
It's been years since I have read this novel, and it remains sharp in my memory as an awesome read. |
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Remember Me-1995
Menley Nichols as never stopped blaming herself for the accidental death of her two-year old son, a tragedy that strained her marriage and her sanity. When she and her husband Adam, a high-profile attorney, are blessed with a beautiful new baby daughter, they dedicate themselves to rebuilding their lives together,unaware that someone in their midst has a very different agenda for them.
Yearning to return to his Cape Cod roots for a late summer respite, Adam moves his family into Remember House, an 18th-century sea captain's house as legendary as it is picturesque. But the Nichols are immediately drawn into a dark and threatening web of events that disrupt the seemingly peaceful seaside town.
As mysterious incidents amass into a cloud of menace, Menley must soon confront the shadows of the past...and the mounting fear for her beloved daughter's life...
This is my favorite M.Higgins-Clark novel |
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Mitigating Circumstances-Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
In this novel ,Lily Forrester, a district attorney in Southern California, is an ambitious woman with a deteriorating marriage. Her life becomes a nightmare when both she and her daughter are brutally attacked. Recognizing their attacker, but unwilling to submit her child to the abuse of the legal system, Forrester moves to deal out justice herself. |
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Interest of Justice-Nancy Taylor Rosenberg
In this novel, Lara Sanderstone, a California judge, finds her life turned upside down when her house is burglarized, her sister and brother-in-laware brutally murdered, and she's left with a sullen 14-year-old nephew to care for. With the help of police sergeant Ted Rickerson, Lara tries to determine if the crimes were the random work of some sicko or if one of the deadbeats she's sent to prison is out for revenge. |
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The Day Trader-Stephen Frey-2003
For Augustus McKnight, there's good news and bad news: he's just made a killing, but his wife wants a divorce. Then she's murdered, and McKnight gets her juicy life insurance policy and a whole lot of trouble. |
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