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Author: bookworm Created: 12/1/2005 10:44 AM
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Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller. Booker prize nomination 2003.8/10
By bookworm on 4/30/2006 12:23 PM
Zoe Heller’s Notes on a Scandal, is good literary fiction – I don’t know whether I agree with the adulation on the book jacket, but it certainly is quite an addictive read.
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Codex by Lev Grossman. Thriller/mystery 10/10
By bookworm on 4/29/2006 10:03 AM
Lev Grossman’s Codex [ISBN 0 009 949122 2] is the story of a search for a long-lost manuscript, though it has many layers of mystery.
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The Shape of Water by Andrea Camilleri. Italian Crime Fiction 9/10
By bookworm on 4/28/2006 2:00 PM
Andrea Camilleri’s The Shape of Water [ISBN 978 0 330 49286 7] is one of his Inspector Montalbano series, and I just wish he had more books translated into English.
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Henry Porter’s Empire State. Spy thriller 9/10
By bookworm on 4/27/2006 8:50 AM
Empire State by Henry Porter [ISBN 0 75285 892 0] is a compulsive read. I’m not a fan of spy stories (or at least I haven’t been in the past) but a friend recommended this, so I found out how very readable it was.
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The Anonymous Venetian by Donna Leon. Crime thriller 8 ½ /10
By bookworm on 4/26/2006 10:25 AM
Donna Leon’s Anonymous Venetian [ISBN 0 330 34412 9] is one of the series featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti and based in Venice.
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Black River by G. M. Ford. Crime Thriller 6/10
By bookworm on 4/25/2006 12:38 PM
G.M. Ford’s Black River [ISBN 13: 978-00330-44685-3] is the second book in the Frank Corso series. Frank Corso, strange introvert celebrated journalist
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Robert Goddard – Play to the End . Crime thriller 8/10
By bookworm on 4/24/2006 9:28 AM
Robert Goddard’s book – Play to the End [ISBN 0 552 14879 2] – is one of this accomplished writer's crime thrillers
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The Last Templar by Raymond Khoury – Grail-type thriller 6/10
By bookworm on 4/22/2006 3:48 PM
Raymond Khoury’s The Last Templar [ISBN –13 978 7528 8070 9] is a grail-type mystery + chase to find the secret – boy’s own adventure kind of book.
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Strange Affair by Peter Robinson. Crime thriller 7/10
By bookworm on 4/21/2006 8:30 AM
Peter Robinson’s Strange Affair [ISBN –13 978 0 330 44678 5] is another book in this prolific writer’s series featuring Inspector Alan Banks.
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Malicious Intent by Kathryn Fox. Forensic thriller 7/10
By bookworm on 4/20/2006 1:27 PM
Kathryn Fox’s Malicious Intent [ISBN 0 340 89584 5] is a first book by this author. It is another forensic pathologist in the Patricia Cornwell’s genre, though this is much fresher and immediate than Cornwell of late
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