Books

Copyright 2003 by Harlan Coben. Published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group Inc., New York. Harlan Coben is one of my favorite mystery authors. His plots are intricate, and his characters are fully formed. He keeps the reader guessing and usually ends with a shocking surprise. That is all true in No … Continue reading »

Copyright 2000 by Tim Dorsey. Published by HarperTorch, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, New York. If you like crazy you will like Tim Dorsey. I enjoy crazy, but only to a point. Apparently that point is somewhat below Dorsey’s level. There are about 1,000 characters in this book and about 12 intersecting plot lines … Continue reading »

Copyright 1992 by Randy Wayne White. Published by St Martin’s Press, New York. This is a “Doc Ford” novel, set on Sanibel and Captiva Islands. Being a resident of nearby Ft Myers, the locales are very familiar. This boosts the enjoyment for me. Part of the problem is that this isn’t really a mystery. It … Continue reading »

Copyright 1994 by Barbara Parker. Published by Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc, New York. This is the first of at least 8 books in the “Suspicion” series featuring Gail Connor and Anthony Quintana, two Miami lawyers. I wasn’t aware that this was a series until, at the end of the book, there … Continue reading »

Copyright 1997 by Harlan Coben. Published by Dell, an imprint of Random House Publishing Group, New York. This is the 4th of the (currently) 12 books by Coben that feature Myron Bolitar, sports agent and detective. This one is set at Merion Golf Club during the US Open tournament. Jack Coldren, a veteran pro playing … Continue reading »

Copyright 2003 by Columbus Rose Ltd. Published by Warner Books, New York. This is the first of the series (currently numbering 6) of Baldacci novels featuring Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, two former Secret Service agents who left the agency in disgrace – King for having his minor presidential candidate assassinated and Maxwell for having … Continue reading »

Copyright 2003 by Sandecker RILLP. Published by GP Putnam & Sons, New York. This is #17 (of 27) in the series of adventure/fantasy novels by Clive Cussler featuring Dirk Pitt, Special Activities Director of NUMA, the National Underwater Marine Administration. I was surprised that there are 10 to follow this one because (spoiler alert) in … Continue reading »

Copyright 2001 by Vince Flynn. Published by Pocket Books, a division of Simon & Schuster Inc, New York. This is the 5th in the series of books by Vince Flynn that features Mitch Rapp, a CIA assassin. Yes, a CIA assassin. I am not so naive to believe that our government never kills anyone, but, … Continue reading »

Copyright 2004 by Jonathan Kellerman. Published by Ballantine Books, New York. I was expecting this to be a mystery featuring Alex Delaware, Kellerman’s most popular protagonist. But it is actually his second novel featuring Petra Connor, a female detective in Hollywood CA. Delaware is mentioned several times but does not appear as a character in … Continue reading »

Copyright 1994 by Nelson DeMille. Published by Warner Books, New York. This is a long book – 640 pages. And virtually nothing happens for the first 600. I guess if you were kind you would say that he carefully and painstakingly developed the plot and the characters. If you weren’t so kind you would say … Continue reading »