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Another Life
Another Life
Author: Donna Anders
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 15
Review Date: 5/2/2006


Psychological suspense.


The Bad Place
The Bad Place
Author: Dean Koontz
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 68
Review Date: 5/1/2007


This book was terrifying, gripping, haunting, a real page turner. It contains a classic duel of good and evil. Synopsis: Frank Pollard awakens in an alley sensing he is in great danger. However, not remembering anything except his name. He takes refuge in a motel and awakens with blood on his hands. Over the next few days he fears sleep because each time he wakes up he discovers strange objects in his hands or in his pockets. Bobby and Julie Dakota are a husband-and-wife detective team. They specialize in high-ticket corporate security investigations. However, they help Frank Pollard out of compassion and curiosity. But as the Dakotas begin to discover where Frank goes when he sleeps, they are drawn into ever-darkening realms where they encounter the figure stalking Frank. Thomas is Julie Dakota's Down's-syndrome brother. To him, death is the "Bad Place".


Beecher
Beecher
Author: McCall
Book Type: Hardcover
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Review Date: 3/19/2007


Synopsis: Henry Ward Beecher, golden-tongued pastor of Brooklyn's Plymouth Church, whose sermons made the multitudes gasp and swoon, was a celbrated public figure and peerless moral force...Suddenly, the nation is flabbergasted when Beecher is accused of seducing the wife of his protege. Beecher's sister was Harriet Beecher Stowe - who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin". I liked this book - it was shocking.


Best of Gourmet
Best of Gourmet
Author: Gourmet Magazine Editors
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 4/16/2007


This hardcover book has beautiful pictures of different recipes. The recipes are wonderful. I am sure that if you cook,you will enjoy making the dishes listed in it.


Beyond the Body Farm: A Legendary Bone Detective Explores Murders, Mysteries, and the Revolution in Forensic Science
Review Date: 12/29/2019


I really liked this book. It was so interesting that it was hard to put down. I was easy to read while being very technical.


The Big Bad Wolf (Alex Cross, Bk 9) (Large Print)
The Big Bad Wolf (Alex Cross, Bk 9) (Large Print)
Author: James Patterson
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 17
Review Date: 2/22/2007


This is LARGEPRINT library edition for easy reading. Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered - a predator know only as "The Wolf." This book is very exciting.


Black Notice (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 10) (Large Print)
Black Notice (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 10) (Large Print)
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 14
Review Date: 2/20/2007


This is a Scarpetta Novel. The nightmare begins when a cargo ship ariving at Richmond's Deep Water Terminal from Belgium is discovered to be transporting a locked, sealed container holding the decomposed remains of stowaway. They story careens across international borders with Scarpetta in harm's way.


Blood Farm
Blood Farm
Author: Sam Siciliano
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 4
Review Date: 5/2/2006


Horror.


Blood Sport
Blood Sport
Author: Dick Francis
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 2
Review Date: 3/14/2007


A book about horseracing. And the corruption with very expensive stallions.


Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 12)
Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 12)
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 402
Review Date: 2/18/2007
Helpful Score: 2


A Scarpetta Novel. The setting is in Louisiana. A woman is found dead in a seedy hotel, dressed to go out, keys in her hand. Frightening and compelling.


Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 12) (Large Print)
Blow Fly (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 12) (Large Print)
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
 47
Review Date: 2/2/2007


This a Hardcover LARGE-PRINT book. Dr. Kay Scarpetta's back. She moves to Florida as a private forensic consultant. She gets involved in a case in neighboring Lousiana - a woman, with keys in hand, and dressed to kill, is found dead in a seedy hotel. Then, Jean-Bapiste Chandonne (The Wolf Man) in prison contacts her. A great thriller.


The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 5)
The Body Farm (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 5)
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 163
Review Date: 2/10/2007


A puzling and terrifying crime occurs in North Carolina. A child is murdered. Forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates. I liked this book.


Brimstone (Pendergast, Bk 5)
Brimstone (Pendergast, Bk 5)
Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Book Type: Paperback
  • Currently 4.1/5 Stars.
 336
Review Date: 9/6/2006


A terrific read!


The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, Bk 3)
The Cabinet of Curiosities (Pendergast, Bk 3)
Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
 479
Review Date: 5/2/2006


A terrific thriller.


Cause of Death (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 7)
Cause of Death (Kay Scarpetta, Bk 7)
Author: Patricia Cornwell
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 227
Review Date: 2/22/2007
Helpful Score: 2


This is another Scarpetta novel. 30-feet below the Elizabeth River's icy surface a scuba diver is dead, an investigative reporter who was a favorite at the Medical Examiner's Office. Then a second murder occurs. This book brillantly delivers high-tension and suspense.


Cruel Doubt; No Minor Chords; J. Egar Hoover; Learing to Play God
Review Date: 2/18/2007


This book contains 4 great nonfiction stories about a family in eastern North Carolina, hollywood, J. Edgar Hoover, and a young doctor.


The Dark Half
The Dark Half
Author: Stephen King
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
 207
Review Date: 5/7/2007


Synopsis: Thad Beaumont is a writer who published novels under the name of "George Stark". The story takes place in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine where Thad, his wife, and twins reside. Sheriff Alan Panghorn ponders the brutal roadside murder of man named Homer Gamache. Thad's prints are found all over Homer. From this point, a tale of terror begins.


Dawn (Cutler, Bk 1)
Dawn (Cutler, Bk 1)
Author: V. C. Andrews
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 4.6/5 Stars.
 8
Review Date: 11/11/2006


"Dawn" is the debut (1st) of the new V.C. Andrews - Cutler Series. It is about a young girl named "Dawn", living though a crumbling and dispairing life, and her yearning for a true home and happy family.


Demon Seed
Demon Seed
Author: Dean R. Koontz
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 214
Review Date: 5/2/2006


Thriller.


Entombed (Alexandra Cooper, Bk 7) (Large Print)
Entombed (Alexandra Cooper, Bk 7) (Large Print)
Author: Linda Fairstein
Book Type: Hardcover
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
 1
Review Date: 8/22/2009


I liked this Large Print book because it fuses the past history of a murder with that of a present murder. Thus, connecting the two. It was a chilling legal prosecution thriller.


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