From the monthly archives:

July 2007

KISS HER GOODBYE, by Robert Gregory Browne

July 31, 2007

32 I was quite eager to read this book after stumbling across Robert’s blog, called Anatomy of a Book Deal, several months back. The thing, it seemed, was still in edits and I was frothing over it. I have to say it’s not a bad debut thriller. Jack Donovan, a G-man on the hunt for [...]

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THE WHITE TOWER, by Dorothy Johnston

July 22, 2007

31 I didn’t finish this book. It didn’t pass my “100 pages” test… if it doesn’t grab me in a hundred pages, I stop reading it. I can’t put my finger on why this failed for me. The writing was great. I loved the premise. I think it didn’t pull me in because there wasn’t [...]

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GATES OF HADES, by Gregg Loomis

July 18, 2007

30 Coming on the heels of Barry Eisler’s REQUIEM FOR AN ASSASSIN, I was pleasantly surprised by this book… mostly because I didn’t expect it to be another non-official operative story. Jason Peters is an American living abroad—he’s also an assassin with a love of painting seascapes, his dog, and his anonymity. A former mid-level [...]

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Get WHISKEY SOUR for FREE

July 18, 2007

JA Konrath is giving away 1,000 electronic copies of his debut novel, WHISKEY SOUR. Get one while you can! This is where the Lt. Jack Daniels saga started. Meet Jack’s arch nemesis, the Gingerbread Man, for the first time… and, as always with Konrath, you’ll laugh your booty clean off and shake-in-your-shoes from the non-stop [...]

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REQUIEM FOR AN ASSASSIN, by Barry Eisler

July 10, 2007

29 I’m finally up to date with the Rain series and it was worth every word. The sixth installment in Eisler‘s awesome hit man thriller series didn’t disappoint. Our hero comes to the U.S. to try and put his bloody past behind him once and for all by taking out his new arch nemesis, the [...]

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SWEETIE’S DIAMONDS, by Raymond Benson

July 3, 2007

28 I had high hopes for this book. I used to work in the diamond biz, so I like to see how accurately people depict the industry. Konrath gave the book a nice blurb, and the other blurbs on the cover were good, too.

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