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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 rogue [...]

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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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THE LAST ASSASSIN, by Barry Eisler

June 27, 2007

27 Just when I thought the action in a John Rain thriller couldn’t get any better… it does! Times a thousand.
As if the stakes for Rain weren’t always high, Eisler’s gone and propelled them to the stratosphere with THE LAST ASSASSIN. Rain’s lost love Midori and their newborn son are threatened by Rain’s old nemesis, [...]

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KILLING RAIN, by Barry Eisler

June 23, 2007

26 John Rain, Part IV… nice work yet again from the best of the best of the hit man thrillers. (Of course, I say this with all due respect to Lee Child.)
This time around, Rain finds himself in uncharted territory. As the title implies, the tables have turned after a botched job makes Rain a [...]

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RAIN STORM, by Barry Eisler

June 18, 2007

25 The third installment in Eisler’s RAIN series didn’t disappoint.
All the elements were there: action packed from page one… mad assassins gettin it on… ass whoopins galore!
Barry’s a self-described news junkie, that all he does is open the newspaper and the world takes care of his ideas.
Well, the world keeps teeing up softballs. Seems [...]

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THE MALTESE FALCON, by Dashiell Hammett

June 10, 2007

24 A return to a classic!
This marks the first time since sometime in 2005 that I’ve re-read a book. Every book I’d read since January 2006 was new to me… until now.
There’s not much I can add to the discussion about MALTESE that hasn’t already been said, except that I loved it just as much [...]

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