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Mmmkay. That’s headline’s not entirely true. It should read, “The six best novels I read between January and June in 2007.”

But let’s face facts here: that one was too damn long, and it’s really not very good.

I’m hoping the list is. And, by the way, these are in a particular order.

THE LAST ASSASSIN, by Barry Eisler

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, Yamaoto, the yakuza boss turned politician with a major axe to grind with Rain.

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19 David Housewright, where have you been all my life?

Seriously, this book was awesome from start to finish. I’m not a great big fan of the PI novel, but what Housewright has done with the character of Mac McKenzie is top notch.

There’s humor and humility. Emotion and realism. Mac isn’t particularly tough, but he holds his own because he operates by the code that self-survival is of the utmost… he fights when he has to but he’ll avoid a scrape if it’s not necessary. In some ways, this character reminded me of Columbo.

Just a side note… I had an e-mail conversation with my mom today. She said she just read something that made her want to read everything by the author. I had the same experience with this one.

Look out Housewright. I coming after your catalog.