Fiction
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Book Review: Cold Moon
n the vast array of modern day crime fiction writers, Jeffrey Deaver stands heads and shoulders over the rest. His engrossing narrative and familiarity of the territory of crime scene investigation puts his books in a higher caliber than those of the Baldaccis and the Pattersons. (Only Patricia Cornwell’s books come close to Deaver’s works Read more
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Book Review: The Kite Runner
Fiction can be informative. Not all bestsellers lack substance. This absolute masterpiece from Khaled Hosseini is testimony to both these statements. The writing style is terse and Hosseini does not waste words, saying so much with so few words. This book in many ways reminded me of the writings of V. S, Naipal but nothing Read more
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Eric Lustbader’s Ninja Series
I must confess, that I have only experienced the audio versions of these books. However, I found them extremely enjoyable. I have always been a fan of books that combine the Eastern mysticism with Western technology like Michael Crichton’s Rising Sun or the Star Wars Series(The entire Jedi philosophy is merely recycled Zen Teachings). The Read more
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Audio Book: The Summons
8 CDs Unabridged Pub. Date: February 2002Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group The Summons is a novel from John Grisham. Ray Atley is a law professor in Virginia. Recently dumped by his wife, he lives a mundane life except for his hobby of flying a Cessna. Suddenly, he is summoned back to his home town Read more
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