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Abortionist's Daughter, The - Elisabeth Hyde

sunniefromoz — Sun, 18 May 2008 16:31:33 +1000

ASSASSIN - Ted Bell

Karen — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:51:28 +1000

BLACK MONDAY - R Scott Reiss

Karen — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:07:18 +1100

Currently Reading - Assassin, Ted Bell

Karen — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:10:47 +1000

I like these books in a sneakingly, almost guilty way. They are just pure entertainment - sort of James Bond crossed with a healthy dose of Austin Powers done Clive Cussler style. They are fast paced, totally over the top, too good to be true, pure and utter escapism, silly, funny, slightly daft and not a bad way to fill in a few hours. Mind you, this is the smaller size paperback and it's 558 pages so you'd think you were in for a lifetime's commitment, but they are very quick to read. I do know I've read the next book in the series - Pirate (they go Hawke, Assassin, Pirate in order) and I remember laughing my way through it - just don't ask me what it was about anymore because the details didn't stay needless to say.

Seriously though - if you're looking for something on the escapist side - you could do worse!

The Blurb:

A shadowy terrorist kingpin has orchestrated the systematic slaying of American diplomats abroad and, as the death toll mounts, British intelligence agent Alexander Hawke is called upon to avert a cataclysmic attack. From London to Indonesia, Washington to the Florida Keys, Hawke battles it out against a cunning and ruthless enemy bent on destorying the West - while on a personal level he must avenge a senseless crime that has left him devastated.

Opening Lines:

"The late afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows opening onto the Grand Canal. There were silken peacocks in the velvet draperies and they stirred in the salty Adriatic breeze. These warm evening zephyrs sent sunstruck motes of dust swirling indolently upward toward the vaulted and gilded ceiling."

Currently Reading - Speak of the Devil, Richard Hawke

Karen — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:44:09 +1100

Just picked this book from Scribe up:

"If she had known she would be dead in another five minutes, maybe she wouldn't have swatted her son so hard."

Currently Reading - The Secret Friend, Chris Mooney

Karen — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:55:32 +1000

According to the promotional material that came with this book The Secret Friend is the 5th thriller from Boston based author Chris Mooney.

The blurb:

Two dead girls in the water. Two tiny statues of the Virgin Mary concealed in their clothing. One CSI on the hunt for their killer.

Opening Line:

"Darby McCormick had finished hanging the last of the bloody clothing inside the drying chamber when she heard her name called over the loudspeakers. Leland Pratt, the lab director, wanted to see her inside his office immediately."

Currently Reading - Web of Evil, J A Jance

Karen — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:06:34 +1100

I'm about 200 pages into this so I'm running late as usual:

"When the man opened his eyes, it was so dark that at first he thought they were still closed. So he tried again, but nothing changed. It was dark - a hot black stifling darkness that seemd to suck the breath out of him. He sensed movement, heard the whine of tires ^[sic]on pavement, but he had no idea where he was or how he'd gotten there."

Currently Reading - When She Was Bad, Jonathan Nasaw

Karen — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 12:46:44 +1100

The prologue for this book is valid as it's headed "Three Portraits of Lily"

"
"Are you sure you're going to be all right now?"

"I'll be fine, Grandma."

"I hate to go off and leave you."

Lily rolls her eyes. "Grandma, I'm seventeen years old, I can take care of myself for two days."

FEARLESS FOURTEEN by Janet Evanovich

voyagersaus — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:38:01 +1000

Hold Tight

evan — Sun, 04 May 2008 17:53:15 +1000