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R.I.P. Michael Crichton
on Nov 4, 2008 in All posts Authors Fiction Novels death Michael Crichton techno-thriller thrillers The bestsellling author died unexpectedly in Los Angeles Tuesday, after a courageous and private battle against cancer. He was 66. This news saddens me even more than it might have, following the excitement of the presidential election. Called ̶...
THE CEILING OF HELL by Warren Murphy
on Jan 25, 2009 in Shamus Thrillers Mystery Warren Murphy I’m a sucker for three things. The first is a cleverly plotted 1980s thriller. The second is a private eye novel. The third is any story that features shrewdly evil Nazis. It’s not often to find all three packaged neatly together in one story, bu...
ENDGAME by James Elliott
on Feb 12, 2009 in James Elliott J.C. Pollock Thrillers A couple fishing buddies—both former Delta Force operators—are camped by a remote lake in the Canadian wilderness. They are old friends, but their lives have drifted apart and this trip is the first in six years. It’s been two great weeks of fi...
THE THIRD ILLUSION by Harrison Arnston
on Feb 16, 2009 in Thrillers Harrison Arnston Mystery David Baxter is a wanted man. He is a former CIA operative who, six years earlier, stopped a terrorist attack and in the process killed a man named Nadi Amur. Amur was the leader of a small Palestinian terrorist organization that will do anything to...
monster – naoki urasawa
on Feb 22, 2009 in manga recommendations thrillers urasawa Two children, twins, are brought in the hospital after their adoptive parents are brutally murdered. The girl is in shock, the boy has severe head trauma. Doctor Kenzo Tenma, a Japanese man working and living in Germany, saves the life of this youn...