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Archive for March, 2011

“Santa Fe Edge” by Stuart Woods

“Santa Fe Edge” is a typical Stuart Woods book – the plot moves along quickly via matter-of-fact prose and dialogue with sparse attention to scene description or character analysis.  In other words, his books are usually a no-nonsense quick read, and this one is no exception. A famous pro golfer is accused of his wife’s murder, [...]

Andrew Gross

If you like James Patterson, you will like Andrew Gross, one of my favorite authors.  As a matter of fact, Andrew began his writing career by co-authoring five books with Patterson (The Jester, Lifeguard, 2nd Chance, 3rd Degree, and Judge and Jury), which I’m sure is how he learned the fast pacing and non-stop action typical [...]

“Deep Shadow” by Randy Wayne White

“Deep Shadow” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2010) is an exciting book in the Doc Ford series and would make a dynamite movie.  Doc and his friends are diving in a remote Florida lake, hoping to find the old wreckage of an airplane which may be filled with gold from the Cuban national treasury.  Two of the divers are [...]

“Endangered Species” by Nevada Barr

Just finished “Endangered Species” by Nevada Barr (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1997), one of the early Anna Pigeon, park ranger, series. I didn’t like this book nearly as well as I did her recent entry, “13-1/2″, which I reviewed last month (I loved that one, by the way), but it held my interest long enough to finish the book. [...]

“Electric Barracuda” by Tim Dorsey

If you are a member of MADD, a drug-abuse counselor, or a child protection worker, you might find ”Electric Barracuda”, (HarperCollins, 2011),  a little uncomfortable to read;  but if you can set aside reality for a time and not take anything in this book seriously, it could prove to be an enjoyable, comical romp. Self-appointed vigilante, Serge Storms, along with [...]

“The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson

This is a wonderful book, and the Milennium Trilogy, the three books penned by this author, is a must-read for any serious mystery lover. I say “serious” because this mystery series contains a great number of characters and some pretty complicated plotting, as well as a lot of historical and political background information, much of [...]

The Good Wife on CBS

Great episode of  The Good Wife Tuesday night on CBS!  I think this is one of the finest shows that’s on TV currently – always interesting and well-done.  I find myself hanging on every word – that’s how absorbing I think the story is.  And you need to pay attention to the dialogue to catch all the nuances.  Not sure if this [...]

Randy Wayne White

Just returned from hearing Florida author Randy Wayne White speak at our local library.  He has a new book out, “Night Vision” (Putnam, 2011), another addition to his Doc Ford (former government operative turned marine biologist) mystery series.  I have not read any of his books, but am interested enough now to select one as soon as I get through [...]

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