Free books: Mystery & Thriller
Long Lost (2013)
This was a short, fun "in between" book. Kate and John attempt to leave their police world behind and have a mini vacation, but it just doesn't happen. It was an easy case with a shocking end and I'll admit I didn't see it coming. I actually wish this had been a full book complete with investigat...
Negeri Para Bedebah (2012)
Tadinya mau ngasih empat bintang, tapi karena kesel sama banyaknya PoV1 yang nggak konsisten, akhirnya ngasih tiga bintang aja deh. Bukan itu aja sih. Entah kenapa twistnya nggak begitu berarti. Musuh-musuhnya nggak disiapkan dengan baik, karena pas diungkap si sosok musuh dalam selimut, rasanya ...
The Executor (2010)
I listened to this book on CD's and just finished. It is a strange story, sort of like a modern day Crime and Punishment. I continue to admire Jesse Kellerman's writing even if I didn't enjoy this book as I did the last one of his I read, The Genius. Kirby Heybourne does a great reading. His voic...
Teufelsgrinsen (2014)
Minor spoiler: Sherlock Holmes is in this book so I had really big doubts that this would be any good. I was VERY pleasantly surprised. Not only was Sherlock handled reasonably well and respectably but I REALLY liked the main character: a female cross-dressing doctor/detective. I didn't see that ...
The Devil's Grin - A Crime Novel featuring Anna Kronberg and Sherlock Holmes (2012)
I wanted to like this book more than I ultimately did. I was excited about the premise of the book, a female in Victorian England posing as a male in order to work as a Physician. The author had some clever explanations for the transition. Add Sherlock Holmes to that and what a great mix you h...
As Sete Maravilhas do Mundo (2012)
This is a linked together collection of short stories about our hero, who will become a private investigator, a finder, in ancient Rome. In this volume, though, he's a young man and he's still learning the ways of the world as he joins his tutor on a tour of the Seven Wonders. Some of the stories...
Sotto un cielo cremisi (2009)
A good, almost great entry in the Hap and Leonard series by the great Mr. Lansdale. This one was fantastic until about page 190. It seemed like it was reaching a logical conclusion, the situations and characters were great and semi-believable and then there is kind of a weak 50 page or so clima...
Persa nel tempo (2014)
This was a very short story so it only took a couple hours to read. It could be read as a stand alone story but you would enjoy it more if you have read other books in the Kate Burkholder series by Linda Castillo. I have read all of them and they are wonderful mystery/thrillers about Kate who is ...
Tigres De Guerre (2000)
The story was decent. I guess that is why I got back to these even as they frustrate me. The concepts are good, and there is even some good, like the background written as flashbacks. But the dialogue continues to turn into lectures: "Rembember when in profesor so and so's class""Oh yeah,...." f...
Die Gebeine von Avalon (2010)
I enjoyed this at least as much as the Merrily Watkins books. Phil Rickman evokes place and the power of the land on people better than I have ever read elsewhere. It was enhanced for me because having lived in the area for 20 years I was familiar with all the places.It struck me how this authe...
Gideons Strijd (2012)
Re-posting. 4 stars. A great segue to Gideon's Sword with an action filled plot and surprising twists throughout. Gideon is once again thrust head long into a request from EES only to find out he has stepped deep into a terrorist plot of the worst kind, involving a nuclear bomb. With only day...
12th of Never [Excerpt: First 17 Chapters] (2013)
Patterson is a fun summer beach read. But good grief this required more suspension of disbelief than most. The DA served a search warrant and searched a house. Lindsay went back to work early while she thought her new baby was dying? The bad guy plants his lover in the police department, and s...
Trial of the Gemini (2013)
This is the story of two families of Greek heritage, intertwined in more ways than one would think possible, over a couple of generations: The Kronon family, and the Giannis family, the latter including Paul Giannis, just over 50 and a state senator now running for mayor, and his identical twin...
Dakota Cipher (2011)
It's never fair to compare artists' work. Saying that such-and-such a singer is "The new Ella Fitzgerald" or "The British Courtney Love" does neither the established diva nor the newcomer much of a compliment. Therefore I say this with apology but - For those of us who love George MacDonald Fra...
Killer A Jack Rhodes Mystery (2000)
This is not a book for most of my goodreads friends. If I hadn't been sucked into the plot, I probably wouldn't have finished it. Very violent and very full of F words. So-- if those things don't bother you then you can continue with this review ** stop here for spoilers*** The main character...