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Author: Michael Connelly
Genre: Crime
Subject: Murder investigation
Rating: ***** (5 Stars)
Summary:
The Black Ice is one of Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels. Each novel stands alone, so you don’t have to read them in order, but you can see a chronological list by clicking here.
The Black Ice begins when narcotics officer Cal Moore is found dead in an apparent suicide. As an investigation into the death of an officer, the case is forwarded directly to LAPD’s elite Robbery/Homicide Division, which quickly writes it off as suicide. Bosch, however, is not so sure, and begins his own “freelance” investigation against departmental orders.
Tags: Black Ice, crime novel, harry bosch, Harry Bosh, michael connelly
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Author: John Grisham
Genre: Suspense
Subject: Espionage and Intrigue
Rating: **** (4 Stars)
Summary:
Joel Backman is a notorious former lobbyist, now in prison for crimes that are not fully revealed until much later in the book. Whatever he did has caused Russia, China, Israel, and Saudi Arabia to want him dead. Backman is unexpectedly pardoned after the CIA director visits an outgoing president and exerts tremendous pressure (and a few million dollars). The CIA’s plan is to hide Backman in another country, get him comfortable, then leak his location to the Russians, Chinese, Saudis, and Israelis. The idea is to find out which of the four will kill Backman, which will answer a host of questions Backman did not answer before going to prison.
Tags: broker, Espionage, john grisham, john grisham books, Novel, Spy, Suspense, Thriller
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A sand castle building competition with a twist:
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Tags: explosion, sand castle, Video
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Author: Thomas Harris
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Serial Killer
Rating: ***** (5 Stars)
Summary:
Red Dragon is one of four novels (that I am aware of) featuring Hannibal Lecter. In two of them, Red Dragon
In Red Dragon
Tags: Cannibal, Hannibal, Lecter, Murder, Red Dragon, Thomas Harris, Thriller
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Will It Blend is site promoting Blendtec blenders with a series of short video clips demonstrating the product. Items ranging from golf balls to iPods are, well, blended to great effect. If you want to see more, go to www.willitblend.com. In the mean time, here’s a video of glowsticks being blended:
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Author: Robert Ludlum
Genre: Thriller
Subject: Espionage
Rating: *****(5 Stars)
Summary:
Hal Ambler is a patient in a mental hospital for former spies run by the US government. He is not insane, but believes he has been put there as part of a conspiracy. With the help of Laurel Holland, a sympathetic nurse, he escapes and begins trying to find out who locked him up and why. He discovers that his friends do not remember him, and that any record of his government employment has been erased.
As Ambler visits places where he used to live and work, he finds himself dodging “recovery teams” sent to retrieve him. At the same time, he begins to remember long-forgotten bits of his past, including the assassinations he participated in.
Tags: Ambler Warning, Novel, Review, Robert Ludlum, Thriller
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Author: Michael Connelly
Genre: Crime/ Detective Fiction
Subject: Organized Crime, Murder Investigation
Rating: ***** (5 Stars)
Summary:
Trunk Music is one Connelly’s many “Detective Harry Bosch” novels. They follow a rough chronological order, but they also stand alone. You don’t have to read them in order for them to make sense, but you can see a chronological list by clicking here.
In Trunk Music, Detective Bosch responds to a crime scene where a body is stuffed in the trunk of an abandoned Rolls Royce. Predictably, the Rolls and the body belong to the same person, Tony Aliso, who turns out to be a shady character involved in money laundering and the production of bad movies.
Tags: book, Fiction, harry bosch, michael connelly, Review, trunk music
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