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Full House by Janet Evanovich

Tuesday, September 16th, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 334 pages, 2002

Rating: 5/10

Reason for Reading: Hoping for some of the humour in Evanvich’s Stephanie Plum series.

Synopsis: Single mom Billie decides to take polo lessons while her kids are on vacation with their father, and finds herself being taught by rich playboy Nick. She’s attracted, but there’s no way anything can come of it - what would the handsome Nick want with a sixth-grade teacher with two kids of her own? Spurred by recent burglaries and weird noises in the night, Billie agrees to house Nick’s spoiled cousin, Deedee, until her wedding, and finds Nick is determined to use his cousin as an excuse to come over as often as he wants…

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The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

Monday, September 15th, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Trade, 360 pages, 2003

Rating: 9/10

Reason for Reading: Loved The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book.

Synopsis: In this third book of the Thursday Next series, Thursday is sent to the Well of Lost Plots to avoid detection by the evil Aornis during her pregnancy by her husband Landen, who’s been erased in all but her memories. Living in the pages of an unpublished book, Thursday plunges deep into the world of fiction - the fiction that goes on in books between chapters - and must save herself as well as the fictional characters that she is sworn to protect.

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The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt

Thursday, September 11th, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover (available in mass market, 301 pages, 2003

Rating: 7/10

Reason for Reading: I was hearing so-so things about this one, but I liked Forty Words For Sorrow enough to read it anyway.

Synopsis: In this second book of the John Cardinal series, a warm spell in the middle of January brings out the bears, along with the bones they’ve been chewing on. Detective Cardinal is having problems even identifying the body, when word comes that this case may be tied to the FLQ terrorist case in Quebec in 1970, a situation that left a political figure dead. It’s a tough case to begin with, but with the FLQ connections comes cover-ups from unexpected places that will make this a terrible case for Cardinal and his partner Delorme to crack.

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The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver

Sunday, August 3rd, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass-market paperback, 505 pages, 2001

Rating: 9/10

Reason for Reading: Deaver was recommened at BookCrazy for a good thriller.

Synopsis: A cracker with the nickname Phate is using the Internet to collect information on innocent people - so he can then kill them. Baffled at his skill, police spring Wyatt Gillette, super-hacker, from jail to try and trace Phate and stop his killing spree.

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Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Monday, March 31st, 2003

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover (available in trade), 511 pages, 2002

Rating: 10/10

Reason for Reading: A buzz book.

Synopsis: Sue Trinder, orphaned and left to Mrs. Sucksby and a “family” of cheats and liars in London, 1862, is about to receive a ticket out of poverty. All she must do is pose as a personal maid and convince a young girl to marry the conniving Gentleman, who will then take her money and split it with Sue. But Maud Lilly will prove to have a mind of her own in this Dickensian tale of deceit, lies, and murder.

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Archive for the ‘Suspense’ Category

Full House by Janet Evanovich

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass market, 334 pages, 2002

Rating: 5/10

The Well of Lost Plots by Jasper Fforde

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Trade, 360 pages, 2003

Rating: 9/10

The Delicate Storm by Giles Blunt

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover (available in mass market, 301 pages, 2003

Rating: 7/10

The Blue Nowhere by Jeffery Deaver

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Mass-market paperback, 505 pages, 2001

Rating: 9/10

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Reviewed by L.D.Y.

Hardcover (available in trade), 511 pages, 2002

Rating: 10/10

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