Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass-market), 424 pages, 2002 Rating: 7/10 Reason for Reading: I’ve been trying to restrain myself from racing through all of Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series, but couldn’t stop myself from reading The Stone Monkey, the fourth book (of five) in the series. Synopsis: When a ship carrying illegal Chinese immigrants […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass-market), 411 pages, 2000 Rating: 10/10 Reason for Reading: I got into Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series thanks to a recommendation at Book Crazy, and I’ve found they make excellent slump-breakers. This is the third in the series. Synopsis: Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his protégé Amelia Sachs abandon the bustle […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Mass market, 372 pages, 1998 Rating: 6/10 Reason for Reading: My mom passed this one on to me; I wanted something quick to read. Synopsis: A series of murders are being committed, and the only tie appears to be that three beautiful 20-something women, Ashely, Toni, and Alette, who each knew one […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass market), 342 pages, 2003 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: Gerritsen is the best forensic science-based thriller writer around. Synopsis: It’s almost impossible to imagine – one nun murdered and another left for dead in a savage attack in a church in a secluded nunnery. Medical examiner Maura Isles, […]

Reviewed by L.D.Y. Mass market, 342 pages, 2002 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: The Evanovich factor. Synopsis: Millionaire Max, cousin of Nick in Full House, rolls into a quiet town (in a talking car, no less) in South Carolina, looking to help his brother-in-law Frankie run a campaign for mayor, and to check up on […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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, […]