Just finished The Lost Luggage Porter by Andrew Martin http://www.jimstringernovels.com/page2.htm. Luuuuuuved this book! The tone/voice and the atmosphere--fabulous, completely original! There was one moment early on, when the detective has a conveniently chance meeting with the men who ultimately become the murder victims, which I was a little disappointed with. But then what Martin did with that moment... luuuuved it. So unpredictable,… Continue

Just finished "reading" (as in an audiobook) Scott Turow's Ordinary Heroes http://www.scottturow.com/ordinaryheroes.htm set in World War II. Lovely writing. Great research and incorporation of authentic details and a bibliography on the website to prove it: http://www.scottturow.com/ordinaryheroesbibliography.htm

Great characters, especially the two…

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I just finished Conn Iggulden's newest novel Genghis: Birth of a Nation. http://www.conniggulden.com/

Genghis and the Mongols are a topic of perennial fascination for me, and I'm always interested in novelistic interpretations.

The 50 pages of Iggulden's Genghis was a tad slow for me, but then, when young Genghis is out on his own trying to survive! My gosh! I could not put it down. Which is highly unusual for me. I'm…

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Have to confess I was curious and checked out this hour long reality show. http://www.spiketv.com/index.html#home/bll/t=bll/cnt=2/st=1 The tagline is "Can you solve it before they do?" Two teams of law students, law professors, and assorted others. A real crime is recreated. A veteran police detective serves as mentor and guide.

I was horrified and fascinated. Couldn't turn it off. Extremely gory and pretty…

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