just finished "The Sixth Man" by David Baldacci. this is the fifth in his series using Sean King and Michelle Maxwell as investigators. Originally found the first book on vacation on the cape years ago.
3-3.5 stars out of 4
the other books in the series are:
Split Second
Hour Game
Simple Genius
and First Family
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30 December 2011
02 August 2011
reading this - Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton's career has been peaked by darkly exploratory journeys into science gone wrong with novels like Sphere, Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Congo, and while I've always appreciated his knack for creating believable, if not plausible, sci-fi scenarios using his love with certain areas of fringe tech, some of his more entertaining books come about when he steps away from the schematics and computer print outs and goes to town in a world of complete fantasy. Such is Pirate Latitudes, the last book ever written in full by Crichton, which was discovered on the author's computer after his death in November '08.
There are no moral tales of the responsibility inherent to toying with the genome or brushing shoulders with extinct species found here. Rather, Pirate Latitudes is more in league with Eaters of the Dead and The Great Train Robbery; a pure adventure story. However, while you may be expecting a pirate book arriving after the monumental success of Pirates of the Caribbean to feature out-of-this-world plot devices and ridiculously zany, swashbuckling set pieces, rest assured that Captain Jack Sparrow has left no visible imprint on Crichton's latest. No, Pirate Latitudes is a hard-boiled, men-on-a-mission thriller that has more in common with Michael Mann's Heat or Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds; it just happens to be set in a wonderous time when anything seemed possible, a time when sea dragons and cannibal natives may not have just been tall tales.
There are no moral tales of the responsibility inherent to toying with the genome or brushing shoulders with extinct species found here. Rather, Pirate Latitudes is more in league with Eaters of the Dead and The Great Train Robbery; a pure adventure story. However, while you may be expecting a pirate book arriving after the monumental success of Pirates of the Caribbean to feature out-of-this-world plot devices and ridiculously zany, swashbuckling set pieces, rest assured that Captain Jack Sparrow has left no visible imprint on Crichton's latest. No, Pirate Latitudes is a hard-boiled, men-on-a-mission thriller that has more in common with Michael Mann's Heat or Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds; it just happens to be set in a wonderous time when anything seemed possible, a time when sea dragons and cannibal natives may not have just been tall tales.
21 October 2009
another to read - Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel (9784152085528): Robert B. Parker: Books
Amazon.com: Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel (9784152085528): Robert B. Parker: Books: "It's taken four novels, but finally Parker's Jesse Stone series has produced a book as good as top-drawer Spenser. This outing finds the laconic, troubled cop tackling three problems: to capture the pair of serial killers who are murdering random victims in small-town Paradise, Mass., where Stone is chief of police; to bring to justice the three high-school students who gang-raped a younger schoolmate; and to come to terms with his love of both alcohol and his ex-wife, Jenn."
one to read next - Stone Cold : David Baldacci
Amazon.com: Stone Cold (9780446577397): David Baldacci: Books: "Starred Review. The modern-day paladins of the Camel Club are back in their third exciting adventure (after 2006's The Collectors). Justice-seekers Milton, Caleb, Reuben and honorary member Alex Ford, a Secret Service agent, are led by feisty Oliver Stone, aka former CIA assassin John Carr. Their associate, Annabelle Conroy, is a slick con artist on the run after stealing $40 million from lunatic casino owner Jerry Bagger, who killed her mother."
04 August 2008
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