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Review: Gone, Baby, Gone

The Book: Gone, Baby, Gone, by Dennis Lehane
The Story: A four year old girl, Amanda, is reported missing after having been gone several days. The private detective team of Patrick and Angie are put on the case because of their track record in being able to figure out tough cases that no one else can. [...]

Review: One Good Turn

The Book: One Good Turn, by Kate Atkinson
The Story: Jackson Brodie (who has been in other books by Kate Atkinson) is walking down the street when he sees a fender bender followed by a pretty through beating. Also in the crowd is Martin, a writer, and Gloria, a millionaire’s wife.
On the same [...]

Review: Dismantled

The Book: Dismantled, by Jennifer McMahon
The Story: Ok, so this is pretty wild: These four college-aged misfits, Henry, Tess, Winnie and Suz, find each other and become BFF.  One of the girls, Suz, has this really magnetic personality… also she is a sort-of anarchist and loves doing “tricks” and just generally being crazy.  They call [...]

Review: Look Again

The Book: Look Again, by Lisa Scottoline
The Story: Ellen is a reporter for the local paper.  When she gets a “Have You Seen This Kid?” flyer in the mail with a picture that looks a lot like her adopted son she uses her connections and resources at the paper to do a little bit of [...]

Review: Mystic River

The Book: Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane
The Story: Three boys (Jimmy, Sean & Dave) are playing in the street when a “cop” car pulls up and asks one of the boys (Dave) to get in.  He gets in and is missing for 3 days.  When he gets back he’s pretty screwed up and is no [...]

Review: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest

The Book: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, by Stieg Larsson
The Story: The final chapter of the Millennium Trilogy.  This is the continuing story of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist.  This one picks up pretty much the very second that book two left off and kind of gets quickly into pretty new territory. I [...]

Review: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

The Book: The Secret History of the Pink Carnation, by Lauren Willis
The Story: Alright, there are actually two stories going on here, one in the past and one in the present.
In the present:  Eloise is doing research for her dissertation about the Scarlet Pumpernickel and the Purple Gentain.  She is lead to the house of [...]

Review: The Girl Who Played With Fire

The Book: The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
The Story: This was an ultra-complex storyline if you ask me, so I’m just going to give you the bare-bones rundown.
Mikael is back on the warpath, but this time he’s got other people helping him out.  He and the staff at his magazine are planning [...]

What I’m Reading: The GIrl Who Played with Fire

The Girl Who Played with Fire, by Stieg Larsson
So, I know that I raved, raved, raved about The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, but I’m kind of struggling with this one.  I’m not sure if it is the story so much as the pacing.  I’m getting towards page 300 and… huh?  I feel like absolutely [...]

Review: Eye Contact

The Book: Eye Contact, by Cammie McGovern
The Story: In a small patch of woods outside of an elementary school, a young girl is murdered.  The only witness to the murder is Adam, a nine-year-old autistic boy.  Even on a good day, he is almost completely non-verbal, but after this, he totally shuts down.
His mom, Cara, [...]