Power Play by Joseph Finder is a straightforward novel – Five terrorists; Thirteen hostages; One reluctant hero called Jake Landry. As a junior executive in a mulit-billion-dollar company, Hammond Aerospace, Landry was called in as a replacement for his boss for a weekend of top executive team-building at a remote lodge. The story took an [...]
Granted I have not read a lot of political thrillers, and in real life I try to steer clear of politics (except for the usual rants about the Singapore Government), Term Limits by Vince Fynn was introduced to me by Warden. There could be others, but the ones I can recall are probably from Jeffrey [...]
Shortly after reading Down River by John Hart, Warden passed me Hart’s first book, The King of Lies – his debut. This mystery thriller tells the tale of a struggling criminal defense attorney, Jackson Workman Pickens, whom some people call “Work”. Seemingly forced to live up to the expectations of his exceptionally successful (and ruthless) [...]
John Hart’s second novel follows his well-written debut, The King of Lies. It is a tale of family ties, betrayal, friendship and the human nature, neatly woven within mystery and suspense. When I first picked up the book, it read more like a literature piece such as the well-known To Kill a Mocking Bird. John [...]
I have a thing for mysteries in recent months, and after reading three books by James Patterson, I needed fresh perspectives from a different author. If nothing just for comparison sake. When the Bough Breaks by Jonathan Kellerman is the first of his Dr. Alex Delaware series. That was the first thing that hits me [...]
How many people have come across this thought. How often has it pop up in our heads over the years?
I want to be somebody!
Question is, how far will you go to get there? How much are you willing to sacrifice?
In James Patterson’s first book in the Alex Cross series, the villain Gary Soneji/Murphy, kills for [...]
Since picking up my first James Patterson book – Kiss the Girls, I have been searching for his first in the Alex Cross series – Along Came a Spider. Unfortunately, it proved an elusive item to get from the National Library, and I am too cheap poor to get a new one from the bookstore. [...]
Two highly intelligent killers are on the loose, and they are cooperating, competing, committing the perfect coast to coast murders that had the authorities baffled. One is a collector, organized and almost artistic in his “work”. The other is cold and impersonal, capable of extreme violence. Their distinct styles seem totally unconnected, yet both are [...]
An ex-colleague and friend wrote a book, while she was in the United States for more than a year (I figured). I was rather excited that a friend of mine had actually written a book and gotten it published. She had previously told me the name of her book, and that it was on the [...]
