Tag Archives: thriller

Sharpe’s Fortress

Posted on June 24, 2011 by smellincoffee

Sharpe’s Fortress: India 1803© 1999 Bernard Cornwell294 pages There’s nothing quite so miserable as a good sergeant who’s been made into  purposeless officer. Mister Richard Sharpe is a man with a mission — the defeat of renegade-murder Dodd — but … Continue reading →

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Cop Hater

Posted on June 18, 2011 by smellincoffee

Cop Hater© 1956 Ed McBain236 pages The heat is on for Detective Stephen Carella of the 87th precinct and his fellow officers. As a heat wave reduces the city to misery, someone is murdering the precinct’s detectives one by one. The … Continue reading →

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The Ethical Assassin

Posted on May 30, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Ethical Assassin© 2006 David Liss336 pages Lem’s just a kid selling encyclopedias so he can go to college, that’s all. He never meant to get involved in a criminal conspiracy, but circumstances spiraled out of his control. He went … Continue reading →

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Angels and Demons

Posted on May 29, 2011 by smellincoffee

Angels and Demons© 2000 Dan Brown572 pages There’s a dead body bearing the mark of an ancient conspiracy lying in the halls of Europe’s foremost scientific laboratory. Robert Langdon, who apparently makes a living commenting on corpses with symbolic importance, is whisked … Continue reading →

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Guns

Posted on May 13, 2011 by smellincoffee

Guns © 1976 Ed McBain (Evan Hunter) 213 pages Summer. It’s too hot for a job like this. Day like this, anything could go wrong. Doesn’t help that this is the thirteenth job Colley has done with this crew.  They … Continue reading →

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The Coming

Posted on May 8, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Coming© 2000 Joe Haldeman217 pages 2054. Earth. The future isn’t what it used to be. The seas are rising — Florida cities are frantically trying to build seawalls for protection — and the outlook is deteriorating.  The United States … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Time Machine

Posted on April 21, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Accidental Time Machine© 2007 Joe Haldeman278 pages When underachieving-and-mildly-discontent MIT graduate student tested a new calibrator for his professor’s lab work, he didn’t expect it to vanish for twelve seconds. More precisely, he didn’t expect it to jump in time twelve … Continue reading →

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Echo Park

Posted on April 8, 2011 by smellincoffee

Echo Park© 2006 Michael Connelly405 pages Listen to the first chapter being portrayed in film here.  Harry Bosch may not be the most charismatic, popular, or politically savvy detective in the Los Angeles Police Department, but he takes every case seriously … Continue reading →

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Gallows Thief

Posted on April 1, 2011 by smellincoffee

Gallows Thief© 2002 Bernard Cornwell297 pages It’s the year 1817, and the conflict between England and Napoleon which dominated the minds of Europe for nearly two decades is finally over — and yet, still haunting those who survived it. Captain … Continue reading →

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The Revolutionist

Posted on February 22, 2011 by smellincoffee

The Revolutionist: A Novel of Russia© 1988 Robert Littell467 pages Arise! You workers from your slumber Arise! You prisoners of want For  Reason in revolt now thunders And at last ends the age of “can’t”.  “The Internationale”, English lyrics by  Eugène … Continue reading →

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