Patricia Cornwell

Black Notice

Werewolves of all things!

Body of Evidence

Beryl, Key West multiple homicides. Great.

Book of the Dead

Shame I have read these out of order but this one is good. Set mostly in South Carloina. Good right to the end.

Isle of Dogs

Think all her books are the same? Try this one.

Point of Origin

A solid tear jerker, even for an old fart like me. One of her best but don't read it first.

Postmortem

Another good one. How could I resist when it was $.50 at the thrift store. Unexpected twist at the end. I bet you can't tell who done it 'till the end.

Scarpetta

So this Christmas (2008) my dear Sister-in-law Susan did what they say you should do. She gave me something I would never buy for myself. She bought me this book when it was new hardback only. I am the perpetual cheapskate. This book was a great read. A murder mystery with of all things, dwarfs. You'll love it.

Southern Cross

I said something to my brother Tim about Trace and how I loved it and he said he's been reading her a lot. I borrowed the paperback from him and have just finished it. Older than the first book of hers but I think I'll be reading a lot more of Cromwell.

The Body Farm

I don't really know where the name came from as the body farm didn't come into the story 'till near the end. It was an enjoyable read but I think I'm about to try another author. I see Tim, my youngest brother, let a few books around and one of them looks interesting.

Trace

Since I love Bones on the tube, I downloaded this book to the Kindle and was thoroughly swept away for a couple of days. Cops and robbers stuff with a little science thrown in. Great little read.

Unnatural Exposure

I real who done it I didn't figure out untill the end.

Mike Gancarz

Linux and the Unix Philosophy

This one will stay on the bookshelf. If you have one geek bone in your body or you just wondered what all this Linux stuff is about, this book is well worth the time.

John Grisham

The Partner

Mystery with a twist at the end. I think I'll read more of his.

Skipping Christmas

A tiny little book quite unlike the rest of his. Halfway thru, a girl in the office told me they made a movie out of it. I don't go to the movies much.

Chalmers Johnson

Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire
The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic

A trilogy I finished up around February 2008. If you are the investing type, as am I, you'll want to buy gold coins and keep them in a sack under the bed after reading this. I've been through too many calamities to alter my investing style now but even if one tenth of what's in here is true, you'll look at these United States through different eyes.

Donald Ray Pollock

Knockemstiff

I heard an interview with the author on PBS and that evening downloaded the book to my Kindle. Blew through it in a couple of days. Don't read this if you are of the Puritan persuasion. Very colorful and a look at a life I'm sure some people are living today. This is the authors first book and I look forward to his next effort. Fabulous!

Aline Countess of Romanones

The Spy Wore Red

The memoirs of an honest to goodness spy in WWII. The truth is indeed as strange as fiction.

Kathy Reichs

Bones to Ashes

Girlhood friends who dissapeared, Acadia and it's people, well worth the read.

Cross Bones

Religion, murder, the real Bones.

Death DuJour

Lots of twists and turns. I loved it.

David Shields

The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead

Being 56 this book answered many questions about aging I never asked. You don't think your father or uncle will give you the straight skinny do you? It's all in here. Written in a delightful style and to the point. I enjoyed the book so much I wrote a thank you email to the author which was promptly replied to. All in all, I'd suggest it to anyone, especially if you are on the backside so to speak. Read on the Kindle.

Stewart Woods

Worst Fears Realized

Stone Barrington. This is the first of his I've read. There will be more.

Read Later

Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence, David Benatar

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

The History of Everything, Bill Bryson

The Unsettling of America, Wendell Berry