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The Cairo Affair
The Cairo Affair
by Olen Steinhauer
Well worth your time (12/23/2013)
The story centers around "Stumbler" an American plan to orchestrate a regime change in Libya. Or is it the Americans enacting Stumbler? The prime characters: Emmett and Sophie Kohl, John Calhoun, Stan Bertolli, Zora Balasevic, Ali Busiri and Omar Halawi all appear to have …more
Buying In
Buying In
by Laura Hemphill
Very promising new author (10/17/2013)
Overall this was a very well written and enjoyable book. I liked it because I'm fascinated with the volatility of the market. I was impressed with the plot development from Sophie's naïveté when she first arrives in NYC to her becoming a successful realist and taking charge …more
The Edge of Normal
The Edge of Normal
by Carla Norton
How ironic. . . . (7/10/2013)
...that this book is being released on the heels of the three captive girls being found recently in Cleveland. This book does a good job of maintaining tension and interest to the very end. Is their one kidnapper or an accomplice? Several handlers involved? How and why were …more
The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane
The Good Luck Girls of Shipwreck Lane
by Kelly Harms
Surprisingly entertaining (5/14/2013)
This wasn't at all my normal reading material but that's what I enjoy most about Book Browse. It affords me the opportunity to get out of my normal genres (mysteries and spies) and try something totally uncharacteristic and new to me. This book qualified. I enjoyed it …more
Crime of Privilege
Crime of Privilege
by Walter Walker
Well written and entertaining (5/1/2013)
Because of the similarities, at first I thought it was just going to be a re-hash of the Chappaquiddick incident (Ted Kennedy) or the Martha Moxley case (Michael Skakel) but it differed enough to be interesting, hold my attention to the end the book. I felt the anguish of …more
Calling Me Home
Calling Me Home
by Julie Kibler
Excellent book, worth investing the time. (12/12/2012)
I especially liked the way the author went back and forth between the issues of a forbidden inter-racial relationship in 1939 and Dorrie and Isabelle's present day trip to Cincinnati for a funeral. The closeness of the two women and their ability to bare their soul to each …more
Live by Night
Live by Night
by Dennis Lehane
Much more than 5 stars for this one (8/10/2012)
Living in FL I found this particularly fascinating, Prohibition and the effect it had on the Cuban enclave of Tampa, Ybor City. It had the right amount of pecking order/ power struggles going on from Boston to Tampa. This, of course, led to buying off police, unions and …more
15 Seconds
15 Seconds
by Andrew Gross
A Rare Find (5/17/2012)
One minute your life is going along just fine and within 15 seconds it can all go horribly wrong. Timing in life is everything. I don't often find myself hurrying home from work so I can read a book, but this one was in that category. Not an overwhelming number of …more
The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House: A Novel
by Kathleen Grissom
Time well spent (3/26/2012)
I like select books to review from your First Impressions section because it allows me to get out of my normal spy, espionage, double agent, political genre and move into another arena I never would have explored otherwise.

I enjoyed The Kitchen House very much and I was …more
Cloudland
Cloudland: A Crime Novel
by Joseph Olshan
Enjoyable read (3/16/2012)
For me this book was very entertaining and had just the right amount of characters. I don't like having to maintain a roster. The story moved quickly with enough possible twists to keep it interesting. Kept you guessing between several possible murder suspects. Ending was …more
The Face Thief
The Face Thief: A Novel
by Eli Gottlieb
OK, but..... (12/18/2011)
Story line was interesting, going between the grifter (Janelle aka Margot), the victim (John Potash) and Lawrence Billings (the teacher of 'face stealing'). For me, the loose ends finale was not very satisfying. There was some closure, i.e. John finding a way to recoup his …more
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