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The Black Ice by Michael Connelly

The Black Ice

I hope I am not boring all you folks with my obsession with Michael Connelly. I do read other authors, I swear! I think I am boring myself as well with my reading choices. I loaded myself with classics from the library last week to shake things up a bit and break the monotony. Yes,…

The Case of the Man who Died Laughing

Detective Vish Puri and his fellow band of detectives are back investigating what appears to be a supernatural murder. On first appearances, it seems that Goddess Kali is angy with rationalist Dr. Suresh Jha and has decided to kill him in public view, proving once and for all that God exists. Vish Puri investigates closely…

R is for Ricochet

It’s long overdue for my Sue Grafton fix but my library is out of U is for Undertow, so what to do, I decided to pick up R is for Ricochet. I am sure this book is a reread because well, duh I have read all the Sue Grafton books till now. However, the plot…

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

The Lincoln Lawyer

Mickey Haller is The Lincoln Lawyer, a Los Angeles defense attorney who does most of his work out of the back of his chauffeured Lincoln Town Car. Mickey approaches his job knowing that the law has nothing to do with truth and justice or guilt and innocence. Instead it’s a system to be worked to…

Cross

Everyone needs to read something a little mind-numbing from time to time, right? After the mammoth The Brothers Karamazov, I really needed to read something very light. And to a great extent, Cross fits the bill. Cross is one in a series of books written by James Patterson, and is arguably the most popular of…

The Poet

This is the year of thrillers, it seems. Last year, I read lots of young adult and fantasy, but this is the year of thrillers, and here is one more that I am reviewing for you guys. I spent last night wide awake compulsively turning the last 100 odd pages of The Poet by Michael…

Heat Lightning by John Sandford

Heat Lightning

It is of no use to say that I was looking for some light reading books because I was traveling last week. I am addicted to reading pulpy thrillers, the greater the body count, greater is my enjoyment. There I have finally admitted it. Romance generally does not do anything for me, but a well-written…