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Admiral Zheng stops and extends his arm. A Vice admiral places a scroll in his outstretched hand. He turns his attention to it, unrolls it, and reads aloud: “‘All ships moored are ordered back to the capital, and all goods on the ships are to be turned over to the Department of Internal Affairs and […]

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Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner
Sixth book in the Quincy/Rainie series
Pages: 360
First Published: July 15, 2008
Genre: thriller, mystery
Rating: 4.5/5
First sentence:
He was moaning, a guttural sound in the back of his throat as his fingers tightened their grip in her hair.
Comments: Kimberly Quincy, FBI agent, is told a strange tale by a prostitute of a very scary […]

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The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill
Fourth Simon Serrailler Crime Novel
Pages: 328
First Published: June 17, 2008 (Canada)
Genre: Crime/Mystery
Rating: 4.5/5
First sentence:
They had climbed for two hours.
Comments: Simon Serrailler is a Detective Chief Superintendent in a small town in England and a gunman is on the loose. He appears to be randomly shooting young women all over […]

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Lisa Black’s first novel - Takeover - takes place in Cleveland and opens with the grisly murder of a man found outside of his home. Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean doesn’t have any reason to believe this will be different from any other murder she has investigated until she gets word that a hostile takeover […]

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Ritual by Mo Hayder
Third in the Jack Caffrey series
Pages: 410
First Published: Sept. 2008 (Canada)
Genre: thriller, mystery
Rating: 4.5/5
First sentence:
Just after lunch on a Tuesday in May and nine feet under water in Bristol’s’floating harbour’, police diver Sergeant ‘Flea’ Marley closed her glovedfingers round a human hand.
Comments: A severed human hand has been found in the harbour […]

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First Sentence: Brother Gruffyd’s old heart trembled with excitement.
When I first entered my name for a chance to read and review The Arthurian Omen through LibraryThing’s Early Reviewer program, I had certain expectations for this book. As the reviews began to trickle in, I did my best not to pay too close […]

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First Sentence: Somewhere in her heart, Danielle Montgomery knew this was wrong, and her guilt had a face.
Detective Rebecca Montgomery is hanging by a thread emotionally and career wise. Her sister’s disappearance and the lack of progress in the investigation have the grieving San Antonio detective on edge. Her coworkers are tired […]

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Compulsion by Jonathan Kellerman
Mystery/Thriller
2008 Ballantine Books
Finished on 5/7/08
Rating: 3.5/5 (Good)

Product Description
Once again, the depths of the criminal mind and the darkest side of a glittering city fuel #1 New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Kellerman’s brilliant storytelling. And no one conducts a more harrowing and suspenseful manhunt than the modern Sherlock Holmes of the […]

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Chaz Wilmot is (by choice) an unsuccessful painter doing primarily commercial work. He obviously has more talent than what he’s using, and this fact is a constant source of frustration for his ex-wife and others around him. As part of a medical study, Chaz starts taking Salvinorin A, a drug being tested for its effects […]

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First Sentence: Dust flecked with blood, shards of debris and bone, smoke so thick he can’t breathe or see or maybe he’s gone blind; the noise, horrific a moment ago, leveling out to a dull thump, thump, thump in his eardrums until it dissolves into an absence of sound as if the world had exploded […]

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