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A Boy at War: Pearl Harbor from bestbooks 323 days old

Harry Mazar's "A Boy at War: A Novel of Pearl Harbor" tells of Adam who is the son of a military lieutenant on the USS Arizona and his family has just ...

Sue Grafton and Kinsey Milhone are Two Women to Contend With from bestbooks 854 days old

Sue Grafton's Kinsey Milhone books are an easy, addictive pleasure. One can only hope the alphabet - and the series - goes past "Z." I have to admit ...

Crais and Cole are a Great Team from bestbooks 887 days old

[ ... ] Cole books - reminded me so much of Parker that it was a bit annoying at first. I like my detectives either funny or noir, with a leaning ...

The Trilogy that Speaks Volumes from bestbooks 897 days old

[ ... ] "These books are true classics of the genre, one of the truly great P.I. trilogies. With these three books Cook tapped into something truly ...

Harry Bosch is Everything a Noir Hero Should Be from bestbooks 903 days old

[ ... ] his books are reviewed in the NY Times Book Review section, if that's any gauge. He is a super writer - one of the best. I like him so much ...

Myron Bolitar Rocks from bestbooks 907 days old

[ ... ] 2 or 3 books and then I get to write about them, which is very cool. But first I have to tell you that I made a mistake in one of my recent ...

James Lee Burke is One of the Best Around from bestbooks 911 days old

[ ... ] and his books pulls you in and grab you. I had really enjoyed "A Morning for Flamingos" when I had first read it, even as a stand-alone book (at ...

The Collection Takes Off with a Boost from Burke from bestbooks 911 days old

Not knowing where to start I turned to Amazon for help. That's also where I found my used books, sometimes for as little as a penny. So there I was, ...

Reading About Sports Always Beat Doing Sports from bestbooks 949 days old

I didn't like to run or throw balls, but I always liked reading about people who did. I've been reading books about baseball and football since I was ...

Reading is Fundamental from bestbooks 960 days old

Reading out loud is not just for first graders. Books can bond mothers and children forever. If I look back over my life, the things that I enjoyed ...