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False Memory by Dean Koontz

Wow. This book was one that made my head spin and my heart race. I am a student of psychology and reading this book put a kind of fear in me I only teased myself about. This book is about a psychotic psychiatrist who has found a way to control the actions of his clients….

City of Night by Dean Koontz

This book is the sequel to the Prodigal Son in the Frankenstein series. It starts up exactly where the last one left off. Fast paced and full of action, this book is hard to put down. I reaad this one faster than the first one. The way the author portrays each characters’ inner conflicts is…

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe completely mastered the style that he wanted to achieve in his short story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” His creepy, cold style grasps you while you read it, as well as his other short stories. Poe has a great style of writing that does not always appeal to everyone. The theme of “The Tell-Tale…

On Daniel Silva’s “The Messenger”

This book, The Messenger, by Daniel Silva, opens in London wherein a professor of Middle Eastern studies is suspected to have ties with Al-Qaeda. The Israel Secret Service is following him when he is killed in an accident. He was carrying a computer laptop which proves that not only was he a recruiter of the…

Flashback by Jenny Siler

Flashback is a Jenny Siler novel set in North Africa. The plot starts with an unknown American found with a shot in her head near a convent in Burgundy and nursed back to health by the nuns. On being nursed back to health, the girl, christened Eve suffers from amnesia and now tries to find…

The Runner by Christopher Reich

The Runner is one of Christopher Reich’s most popular novels. Christopher Reich here departs from his usual financial thrillers to author a gripping historical thriller set in the backdrop of Post World War II Germany. Devlin Judge, an ex-New York City detective turned lawyer is on the hunt of Erich Seyss, an ex nazi soldier…

Archangel by Robert Harris

Archangel is one of Robert Harris’ thriller novel set in modern day post Communist Russia. Professor “Fluke” Kelso, a British history professor specializes in Stalin. He comes to Russia for a conference, and meets Rapava, an old man and ex-soldier who claims that he was present with Stalin on the night he died, in 1953….

The Sands of Time

“The Sands of Time” is Sidney Sheldon’s action novel published in 1988 and set in post civil war Spain, set in the background of the armed Basque struggle and the repressive post-Franco regime. The story deals with the lives of four women in Spanish convent: Sister Teresa, Sister Lucia, Sister Graciela, and Sister Megan. All…

The Spellman Files

The Spellman Files are books written by Lisa Lutz about a family of private investigators. What is great about this series of books is that they will appeal to avid readers and lovers of many different genres; chick lit, mystery, thriller all are different genres featured in the books. The first book in the series…

In a heartbeat

“In a heartbeat” is Elizabeth Klausner’s exciting romantic suspense thriller novel. The plot unfolds with millionaire Ed Vincent flying from Charleston to La Guardia to learn the identity of his rival on a property deal. On arrival at Le Guardia, he is however severally wounded in an assassination attempt. Ed knows he is about to…