“The Hearing” by John Lescroat is a good legal thriller on par with his other novels. The center characters are Dismas Hardy, a defense attorney, and Abe Glitsky, a homicide lieutenant, who are close friends in San Francisco. The plot revolves around a heroin addict, Cole Burgess, who is found holding the gun and...
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Found another unread book on my bookshelf; The Street Lawyer by John Grisham. It was another good lawyer focused novel from Mr. Grisham. The story is about Michael Brock, an antitrust lawyer at a Washington D.C. mega law firm on the fast track to becoming an associate, who has a life changing experience. A...
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Found Silent Partner by Stephen Frey on my bookshelf a couple of days ago. I think my Dad gave it to me last year after he read it. Read it in less than a day as it was an enjoyable thriller and wasn’t in the mood to do anything constructive. The story is about Angela Day who...
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The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst was a good historical spy novel. I found out about the book from a New York Times travel section article. Since I regularly travel through Warsaw, I was interested to learn more about the city. While the novel mentioned places and streets in Warsaw it didn’t paint...
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Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child is the ninth Pendergast novel. It came out in May 2009. It was an interesting read, but I don’t think as good as past novels. The story revolves around a cult that has been squatting in Inwood Hill Park in Manhattan. Bill Smithback, who has been featured...
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I finished the 8th Pendergast novel, The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child a couple of days ago. It was very enjoyable as the other series of Pendergast novels have been. Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child are currently some of my favorite fiction writers. The book only took me three days...
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