Sheri Melnick
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Absolute Friends
by John Le Carre
"Provocative Spy Novel"
Posted February 20, 2004
Le Carre brings readers one of his most provocative
novels to date, when former British spy Ted Mundy spends
his days conducting tours of one of Mad King Ludwig's
Bavarian castles. With a flashback to his earlier days, Ted
recalls meeting friend and fellow supporter of Communism,
Sasha, in Berlin, Read more...
Out of Reach
by Patricia Lewin
"Fascinating Thriller"
Posted January 24, 2004
Patricia Lewin, author of highly acclaimed novel BLIND
RUN, returns again with her latest, a thriller whose main
protagonist is a CIA operative. Dr. Erin Baker, a
Georgetown University professor, is also a CIA agent,
working undercover to ferret out possibly terrorist
sentiment among the students there while also Read more...
Truth Or Dare
by Jayne Ann Krentz
"Smooothly Plotted Novel"
Posted January 2, 2004
Ms. Krentz's latest is another chapter in the
Whispering Springs saga, as interior designer Zoe Truax and
her new husband, Ethan, try to make a go of their fledgling
marriage. While Zoe competes with fellow designer Lindsey
Voyle for a decorating gig, her psychic powers lead her to
some Read more...
My Favorite Thief
by Karyn Monk
"First-Rate Historical"
Posted December 23, 2003
Third in Ms. Monk's series that began with THE
PRISONER, this latest read focuses on Miss Charlotte Kent,
ward of the Marquess of Redmond, who, while at a social
function, stumbles upon The Dark Shadow, a clever burglar,
in the process of stealing jewels. As a youngster, forced
to Read more...
Until Dark
by Mariah Stewart
"Terrific Suspense"
Posted December 20, 2003
Suspense is never in short supply when a serial killer
targets soccer moms near Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
When FBI agent Adam Stark asks sketch artist Kendra Smith
to use her artistic skills to provide a composite of the
suspect, she agrees despite her previous romantic
involvement with Adam. Read more...
Cry No More
by Linda Howard
"Compelling Romantic Suspense"
Posted November 19, 2003
Not only is Linda Howard's latest novel filled with
suspense and sizzling attraction, but the thematic element
of emotional anguish throughout this read gives this novel
a multidimensional quality. Milla Boone's life is almost
perfect at the novel's onset, as she adores both her
physician husband David and their Read more...
The Murder Stone
by Charles Todd
"Chilling Novel of Suspense"
Posted December 28, 2003
Charles Todd ventures into this stand alone novel after
critically acclaimed success with his Ian Rutledge series.
In this midst of World War I, in 1916, young Francesca
Hatton returns home to the Valley from London when her
grandfather, Francis Hatton, has a stroke. With the death
of Read more...
Tribeca Blues
by Jim Fusilli
"Taut Suspense"
Posted October 19, 2003
In this third installment in Fusilli's Terry Orr
series, Fusilli explores Orr's quest for vengeance for his
wife's death five years earlier. As a P.I., Orr is still
hunting the mentally ill Ray Weisz whom he believes pushed
his infant son's stroller onto the path of a New York Read more...
The Distant Echo
by Val McDermid
"Superb Thriller"
Posted November 14, 2003
Award winning British author Val McDermid chronicles a
murder at St. Andrews, Scotland in 1978 and the long-
lasting effects twenty-five years later. Returning home
from a late night party in St. Andrews, college students
Tom, Alex, David, and Sigmund, stumbled over the snow and
onto the blood-soaked body of Read more...
The Snow Bride
by Debbie Macomber
"Heatlhy Dose of Holiday Cheer"
Posted December 22, 2003
Prolific romance author Debbie Macomber brings readers
a new Christmas tale, complete with a trip to snowy Alaska.
Tired of being taken for granted by her boss and love
interest, Brad Fulton, Jenna Campbell throws caution to the
wind and travels to Alaska to meet her on-line pen pal
Dalton Read more...
Last Car to Elysian Fields
by James Lee Burke
"Non-Stop Suspense"
Posted October 18, 2003
Detective Dave Robicheaux is back again, though in the
somewhat quieter community of New Iberia, Louisiana, away
from his bad memories of The Big Easy. Living alone in a
rented house, with his step-daughter away at college, he
begins investigating a recent attack on his friend Father
Jimmie Dolan, Read more...
Remember When
by J. D. Robb, Nora Roberts
"Contemporary Romance Meets Futuristic Romantic Suspense"
Posted October 16, 2003
Nora Roberts combines her skills as a contemporary
romance author with her alter ego, J.D. Robb, who writes
futuristic romantic suspense, in this single two-part
novel. Part I involves Laine Tavish, attractive owner of a
small Maryland antique shop. But when her father Jack's ex-
partner Willy tracks her Read more...
Complete Abandon
by Cheryl Holt
"Sizzling Sensual Romance"
Posted September 14, 2003
While Ms. Holt is rapidly achieving fame in the romance
genre, it is clear that her sensual romances are not merely
an abundance of love scenes with a little plot added. In
her latest, she very credibly integrates romantic
interludes between an unhappy viscount and a deceased
vicar's daughter with Read more...
Beachcomber
by Karen Robards
"Sizzling Romantic Suspense"
Posted September 16, 2003
Ms. Robards is at the top of her game with her latest
novel packed with a touch of humor, plenty of steamy
romance, and eerie suspense. Philadelphia attorney Christy
Petrino is hoping to get some semblance of normality back
into her life after she learns that her former fiancé
Michael, Read more...
Cyanide Wells
by Marcia Muller
"Terrific Mystery With Well-Developed Characters"
Posted July 31, 2003
Award winning author Muller takes readers on a journey
filled with deception, secrets, and murder. Matt Lindstrom
is owner and operator of an excursion boat in Port Regis,
B.C. when an anonymous phone call informs him that his
wife, Gwen, who disappeared fourteen years prior, is alive
and well Read more...
Blind Side
by Catherine Coulter
"Fast-Paced Thriller"
Posted August 22, 2003
Though well-know for her many historical novels, Ms.
Coulter has engendered many fans with her contemporary
Sherlock and Savich series. Married FBI agents Lacey
Sherlock and Dillon Savich take somewhat of a back seat in
this latest Coulter novel, but they play an important part,
nevertheless. When friend Read more...
To The Nines
by Janet Evanovich
"Suspense Complete with a Healthy Dose of Humor"
Posted July 28, 2003
Ms. Evanovich's ninth novel in her Stephanie Plum
series finds bounty hunter Stephanie the target of a
killer. As a bounty hunter for her cousin Vinnie's
Trenton, New Jersey bail bonds business, Stephanie searches
for missing Samuel Singh whose visa bond expires in a
week. As an employee Read more...
A Man to Call My Own
by Johanna Lindsey
"Spicy Twin Romance"
Posted July 31, 2003
Prolific romance author Johanna Lindsey's latest novel
is a sizzling romance with a healthy dose of humor added to
the plot. When identical twin sisters Amanda and Marian
Laton are forced to move from their Massachusetts home
after the death of their father in the late 1800's, they
are Read more...
Bare Bones
by Kathy Reichs
"Fascinating Suspenseful Mystery"
Posted July 27, 2003
In her sixth Temperance Brennan novel, art once again
imitates life as Kathy Reichs writes about forensic
anthropologist Brennan, who, like Reichs, is employed in
North Carolina and Quebec. When Tempe goes to a picnic
near Charlotte, North Carolina with her college-aged
daughter Katy, Boyd, Tempe's estranged husband's dog, Read more...
The Water Dancers
by Marcia King-Gamble
"Compelling Historical Fiction"
Posted June 23, 2003
While the thematic element of star-crossed lovers is
definitely not a new one, Ms. Gamble's characters are
written with a depth of feeling that is revealed with a
subtlety that makes this novel stand out from others of
similar plot-line. The reader journeys back to 1945, on
the shores Read more...
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