Burn
The Michael Bennett family is now out of hiding and Michael Bennett is back at work with the NYPD. This time there are several complicated plot lines that take the reader along for a great page turning read to the very end. Patterson and Ledwidge have always told great stories in the Bennett thrillers and “Burn” is a welcome addition to the series.
James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge
Little Brown and Company
c/o Hachette Book Group USA
237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
9780316410632, $30.00 www.amazon.com
House Immortal
”House Immortal” is the first in a new series of fantasy novels from Devon Monk. Monk captures the reader from the first page where she introduces Matilda Case one of the thirteen experiments creations known as the galvanized being. They are people who are immortal and are not considered to have any rights because they also are not considered to be human. There are many different ruling houses that are at war with each other and the galvanized beings. “House Immortal” like many great novels and movies of science fiction tackles many social issues and does it very well. Monk is off to a great start with this excellent tale of fantasy fiction.
Devon Monk
Roc
c/o Penguin Group USA
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
9780451467362, $7.99, www.amazon.com
Cut and Thrust
Stone Barrington is back in another tense thriller that takes place at a political convention in Los Angeles. Also here are characters from the Will Lee novels and attorney Ed Eagle, who is also a delegate to the convention. The story is interesting up to a point but becomes a ho hum boring story because the ex wife of Ed Eagle is again plotting ways to kill him. This story has been done so many times by Woods that by now it is just plain boring. “Cut and Thrust” at best is a fair Barrington novel.
Stuart Woods
Putnam
c/o Penguin Group USA
375 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014
9780399169113, $26.95, www.amazon.com
Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter: Bloody Sunday
Ever so often a western novel is the perfect remedy for something totally different to read. Johnstone is one of the best authors of this genre and men’s action adventure and “Luke Jensen, Bounty Hunter: Bloody Sunday” is easy to see why. Jensen is on the trail of a woman who has been accused of killing her wealthy husband back east. Jensen finds her and gets involved in her life and much more in a first class western that is page turning excitement of gun battles and tense western entertainment. Though Johnstone is no longer with us, his works are being completed in the same style by author J. A. Johnstone.
William W. Johnstone with J. A. Johnstone
Kensington Publishing Corp
119 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
9780786033533, $7.50, www.amazon.com
Quake
As “Quake” opens in New York, U.S. Attorney Nick Dykstra is beginning to prosecute one of the terrorists involved in the 911 bombing. As the trial begins an earthquake hits New York, changing everything in a few minutes. Now this case takes a back seat to everything as the city struggles with the devastation while the terrorist somehow survives, escapes and sets his sights on destroying the lives of Dykstra and other New Yorkers. Douglas masterfully has readers turning pages in this tense nail biting suspense thriller that is a great entertaining novel.
Jack Douglas
Kensington Publishing Corp
119 West 40th Street, New York, NY 10018
97807860346591, $7.99, www.amazon.com
