Monday, January 03, 2011

Two Shoot'Em Ups, Two Ghost Stories, One Murder Story

Adult Fiction

Dead Zero by Stephen Hunter. .30 caliber rifle love once again with Bob Lee Swagger shooting people from afar. Swagger is called for help when a new Afghan ally is being gunned for by a Marine sniper.

The Outlaws by W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV. "A Presidential agent novel". Judging from the map on the inside the novel's characters go to Midland, TX, Fort Detrich, MD, Philadelphia, Washington, Fort Bragg, For Rucker, Tampa, Ciego de Avila in Cuba, La Orchila off the coast of Venzuela, Suncion in Paraguay, Buenos Aires, Montevideo in Uruguay, Puerto Montt in Chile, San Carlos de Bariloches and Ushuaia in Argentina, Paris, Marburg an der lahn in Germany, Vienna, Budapest, North Kurdufan in Sudan, Kisangani in the Congo, Kilimanjaro International Airport, and Moscow.

If you actually read that list of locations maybe you thought of this:



In Too Deep by Jayne Ann Krentz. Open shirted guy on cover.

Secrets of the Grave by Tami Hoag. How do you pronounce her last name?

What the Night Knows by Dean Koontz . Serial killer's crimes being recreated. Both the Koontz novel and the Hoag novel have crows on the cover.

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