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The DemandsAuthor: Mark BillinghamA writer’s crime novelist, Mark Billingham joins the ranks of Michael Connelly, Matthew Jones, Thomas Mullen, Donato Carrisi, the great Lawrence Block – you know the ones!  The Demands brings back Detective Tom Thorne (In the Dark and Bloodline) in another pitch perfect tale that tantalizes, with a plot that retracts and contracts.  Billingham’s characters refuse to stereotype; as much a crime novel as a study of relationships – criminal, juvenile, ethnic, ... continue reading...

The Rx FactorAuthor: J. Thomas ShawWith a plot that is politically hot, The RX Factor pulls us in to the lair of corruption at the levels of the FDA, lobbyists, the top layers of our government, and drugs that work but are held back to keep the population down, etc. – and it works.  However good the plot, the characters lack that luster of three dimensionality that I demand in good characters.  This is a great summer read, but don’t put down A Drop of the Hard Stuff or Alpha to read it.Big ... continue reading...