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false <![CDATA[Straw Men]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171963784m/128642.jpg 128642 14 In Palmerston, Pennsylvania, two men in long coats walk calmly into a crowded fast food restaurant-then, slowly and methodically, gun down sixty-eight people. They take time to reload. On the Promenade of Santa Monica, California, a teenaged girl gives sightseeing tips to a distinguished English tourist. She won't be going home tonight. In Dyersburg, Montana, a grief-stricken son tries to make sense of the accident that killed his parents-then finds a note stuffed in his father's favorite chair. It says, "We're not dead." Three seemingly unrelated events, these are the first signs of an unimaginable network of fear that will lead one unlikely hero to a chilling confrontation with The Straw Men. No one knows who they are-or why they kill. But they must be stopped. Michael Marshall's electrifying debut novel is an instant masterpiece of modern suspense. An epic thriller for anyone who has feared that someone is watching us. 322801 30 7 2002 Straw Men total:367|5:89|4:148|3:89|2:36|1:5| 367 1381 474 42 5 0 false false Sun Apr 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 15:00:12 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 15:07:56 -0700 2009 I was very pleasantly surprised. The author has a very lush, de...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 07:50:53 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 07:28:48 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 04 09:28:48 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 19 08:18:58 -0700 2008
Okay, let me get the bad out of the way first: there's a plot hole in this book big enough to build a development full of multi-million-dollar homes in. And it's been gnawing at me ever since I realized it. But I can't dock the book any stars, ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 30 05:04:32 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 07:29:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 20:22:11 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 20:32:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 25 19:23:46 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 05 23:45:21 -0700 2009 that for a while: picked up a book and devoured it with every spare waking moment over little more than two days. I have been pushing this book around for more than half a decade, and have nearly purged it from the collection more than once in that time, but it was very much wor...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 28 18:13:28 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 17 14:55:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Sat Mar 21 06:58:44 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 04:31:25 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 0 0 false false Tue Jul 14 07:36:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 14 07:36:32 -0700 2009
The ending was as though he was trying to meet the publisher's deadline and he just crapped out a high schooler's endin...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:33:14 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 07:40:59 -0700 2009 1 4 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 14:37:13 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 14:39:01 -0700 2009 1 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 06:28:27 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 06:31:14 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jul 26 19:03:36 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 19:04:32 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 08:17:44 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 25 18:55:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Mar 02 16:02:55 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 16:04:22 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Sep 07 15:07:50 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 15:08:10 -0700 2009 ]]> 3 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 17:38:19 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 17:41:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 21 16:39:09 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 28 18:42:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 22:09:39 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 22:09:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 03 18:25:10 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 11 11:33:24 -0800 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=128642