Buy, borrow, bypass: D
"These books gave Matilda a hopeful and comforting message: You are not alone.” ~ Roald Dahl
BUY:
Deal Breaker (Harlan Coben, 1995)
This is the first of the crime fiction series featuring professional athlete turned sports agent Myron Bolitar, who often finds himself playing detective when his clients land themselves in trouble, and his best friend Windsor "Win" Horne Lockwood III, who usually ends up riding to Myron's rescue. In 'Deal Breaker, Myron's prized client Christian Steele gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead.
The Myron and Win series is one of my favourites. The characters are fantastic, the writing is hilarious, and the plot is clever and fast-paced.
"Something's wrong,' Win said.
'What?'
'Terribly wrong.'
'What are you talking about?'
'Some asshole is calling me at seven in the morning pretending to be my best friend."
BORROW:
Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897)
Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, travels to Castle Dracula in the Eastern European country of Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named Count Dracula. As Harker wends his way through the picturesque countryside, the local peasants warn him about his destination, giving him crucifixes and other charms against evil and uttering strange words that Harker later translates into “vampire.”
With vampire-fiction on the rise, it's worth going back to the one which started it all. 'Dracula' definitely lives up to its reputation.
"There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights."
BYPASS:
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown, 2003)
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
While I enjoyed 'The Da Vinci Code', I'm not convinced that it lives up to the hype. Always one to steer away from what everyone else is reading and try something a bit different, I would highly recommend The Final Reckoning and The Righteous Men by Sam Bourne. Although not quite as good, The Bones of Avignon and The First Apostle are also a good alternative in the religious thriller genre.
"Everyone loves a conspiracy."
What would be your recommendations for the letter "D"?
ICYMI: my last blog post on the letter "C": https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
BUY:
Deal Breaker (Harlan Coben, 1995)This is the first of the crime fiction series featuring professional athlete turned sports agent Myron Bolitar, who often finds himself playing detective when his clients land themselves in trouble, and his best friend Windsor "Win" Horne Lockwood III, who usually ends up riding to Myron's rescue. In 'Deal Breaker, Myron's prized client Christian Steele gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead.
The Myron and Win series is one of my favourites. The characters are fantastic, the writing is hilarious, and the plot is clever and fast-paced.
"Something's wrong,' Win said.
'What?'
'Terribly wrong.'
'What are you talking about?'
'Some asshole is calling me at seven in the morning pretending to be my best friend."
BORROW:
Dracula (Bram Stoker, 1897)Jonathan Harker, a young English lawyer, travels to Castle Dracula in the Eastern European country of Transylvania to conclude a real estate transaction with a nobleman named Count Dracula. As Harker wends his way through the picturesque countryside, the local peasants warn him about his destination, giving him crucifixes and other charms against evil and uttering strange words that Harker later translates into “vampire.”
With vampire-fiction on the rise, it's worth going back to the one which started it all. 'Dracula' definitely lives up to its reputation.
"There are darknesses in life and there are lights, and you are one of the lights, the light of all lights."
BYPASS:
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown, 2003)Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and gifted French cryptologist Sophie Neveu sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci—clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.
While I enjoyed 'The Da Vinci Code', I'm not convinced that it lives up to the hype. Always one to steer away from what everyone else is reading and try something a bit different, I would highly recommend The Final Reckoning and The Righteous Men by Sam Bourne. Although not quite as good, The Bones of Avignon and The First Apostle are also a good alternative in the religious thriller genre.
"Everyone loves a conspiracy."
What would be your recommendations for the letter "D"?
ICYMI: my last blog post on the letter "C": https://www.goodreads.com/author_blog...
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