Fiction & Literature - Bestseller Fiction

Kay Scarpetta and her romantic interest, fellow pathologist Benton Wesley, are in Rome, Italy, where they are consultants assisting the International Investigative Response, a branch of the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes. The case-at-hand is the murder of a beautiful young tennis star, American Drew Martin; her horribly mutilated body was discovered near the Piazza Navona. Italian officials, the FBI, and - of course Scarpetta - are eager to solve this most mysterious and most heinous crime. However, there are very few sensible clues. Bizarre evidence, which is slowly revealed in protracted exposition and helter-skelter narrative, points to a probable serial killer who has been given the moniker The Sandman because of his perverse placement of sand (from some mysterious, unidentifiable location) into the eye-sockets of his victims...

Having really enjoyed "Pillars of the Earth" I snapped this one up as soon as it hit the stores, and was immediately immersed into the world of medieval Britain - from the perspective of ordinary people living and working in towns and villages.

A large sprawling novel, "World Without End" has many of the themes of it's predecessor, with a new building project being one of the story-lines, but Follett makes it seem fresh and new. The characters are interesting and well rendered, and the interlinking stories retain interest throughout the thousand odd pages...

This is a fantastic conclusion to DI Rebus' police career. Rankin's plot is typically rich and complex with subtle twists, interesting characters and a remarkable conclusion. Rebus is in prime form; argumentative, opinionated, awkward, aggressive and ultimately inspired. Pitted against dubious Russian businessmen and politicians as well as his old nemesis Cafferty and various opponents within Gayfield Square Police Station, he investigates, under Clarke's authority, the seemingly related deaths of a dissident Russian poet and a local sound recordist. Rebus' method gets him into trouble with various people on both sides while the final solution only emerges very late on. The rivalry between Rebus and Cafferty is brilliantly done; both men are older and more circumspect but the strange combination of respect and contempt bristles on to a thrilling climax. What a brilliant book; read it now.

The narrator of Robert Harris's new novel is a ghostwriter assigned to write the memoirs of a former British Prime Minister. But all is not as it should be; the ex-PM, Adam Lang, finds himself exiled in Martha's Vinyard with a war crimes indictment hanging over him. A previous 'ghost' had died in mysterious circumstances. And what of the shadowy right wing organisations that lurk in the background?

Lang, is a thinly fictionalised version of Tony Blair, a former friend of Harris, and much has been made of this and of other real life charcaters who are meant to crop up in the book. Lang's wife Ruth is said to be Cherie (she's not) and there's meant to be a Robin Cook figure (there's not, really...

From the outset, Pillars of the Earth gripped me. My imagination was captured by the day to day lives of some of the most real characters I have met between the pages of a novel. Each character evokes a response: compassion, respect, revulsion or even lust. The story spans many years, yet gives remarkable detail concerning the changing politics, lifestyle and even architectural and building practices of the day. I was given the book by a friend several years ago, and have given copies as gifts several times. My own copy is so battered from being read, reread, lent and returned that I'm now needing a replacement.

The author of is book is truely an amazing writer. His debut book "The Kite Runner" was a great book and with A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini takes his writing skills and the reality of Afghanistan one step further.

The book is about the tale of two women in afghanistan. Their tales begin from the early days whilst Afghanistan was free from invasion and its recent history all the way through to recent times.

Its a book that shows the evil and good of human beings through the experiences of its main two characters in war torn Afghanistan. The final few chapters of this book will touch the heart of any person who reads this book whether it be man or women. Its the type of book that will linger in your memories for some time.

This one is a bit different then the typical Dick Pitt adventure but still a lot of fun. This one starts out with the recovery of an old steam locomotive in the 1950's and in it are three dead men from years earlier. The book then flashes back to the old west and the 24 month crime spree of the bank robber the Butcher Bandit. This guy is really bad! He has killed many men and woman and even children. After the butcher Is private investigator Isaac Bell who has been hired by the US government to put an end to the butcher evil run...

Body Guarding a TV crew on the streets of war-torn Basra, ex-deniable operator Nick Stone seems certain to die when insurgent gunmen attack. Only the reporter's swift action saves his life. When the reporter vanishes within hours, presumed kidnapped, Stone is asked by the Intelligence Service to find him. The trail leads from Iraq to London, Dublin, and ultimately Kabul - the dark and brutal city where governments, terrorism and big business inexorably collide...

When Dick Francis stopped writing for personal reasons, which need not be mentioned here. It left a huge void, that was never really filled, although there are many authors with a horse racing background, writing books today. Most of them are very good, but none of them have the magic touch of Dick Francis. This is Dick Francis's latest novel. Before that he had written in excess of 35 novels. Many short stories, his autobiography and the biography of arguably the greatest jockey that ever lived, Lester Piggott...

After reading, and loving, Crow Lake, ML had rather a lot to live up to with her second offering. Essentially, this is the tale of two brothers - Arthur, hardworking, solid and dependable and Jake, flighty, spoilt and just a little bit mean - and how their very different personalities shape their lives and those of their families. Flipping backwards and forwards through time, we learn how those who constantly take will always override those who constantly give. With pretty dramatic consequences. Not as enjoyable as her debut novel, The Other Side of the Bridge is still destined to be a classic.