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Some of my favorites:

  • Will's two Larry McMurtry books are favorites (Dead Man's Walk & Boones Lick).

  • The intrigues of the Duff family (Bucking The Sun), 

  • The psychological thrillers by William Diehl (Primal Fear & Show Of Evil),

  • Pat Conroy's story (The Water Is Wide)

  • "The Fermata" - a surprise.

 

(My Collection below)

Houses Without Doors 1990

Peter Straub 2 Short Stories: "Blue Rose" & "A Short Guide To The City". A haunting trip into the dark corners of his imagination

Pop. 1280 - 1991

Jim Thompson When Nick gets pushed he begins to kill. Black humour.

The Killer Inside Me 1991

Jim Thompson A dull, goodnatured sheriff's deputy requires victims and will be satisfied with nothing less than murder. A story that brings us in touch with pyschopathic evil.

The Assassini 1991

Thomas Gifford An age-old brotherhood of killers

Gone South 1992

Robert R. McCammon Dan Lambert kills a man in a moment of fear and rage. He goes on the run but by the end we learn about the rising of the human spirit and healing oursleves by helping others.

Unholy Fire 1992

Whitley Strieber A young woman is murdered in the church of John Rafferty. Evil is always with us...

The Brothers K 1992

David James Duncan Young Kincaid tells the story of his family including baseball & religion.

Primal Fear 1993

William Diehl Courtroom battle & nightmare of terror

Shot in the Heart 1994

Mikal Gilmore Story by the brother of Gary Gilmore

Dirty White Boys 1994

Stephen Hunter A "guy book" about escaped criminals and the policeman who pursues them.

Mean High Tide 1994

James Hall Thorn tries to save his own sanity by searching to the murderer of the woman with whom he shared his life.

The Water Is Wide 1995

Pat Conroy True story of a school teacher who goes to remote Yamacraw Is. and gives renewed hope.

Gump & Co. 1995

Winston Groom Sequel, continues into the 1980s

The Fermata 1995

Nicholson Baker This book took me by surprise. It is very different, but I couldn't help but laugh.

Letting Go (Great Angel Fantasies) 1995

Ken Wiseman Will is the part of the dead Dad.

Show Of Evil 1995

William Diehl Martin Vail sees a murder with ties to Stampler, who had been in prison for 10 yrs.

Dancing With the Devil 1996

Rodney Barker A true story of espionage and scandal.

Buzz Cut 1996

James W. Hall Thorn and his best friend, Surgarman, get pulled in when a madman hijacks "The Eclipse" and begins killing the crew.

Dead Man's Walk 1996

Larry McMurtry One of my favorites. Gus and Call became my friends.

The Sea Wolf 1997

Jack London The adventures of Humphrey van Weydon, captured by a seal hunting ship.

Bucking The Sun 1997

Ivan Diog I became involved in the lives of the Duff family.

The Apache Medicine 1998

Elmore Leonard The scout Kleecan outsmarts the outlaws.

Boone's Lick 2000

Larry McMurtry Mary Margaret Cecil takes her family from Missouri to Wyoming.

When Zachary Beaver Came To Town 2000

Kimberly Willis Holt A coming-of-age story of a 13 yr old boy and his new friend.

Cosmopolis 2003

Don DeLillo A vivid and moving account of a spectacular downfall.

 

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