August Week #5

Well, a new week means a new booklist! This weeks first choice is an adventure-thriller writer who has been called 'the new Clive Cussler'. His books following the adventurous life of one Alexander Hawke, are filled with fun action, breathtaking thrills, and snappy dialogue. With these novels you can follow the career of Alexander Hawke as he saves the world, (or at least a part of it) over and over again!

Ted Bell - Alexander Hawke 01 - Hawke.doc
Ted Bell - Alexander Hawke 02 - Assassin.doc
Ted Bell - Alexander Hawke 03 - Pirate.doc
Ted Bell - Alexander Hawke 04 - Spy.doc
Ted Bell - Alexander Hawke 05 - Tsar.doc

Our second selection is a fun set of books that are distributed as young adults publications but that are written in a wry adult fashion that is playfull and fun, and reminiscent of Terry Pratchett's work. How to Train Your Dragon is a series that demands the reader adopt a patois of the characters for they will speak in a cultural slang that is easy to grasp. Fun books that are excellent reads.

Cressida Cowell - How to Train Your Dragon 01 - How to Train Your Dragon.doc

Cressida Cowell - How to Train Your Dragon 02 - How to Be a Pirate.doc
Cressida Cowell - How to Train Your Dragon 03 - How to Speak Dragonese.doc
Cressida Cowell - How to Train Your Dragon 04 - How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse.doc
Cressida Cowell - How to Train Your Dragon 05 - How to Twist a Dragon's Tale.doc
 

Next we are featuring an author who hails from Norway, and who's translated books have taken a certain fan base from all over the world. These crime-thrillers are intriguing and fast paced leading the reader through an investigation into murder that is a race against time. Time to catch the killer before they kill again, or time to catch the killer before the evidence all dissapears. These novels are fast paced and exciting while still keeping their intricate plots intact.

Karin Fossum - Broken.doc

Karin Fossum - Inspector Sejer 01 - Don't Look Back.doc
Karin Fossum - Inspector Sejer 02 - He Who Fears The Wolf.doc
Karin Fossum - Inspector Sejer 03 - When The Devil Holds The Candle.doc
Karin Fossum - Inspector Sejer 04 - Calling Out For You.doc
Karin Fossum - Inspector Sejer 05 - Black Seconds.doc
Karin Fossum - Inspector Sejer 06 - The Water's Edge.doc
 

Our fourth selection is some great military thrillers, with plenty of suspense and action. Most will remember the Firefox title as it was made into a hit movie with Clint Eastwood, and while these were written during the cold war and may feel somewhat dated, once you are reading, that will not be something you will notice much. The stories are exciting and involving, and the writer knows a lot about military technology and it shows in the authenticity of the scenes drawn for you in these books.

Craig Thomas - Emerald Decision.doc

Craig Thomas - Mitchell Gant 01 - Firefox.doc
Craig Thomas - Mitchell Gant 02 - Firefox Down.doc
Craig Thomas - Sea Leopard.doc
Craig Thomas - Snow Falcon.doc
Craig Thomas - The Bear's Tears.doc
 

This weeks last selection is some great mystery-suspense novels from a truly talented author. Lisa Unger writes some gripping stories, but he characterisations seem effortless and yet so deep that you feel you know them so well you are in their heads. The level of affinity she can create between her readers and her characters is quite remarkable and worth reading for alone. Luckily she also writes crackin' good mystery novels with scads of suspenseful scenes.

Lisa Unger - Black Out.doc

Lisa Unger - Die for You.doc
Lisa Unger - Fragile.doc
Lisa Unger - Sliver of Truth.doc