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Predator
I guess I missed this 2005 of Kay in Florida, and a BUNCH of missing people. Probably dead.
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She eases the throttle at a hundred and thirty-nine thousand rpms... -- (page 287) That a hundred and thirty thousand more than a stock Harley redline!Read:
5/2012
The Isle Of Dogs
In the manner of Carl H., a Virginia island revolts, the governor get a mini-horse, and the Head Tooper's dog is kidnapped. Kay Scarpetta makes an appearance.
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6/2002
The Last Precinct
Takes place after Black Notice. Clears up several loose ends.
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8/2001
The Scarpetta Factor
Kay investigates a woman whose body was found near Central Park, yet she seems to have died a couple of days previously somewhere else.
Words I Had To Look Up:
PUSH pack (pg. 338) -- A nifty shoulder bag, you can Google it.
and rockets and Howitzer rounds (pg. 353) -- Why is it capitalized?
Rabbit Tool (pg. 465) -- Related to the Jaws Of Life, a portable forcible entry device.
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The kind of high-power jamming system that can paralyze RF bands between twenty and three thousand megahertz. (pg. 466) -- One would think the power of this sucker would be causing electronic communication problems for anyone in the vicinity, and it would be noticed.
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7/2010
Monster Hunter International
The ugly accountant Owen joins up with MHI after tossing his (werewolf) boss out the office window. Lots of action, guns, and gore.
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It didn't have the perks of accounting, but I do have to admit that punching people in the face had its own certain charms.Quote:
I loved Julie's idea of home decor. She had a weapon stashed every ten feet.Quote:
"So did you score with your friend's dead mom?" "It sounds gross when you put it that way."
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12/2022
Hannibal Enemy Of Rome
Interesting account of the great general's life focusing mostly on his exploits throughout Italy.
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12/2015
A Fatal Vineyard Season
J.W. Jackson investigates the harassment of African-Americans living on Marth's Vineyard by a pair of local bullies.
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3/2002
Off Season
J.W. Jackson lives on Martha's Vineyard and investigates the murder of a local. He also set the wedding date with Zee.
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3/2002
A Dangerous Man
Elvis Cole #18. An old man wants his nineteen million dollars back.
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6/2023
Chasing Darkness
Elvis Cole re investigates a serial killing when the man he helped clear years ago is found with incriminating proof, and is dead.
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8/2010
Demolition Angel
Former bomb squad member Carol Starkey wants to get back on the squad. Excellent story! LATER: This was book 349 but I had to delete the old entry because I messed up the author.
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"This is foolish, Red, meeting in a library like this. What kinda mook talks about shit like this in a library?" "A mook like me, I guess. I like the order you find in a library, Angelo. It's the last place left where people behave with manners, don't you think?" pg. 78
Bonus Quote:
John hated the socially disgusting, fingerless misfits like Dallas Tennant who inhabited his world. They gave serious explosives hobbiest a bad name. pg. 240
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12/2001
Free Fall
A sweet young girl asks Elvis Cole to find out what is troubling her policeman fiance.
A lot of authors mention brand names in their stories to add a certain verisimilitude. I was thinking while reading the description of Jennifer's clothing (page 2)that it would be amusing if her underwear specifics were mentioned. On page 24 Elvis finds a red 36c Lily Of France brassiere under Mark's bed. Elvis doesn't think Jennifer is a 36c.
Words I Had To Look Up:
backseat of her MB (pg. 87) -- Oh, it stands for Mercedes Benz. I had to look that up!
an ordinary TDK half-inch VHS cassette (pg. 214) -- Rather than one of them special ones, I guess.
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8/2010
Indigo Slam
Elvis is hired by three children to find their missing father. As usual, very little is what it seems. Also, he gets to meet Lucy's ex.
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5/2023
L. A. Requiem
Elvis Cole #8. A woman Joe Pike was once involved with is brutally murdered. Joe and Elvis promise her father that they will find who is responsible.
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...stood on the ridge overlooking the parched hills at Camp Pendleton Marine Training Depot just south of Oceanside, California. -- Pretty sure it isn'tQuote:
He glowered at Dolan, who was leaning back in her chair. "You letting him just walk around like this?"
"For Christ's sake, Harvey, I'm right here. I can shoot him if I have to."Quote:
"They raise cows there, don't they?" -- Burn!!Read:
5/2023
Lullaby Town
Elvis Cole gets a famous film director for a client. He wants to find his ex-wife and the child he never knew. Because he was a jerk. Did I say "was"?
Words I Had To Look Up:
screwguns (pg. 23) -- I thought the author screwed up here, but there really are such a thing. By the way, what's a screwgun cost? More than a...oh, forget it!
Knockando (pg. 45) -- A whiskey from Scotland.
Tama Janowitz look(pg. 158) -- An author I've never heard who has long dark hair. Sort of a dark Christina Applegate. Huh.
marcel (pg.169) -- A kind of hairstyle. Very wavie.
TRAVIS BICKLE WAS RIGHTEOUS (pg. 210) -- Robert De Niro's character in Taxi Driver. Never seen that movie!
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Anyone saw it, they'd think Pike played bass for Lou Reed. (pg. 132)Read:
8/2010
Racing The Light
Elvis gets hired by some strange old lady (who has a security detail with her!) to find her missing son.
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5/2023
Stalking The Angel
Elvis is hired to find a valuable Japanese book that was stolen. Many things turn out not to be what he assumed. Some weeps. Good story!
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5/2023
Sunset Express
Elvis assists a famous lawyer in the defense of a rich guy accused of murdering his wife, but discovers evidence tampering.
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8/2010
Suspect
Marine dog tries out for K-9 corps at LAPD. New partner also trying out for K-9 corps. New partner also trying to figure out who nearly killed him. Good story, fast read, read in almost one sitting, mostly from 2:00 AM until 5:30 AM...
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12/2015
Taken
Elvis Cole #15, it says on Good Reads. Slam band great fast-paced adventure, as usual. Krista and her boyfriend get taken prisoner by a gang of, well, kidnappers, I guess. Elvis is hired to find them and get them back.
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6/2023
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