I am so grateful to each and every author who gave me hours of reading pleasure this year through their amazing abilities. For writing what turned out to be my favorite reads of 2010, I am especially grateful to Josh Bazell, Hilary Davidson, Steve Hamilton, Chris F. Holm, Grant Jerkins, Russel D. McLean, Ken Mercer, Stuart Neville, James Thompson, and Daniel Woodrell. Thank you. (The list is in reverse-chronological order by review date.)
“Anyone in this world could kill, in the right set of circumstances. The questions is, what circumstances?”Oh, what a deliciously
— A Very Simple Crime was one of my Top 10 Reads of 2010 —
If you are unlucky enough to have known the
As he grew older and honed his talents, he came to realize that he was the thing people feared – he was the monster in the dark. –
There would be silence, but cold has a sound of its own. The branches of trees freeze solid and crack under the weight of the snow with sounds
I didn’t know that once you’ve proven yourself useful to the wrong people, you’ll never be free again. – Michael Smith
In the wake of
The only oath I took, as I recall, was to first do no harm. I’m thinking we’re past that point. – Dr. Peter Brown
As
Just a few hard knocks. That’s what he’d kept telling himself, these past couple of years, but now he had to consider a more disturbing possibility. That perhaps
“I’ve already shot a man this evening, so what’s the difference now? Like smoking, it gets easier after the first one, right?” – J. McNee
Dundee,
“All I wanted was some peace. I just wanted to sleep.” – Gerry Fegan
Set in Belfast in the aftermath of Northern Ireland’s Troubles*, The
December 24th - Berkley
