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  The Investigation

  by Stanisław Lem

  • Rated 3 stars

  Leif wrote:
  Mr. Lem is a very intelligent man whose ability to combine philosophy with compelling stories is pretty much unparalleled in the world of speculative fiction. That said, this was my least favorite of his works. Great character conversations and ideas, but I just found it a little boring. Still a cut above most authors I have read. So...recommended, but...not so much.
  
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  by Frank Schätzing

  • Rated 0 stars

  michael kuehner wrote:
  Lots of interesting views on future with a big dose of thriller elements. But too many pages to tell the story.
  
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  Harry Tate: Book 1

  Red Station

  by Adrian Magson

  • Rated 4 stars

  rimmsky wrote:
  I did not want to put this book down. Browsing through the library's choices for an e-book this caught my eye. It is book one in the Harry Tate series. So glad I read number I first as it lays a lot of background. An MI5 operation goes bad and we get a glimpse of the underbelly of Her Majesty's Intelligence services. Great plot, good writing and an all around pleasant read. Cloak and dagger thriller.
  
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  Ripley: Book 1

  The Talented Mr. Ripley

  by Patricia Highsmith

  • Rated 4 stars

  K.Albertson wrote:
  Excellent book. Subtle, but disturbing look at the inner world of a soft-spoken, well educated, and likeable sociopath. What Highsmith does so well, is demonstrate how her character could be so charming even to himself! His self-delusions were perhaps the most chilling. Unlike a traditional mystery, the murder is secondary.
  
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  Thoughts in Solitude

  by Thomas Merton

  • Rated 4 stars

  Bev wrote:
  Thomas Merton (1915-1968)....influential spiritual thinker of the 20th century...Trappist monk....
  
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