Books that make it past one star - just barely
The 500 - Matthew Quirk (political thriller)
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks (sword-and-sorcery fantasy)
The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry (da Vinci Code ripoff thriller)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Michael Ledwidge (police procedural)
Betrayed - Lisa Scottoline (quasilegal mystery)
Black - Christopher Whitcomb (techno-conspiracy thriller)
The Black List - Robin Burcell (romantic spy thriller)
The Book of Lies - Brad Meltzer (conspiracy thriller)
Cajun Snuff - W. Randy Haynes (mystery)
Chimera - David Wellington (technomilitary thriller)
Counterparts - Gonzalo Lira (spy thriller)
Creepiosity - David Bickel (humor)
Cruel Justice - M. A. Comley (police procedural / romance)
Deliver Us from Evil - David Baldacci (spy thriller)
Divine Justice - David Baldacci (politicohistorical thiller)
The Double Eagle - James Twining (thriller)
Dream with Little Angels - Michael Hiebert (southern gothic/coming-of-age/murder mystery)
Dust - Patricia Cornwell (forensic mystery)
Fire and Ice - J. A. Jance (police procedural)
Fury - Robert K. Tanen (coincidence-driven mystery)
The Hunt Ball - Rita Mae Brown (cozy southern mystery)
Immoral - Brian Freeman (police procedural)
The Innocent - Taylor Stevens (sexual sociopath thriller)
Justice Denied - J. A. Jance (police procedural)
The Lost Constitution - William Martin (historical thriller)
Kill Switch - Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene (medico-flashback mystery-thriller)
The Letter of the Law - Tim Green (legal thriller)
Lost and Found - Alan Dean Foster (fantasy)
Love Creeps - Amanda Filipacchi (chick-lit fiction)
McNally's Risk - Lawrence Sanders (irritating rich boy detective mystery)
The Moonlit Earth - Christopher Rice (thriller)
Nexus - Ramez Naam (speculative fiction)
The Night Watch - Sergei Lukayenko (speculative fantasy)
The Oath John Lescroart (legalish thriller)
Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton (historical thriller)
Reckless - Susan Kiernan-Lewis (supernatural detective)
Scorpion Winter - Andrew Kaplan (espionage thriller)
Shadow Man - Cody McFayden (police procedural)
The Shortcut Man - p. g. sturges (private detective mystery)
Simple Genius - David Baldacci (detective thriller)
Sphere of Influence - Kyle Mills (spy thriller)
Stalked - Brian Freeman (police procedural)
Sunstroke - Jesse Kellerman (woman alone thriller)
The Taken - Vicki Pettersson (supernatural mystery thingie)
Tenth of December - George Saunders (short story anthology)
The Testament - Eric van Lustbader (thriller)
Think Twice - Lisa Scottoline (evil-twin thriller)
Thunderhead - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (archaeological thriller)
Tracking Time - Leslie Glass (police procedural)
Turbulence - John Nance (airplane thriller)
A Vision of Fire - Gillian Anderson & Jeff Rovin
Whitewash - Alex Kava (technothriller)
Year Zero - Rob Reid (science fiction)
Armageddon's Children - Terry Brooks (sword-and-sorcery fantasy)
The Alexandria Link - Steve Berry (da Vinci Code ripoff thriller)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead - Michael Ledwidge (police procedural)
Betrayed - Lisa Scottoline (quasilegal mystery)
Black - Christopher Whitcomb (techno-conspiracy thriller)
The Black List - Robin Burcell (romantic spy thriller)
The Book of Lies - Brad Meltzer (conspiracy thriller)
Cajun Snuff - W. Randy Haynes (mystery)
Chimera - David Wellington (technomilitary thriller)
Counterparts - Gonzalo Lira (spy thriller)
Creepiosity - David Bickel (humor)
Cruel Justice - M. A. Comley (police procedural / romance)
Deliver Us from Evil - David Baldacci (spy thriller)
Divine Justice - David Baldacci (politicohistorical thiller)
The Double Eagle - James Twining (thriller)
Dream with Little Angels - Michael Hiebert (southern gothic/coming-of-age/murder mystery)
Dust - Patricia Cornwell (forensic mystery)
Fire and Ice - J. A. Jance (police procedural)
Fury - Robert K. Tanen (coincidence-driven mystery)
The Hunt Ball - Rita Mae Brown (cozy southern mystery)
Immoral - Brian Freeman (police procedural)
The Innocent - Taylor Stevens (sexual sociopath thriller)
Justice Denied - J. A. Jance (police procedural)
The Lost Constitution - William Martin (historical thriller)
Kill Switch - Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene (medico-flashback mystery-thriller)
The Letter of the Law - Tim Green (legal thriller)
Lost and Found - Alan Dean Foster (fantasy)
Love Creeps - Amanda Filipacchi (chick-lit fiction)
McNally's Risk - Lawrence Sanders (irritating rich boy detective mystery)
The Moonlit Earth - Christopher Rice (thriller)
Nexus - Ramez Naam (speculative fiction)
The Night Watch - Sergei Lukayenko (speculative fantasy)
The Oath John Lescroart (legalish thriller)
Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton (historical thriller)
Reckless - Susan Kiernan-Lewis (supernatural detective)
Scorpion Winter - Andrew Kaplan (espionage thriller)
Shadow Man - Cody McFayden (police procedural)
The Shortcut Man - p. g. sturges (private detective mystery)
Simple Genius - David Baldacci (detective thriller)
Sphere of Influence - Kyle Mills (spy thriller)
Stalked - Brian Freeman (police procedural)
Sunstroke - Jesse Kellerman (woman alone thriller)
The Taken - Vicki Pettersson (supernatural mystery thingie)
Tenth of December - George Saunders (short story anthology)
The Testament - Eric van Lustbader (thriller)
Think Twice - Lisa Scottoline (evil-twin thriller)
Thunderhead - Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (archaeological thriller)
Tracking Time - Leslie Glass (police procedural)
Turbulence - John Nance (airplane thriller)
A Vision of Fire - Gillian Anderson & Jeff Rovin
Whitewash - Alex Kava (technothriller)
Year Zero - Rob Reid (science fiction)
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