The Best of this Bad Lot: Two-Star Books
Act of Revenge - Robert K. Tanenbaum (crime fiction)
The Appeal - John Grisham (legal thriller)
Ash Child - Peter Bowen (western mystery)
At Risk - Patricia Cornwell (police procedural)
Bad Blood - Linda Fairstein (legal drama)
Betrayer of Worlds - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (science fiction space opera)
The Bone Vault - Linda Fairstein (legal drama)
Bone Walker - Kathleen O'Neill Gear (archeological mystery)
Bones - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
The Broker - John Grisham (spy thriller) (SPY!?)
A Christmas Home - Greg Kincaid (holiday fiction)
Counterplay - Robert K. Tanenbaum (crime thriller)
The Curious Eat Themselves - John Straley (Private detective mystery)
Curse of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz ("mystery")
Daddy's Girl - Lisa Scottoline (legal thriller)
Daemon - Daniel Suarez (science fiction robopocalypse)
Darkness, My Old Friend - Lisa Unger (cold-case mystery)
Dead Level - Sarah Graves (cozy mystery)
Dead or Alive - Michael McGarrity (police procedural)
Downtown Owl - Chuck Klosterman (coming-of-age fiction)
Earthquake Weather - Terrill Lee Lankford (thriller)
Edge of Evil - J. A. Jance (woman-alone thriller)
Entombed - Linda Fairstein (legal thriller)
The Experiment - John Darnton (spec-fic mysteryI
Exposure - Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs (young adult mystery)
The Fear Index - Robert Harris (science fiction thriller)
First Family - David Baldacci (political thriller)
Flashcards of My Life - Charise Mericle Harper (young adult)
Flashpoint - Suzanne Brockmann (romantic thriller)
Fleet of Worlds - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (science fiction space opera)
Flesh and Blood- Patricia Cornwell (forensic examiner mystery)
Gone - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
Ground Zero - Bonnie Ramthun (techno-police procedural)
Havana Twist - Lia Matera (mystery)
Headwind - John Nance (airplane thriller)
Honest Doubt - Amanda Cross (BBW mystery)
If You Were Here - Alafair Burke (suspense thriller)
Inferno - Dan Brown (daVinci Code imitator thiller)
The Informationist - Taylor Stevens (sociopath thriller)
Innocent in Las Vegas - A. R. Winters (bumbling chick PI)
The Job - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (cozy thiller/con artistry)
Juggler of Worlds - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (hard science fiction)
Keeper of the Keys - Perri O'Shaughnessy (recovered-memory thriller)
Killer Body - Bonnie Hearne Hill (mystery)
Killer Weekend - Ridley Pearson (police procedural)
The Kills - Linda Fairstein (legal thiller)
The Kingmaker - Brian Haig (espionage thiller)
The List - J. A. Konrath (technothriller)
London Bridges - James Patterson (FBI profiler mystery)
McNally's Dilemma - Vincent Lardo (dilettante detective mystery)
Mappa Mundi - Justina Robson (technothriller)
Mr. Kiss and Tell - Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
The Murder Pit - Jeff Shelby (homeschooler turns cozy detective)
Mystery - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
No Way Back - Michael Crow (spy thiller)
Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich (romantic mystery/thriller)
The Nymphos of Rocky Flats - Mario Acevedo (vamp-mystery)
Obsession - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
The Overlook - Michael Connelly (police procedural)
The Patriots Club - Christopher Reich (conspiracy thiller)
A Pedigree to Die For - Laurien Berenson (dog mystery)
The President's Assassin - Brian Haig (spy thriller)
The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum (spy thriller)
The Purrfect Murder - Rita Mae Brown (pet detective mystery)
Rage - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
Retribution - Jillianne Hoffman (legal drama)
Revenge of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz ("mystery")
Ringworld's Children - Larry Niven (hard science fiction)
The Rule of Four - Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (puzzle-driven mystery-thriller)
Saturn's Race - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes (speculative fiction)
The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell (forensic mystery)
The Second Horseman - Kyle Mills (thriller)
Seizure - Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs (young adult mystery)
Skink -- No Surrender - Carl Hiaasen (young adult thriller)
Smoked - Pat Quinlan (antihero thriller)
The Spire - Richard North Patterson (quasi-legal thriller)
Split Second - David Baldacci (political "thriller")
Stripped - Brian Freeman (police procedural)
Terminal - Andrew Vachss (vigilante justice thriller)
Thereby Hangs a Tail - Spencer Quinn (dog PI mystery)
Total Recall - Sara Paretsky (PI mystery)
Unholy Domain - Dan Ronco (post-apocalyptic science fiction)
The Unincorporated Man - Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin (speculative political fiction)
White Devils - William McAuley (futurist thriller)
The White House Connection - Jack Higgins (political thriller)
Wigfield - Amy Sedaris (humor)
Willing - Scott Spencer (coming-of-age fiction)
The Winner - David Baldacci (woman in danger thriller)
Wishin' and Hopin' - Wally Lamb (holiday fiction)
The Zero Game - Brad Meltzer (political thriller
The Appeal - John Grisham (legal thriller)
Ash Child - Peter Bowen (western mystery)
At Risk - Patricia Cornwell (police procedural)
Bad Blood - Linda Fairstein (legal drama)
Betrayer of Worlds - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (science fiction space opera)
The Bone Vault - Linda Fairstein (legal drama)
Bone Walker - Kathleen O'Neill Gear (archeological mystery)
Bones - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
The Broker - John Grisham (spy thriller) (SPY!?)
A Christmas Home - Greg Kincaid (holiday fiction)
Counterplay - Robert K. Tanenbaum (crime thriller)
The Curious Eat Themselves - John Straley (Private detective mystery)
Curse of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz ("mystery")
Daddy's Girl - Lisa Scottoline (legal thriller)
Daemon - Daniel Suarez (science fiction robopocalypse)
Darkness, My Old Friend - Lisa Unger (cold-case mystery)
Dead Level - Sarah Graves (cozy mystery)
Dead or Alive - Michael McGarrity (police procedural)
Downtown Owl - Chuck Klosterman (coming-of-age fiction)
Earthquake Weather - Terrill Lee Lankford (thriller)
Edge of Evil - J. A. Jance (woman-alone thriller)
Entombed - Linda Fairstein (legal thriller)
The Experiment - John Darnton (spec-fic mysteryI
Exposure - Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs (young adult mystery)
The Fear Index - Robert Harris (science fiction thriller)
First Family - David Baldacci (political thriller)
Flashcards of My Life - Charise Mericle Harper (young adult)
Flashpoint - Suzanne Brockmann (romantic thriller)
Fleet of Worlds - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (science fiction space opera)
Flesh and Blood- Patricia Cornwell (forensic examiner mystery)
Gone - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
Ground Zero - Bonnie Ramthun (techno-police procedural)
Havana Twist - Lia Matera (mystery)
Headwind - John Nance (airplane thriller)
Honest Doubt - Amanda Cross (BBW mystery)
If You Were Here - Alafair Burke (suspense thriller)
Inferno - Dan Brown (daVinci Code imitator thiller)
The Informationist - Taylor Stevens (sociopath thriller)
Innocent in Las Vegas - A. R. Winters (bumbling chick PI)
The Job - Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (cozy thiller/con artistry)
Juggler of Worlds - Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner (hard science fiction)
Keeper of the Keys - Perri O'Shaughnessy (recovered-memory thriller)
Killer Body - Bonnie Hearne Hill (mystery)
Killer Weekend - Ridley Pearson (police procedural)
The Kills - Linda Fairstein (legal thiller)
The Kingmaker - Brian Haig (espionage thiller)
The List - J. A. Konrath (technothriller)
London Bridges - James Patterson (FBI profiler mystery)
McNally's Dilemma - Vincent Lardo (dilettante detective mystery)
Mappa Mundi - Justina Robson (technothriller)
Mr. Kiss and Tell - Rob Thomas and Jennifer Graham
The Murder Pit - Jeff Shelby (homeschooler turns cozy detective)
Mystery - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
No Way Back - Michael Crow (spy thiller)
Notorious Nineteen - Janet Evanovich (romantic mystery/thriller)
The Nymphos of Rocky Flats - Mario Acevedo (vamp-mystery)
Obsession - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
The Overlook - Michael Connelly (police procedural)
The Patriots Club - Christopher Reich (conspiracy thiller)
A Pedigree to Die For - Laurien Berenson (dog mystery)
The President's Assassin - Brian Haig (spy thriller)
The Prometheus Deception - Robert Ludlum (spy thriller)
The Purrfect Murder - Rita Mae Brown (pet detective mystery)
Rage - Jonathan Kellerman (shrinky police procedural)
Retribution - Jillianne Hoffman (legal drama)
Revenge of the Spellmans - Lisa Lutz ("mystery")
Ringworld's Children - Larry Niven (hard science fiction)
The Rule of Four - Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason (puzzle-driven mystery-thriller)
Saturn's Race - Larry Niven and Steven Barnes (speculative fiction)
The Scarpetta Factor - Patricia Cornwell (forensic mystery)
The Second Horseman - Kyle Mills (thriller)
Seizure - Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs (young adult mystery)
Skink -- No Surrender - Carl Hiaasen (young adult thriller)
Smoked - Pat Quinlan (antihero thriller)
The Spire - Richard North Patterson (quasi-legal thriller)
Split Second - David Baldacci (political "thriller")
Stripped - Brian Freeman (police procedural)
Terminal - Andrew Vachss (vigilante justice thriller)
Thereby Hangs a Tail - Spencer Quinn (dog PI mystery)
Total Recall - Sara Paretsky (PI mystery)
Unholy Domain - Dan Ronco (post-apocalyptic science fiction)
The Unincorporated Man - Dani Kollin and Eytan Kollin (speculative political fiction)
White Devils - William McAuley (futurist thriller)
The White House Connection - Jack Higgins (political thriller)
Wigfield - Amy Sedaris (humor)
Willing - Scott Spencer (coming-of-age fiction)
The Winner - David Baldacci (woman in danger thriller)
Wishin' and Hopin' - Wally Lamb (holiday fiction)
The Zero Game - Brad Meltzer (political thriller
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