CORONADO By Dennis Lehane, read by Stanley Tucci Harper Audio (unabridged, 3.5 hours, $22.95) Dennis Lehane creates flawed, hopeful, memorable characters with the kind of lyrical writing that is to literature what John Prine and Tom Waits are to music.
His themes are love, passion and violence.
DAMNATION STREET By Andrew Klavan, read by the author Brilliance Audio (unabridged, 10 hours on CD, $34.95) For those of us who can't get enough noir, ``Damnation Street'' is a gift.
Full of dames and tough guys, with a lethal paid killer and a prostitute men are willing to die for, this book is as vivid as a movie. In fact, Klavan has written such a visual novel -- especially for middle-aged men -- that's it's no wonder his other two books, ``True Crime'' and ``Don't Say a Word,'' became major films..
.
News RSS