I have always enjoyed the Bee Gees songs but I became hooked on them again after watching a Biography program about them on A&E and then their "Live by Request" performance on the same network. I really like all the songs on their new CD, especially the sound of the title track, "this is Where I Came In". My other favorites are "Man in the Middle", "Sacred Trust, "Wedding Day" and "Loose Talk Costs Lives", but there is not a single bad song on this CD. The more I listen, the more I like it. The vocals and the harmonies remind us why the Bee Gees have lasted for more than 4 decades. I grew up listening to them, and I'll grow old listening to them.

Dunning has taken us out of the book shop (Booked to Die, The Bookman's Wake) and transported us to the world of radio drama during World War II. The station itself (WHAR) becomes another important character in the cast of many characters. Before many pages are turned, you get to know a whole "family" of radio actors, producers, and technicians. The central character in the story is Jack who has followed Holly Carnahan to New Jersey in order to help her discover what has happened to her father. In the process he gets a job at WHAR and finds his niche as a writer of radio shows. As Jack pursues the clues to the disappearance of Carnahan, he discovers several other disappearances that have occured and searches to discover the link between them. The story jumps between his attempt to solve the mystery and his growing career in radio with the romance with Holly finally being realized. It makes for a good read although at times it seems a little convoluted with too many political subplots related to the disappearance and murders. It is well worth the read and we learn a lot about an era where radio was the medium. If you like a good mystery that teaches you something while making you think, you'll enjoy reading "Two O'Clock Eastern Wartime".

As a fan of southwestern mysteries, I can honestly say they don't get better than this. Kevin Kerney's character continues to develop with the addition of a wife and the emergence of a character out of his past who has kept a secret from him for many years. He has to deal with his shooting of a police officer, his impending retirement and finding the identity of a spree killer. Throughout the complicated twists of plot we always get a great sense of place. I especially enjoyed this one because it took us back to the Tularosa Basin and Alamogorde where I grew up. The landmarks and cities were all familiar and it was like going "home". I have been a fan of the series since his first book, Tularosa, and I am already anxiously awaiting the next one. In fact, I may reread the entire series before a planned trip to that area next fall!

Deaver hooks us in again with another Lincoln Rhyme Novel and keeps us guessing all the way to the end. I particularly enjoyed the way he used the "Insect Boy" and his reading material to instruct us forensics as well as life.

The ending seems slightly contrived and using MCS to explain some of Garret's symptoms does not work for me because MCS is a highly controversial diagnosis of a "syndrome" that is considered to be more psychological than physical. Toxaphene is not proven to be a human carcinogen so to blame Lucy's cancer and the cancers and illnesses of others in the community on that one chemical also seem to be stretching it. Despite these flaws, I thoroughly enjoyed reading the latest adventures of Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs and hope that we will see more of them. I also hope that Deaver will remember to write the books for his readers--not for a potential movie audience.