The Silent Dead

The Silent Dead by Tetsuya Honda
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

The book started on a very promising note for me. I enjoyed a large part of the book but the effect diminished at the climax.

Reiko Himekaway is a young, female Lieutant in the police force who delas with the gender bias regularly. Her reasons for becoming a lieutant have a background which is also an essential sub plot in the book. But the primary plot of the book deals with a serial killer who is torturing people and disposing bodies in lakes. Reiko and Stubby(another lieutant's) diverse styles in trying to nab the killer is interesting. The way he admonishes Reiko for her intuitions because she seem to stop applying logic after her bout of intuition is one of the best conversations in the book.


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Binary

Binary by John Lange
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Picked this book solely because I was surprised that its actually a Crichton book. Once upon a time Crichton used the pen name John Lange.

A very fast read; it deals with the personal complexity that arises between state department officer John Graves as he investigates a right wing businessman, John Wright. Graves is sure Wright is planning a big assault but takes sometime to unearth the plot. He also takes the challenge to unravel Wright as a personal one since Wright seems to be playing with his poker genius brain at a game.


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