If you like stories about giant (70 ft., 42,000 lbs!) prehistoric sharks eating people, mini-subs and other stuff with abandon, you'll love this book and its sequels. MEG; a novel of deep terror  by Steve Alten is a whale of a tale.  Hero Jonas Taylor, a prehistoric paleoicthyosaurologist, (I made this word up.) discovers the MEG in the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the ocean. 

If you're feeling nostalgic for the original Jaws by Peter Benchley, this is great summer reading, even if you're at the beach. 

Ravens  by George Dawes Green

Shaw and Romeo travel to coastal Georgia where Shaw overhears news that a local family, the Boatwrights, have won a $318 million dollar lottery jackpot. Shaw sees his opportunity to extort the family, get rich and start anew. With Ravens, George Dawes Shaw has created a frightening psychological thriller that explores what happens when ordinary people are forced to make extraordinary decisions in extraordinary situations.

Reviewed by Peter Haxton

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Twenty two authors contributed to these two thrilling stories conceived by Jeffrey Deaver! This book is a masterpiece of suspense. Each chapter is written by a different author, some including Lee Child, Peter Spiegelman, and David Liss....

Reviewed by Stephanie Short

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Level 26: Dark Origins by Anthony E. Zuiker is a tremendous crime drama. The author is the creator of CSI. During the book you follow Steve Dark, a crime scene tactician who is trying to find a killer who has transcended the scale of evil.

This is a digi-novel. Every 20 pages or so you can log on to www.level26press.com and watch episodes of story lines that bridge the gaps between chapters. These episodes star some very famous names. It’s a fun story idea, but very dark and gory. You definitely end the book wanting more.

Reviewed by Stephanie Short

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