Best Reads of 2011

1) Anthony Horowitz - The House of Silk: This is a Sherlock Holmes Mystery. I am a big Sherlock fan and was curious to see how Horowitz did at capturing the classic characters of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's imagination. Horowitz nailed it in my opinion. This story is a story Watson had left out intentionally. He is telling it from the nursing home where he is living. Watson was unable to tell the story during the lifetime of most of the BAD GUYS, do to the power they held. This has all the classic characteristics of a Sherlock mystery. Sherlock sees things that most over look, well while on this case Watson is forced to take the lead while Sherlock is in jail. Over all this was a great read.

2)Preston and Child - Riptide: This is a story about Oak Island, the main Character Malin Hatch's father was the last person to own Oak island and went broke trying to find its treasure. Malin is approached by a new leader of an expedition who wants to explore the island. The story is excellently written and I am surprised they haven't tried to make it into a movie yet. Malin does not get the treasure but in the end he does find what he was looking for,

3)Erik Larson - The Devil in the White City: This book blew me away, Larson write about a serial killer during the World fair in chicago. H.H. Holmes was a mastermind. He was able to build a murder hotel, borrow money with no intention of ever paying it back, and would have gotten away with it to, if it wasnt for those kids and that pesky dog. Well It wasnt a kid or a dog, it was one detective who followed a lead and chased Holmes out of the country to capture him. This book is a great book about late 1890's chicago and it will leave you in awe of the man who made killing fun and could have convinced you that you were the one who actually committed the murders.

4) David Eagleman - Incognito - Wow this was an awesome book on all the stuff the brain is doing behind your back. Well sort of, this book explain the inner working of the brain in a way that someone who is Brainless could understand. Eagleman does a great job of bringing it down to a level that the average person could learn something about the way their brain works.