Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs

Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs: The First of the double D's. (1399 words)
by QueenElf - written on 20.02.08 (Very useful, 90 readings)
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I became a fan of Kathy Reichs some time ago when I picked up what seemed like a good thriller. I must admit that I do love these kind of books and particularly those with women detectives, or, as in many cases, female pathologists. I was reading Agatha Christie novels as soon as I was old enough to get them from the library and I've been interested in this genre ever since. I did read some reviews as well as a member of Ciao, some years back, and often read a book on the strength of a review. So you see, those reviews do tempt people to buy the books. I think I started out with Deadly Decisions, but since I own quite a few of her books I couldn't say for sure which one ...

The First Reichs (968 words)
by karenuk - written on 15.01.05 (Very useful, 110 readings)
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Ciao and Dooyoo are sites whose main purpose is to advise potential consumers as to which products are worth buying. I have heard several people declare they have never bought anything as a response to reading reviews here! Well, I regularly do. A well written review will often inspire me to log in to Ebay or Amazon and buy the DVD, CD, book or whatever. This is how I came to buy this book – Deja Dead by Kathy Reichs. I used to be a classics and chick lit kinda gal until a few years ago. Then another Dooyoo/Ciao member got me into reading Martina Cole’s novels – a completely different direction and one which I approached cautiously and with ...

Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs: Alive and Kicking (1021 words)
by Slim Lee - written on 14.02.01 (Very useful, 272 readings)
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This is another book which, if I had not been a member of a book club, I don’t think I would have bought at all. The only blurb on the back cover of the book is solely a quote from the book, but a good one nonetheless. No recommendations, no highlighted reviews and fairly dull front cover artwork. It was hardly eye catching, but for a glimpse of what enticed me to buy it here's the blurb from the back of the book .... “The next day began as warm and sunny as its predecessor, a fact that would normally draw me into high spirits. But that day the weather would be irrelevant. By 9 a.m. I was already in autopsy room 4, the smallest of the suites at ...