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Re. Pendulum I read The Name of the Rose and thoroughly enjoyed it. (The movie is very good also.) However, I began to read Pendulum and thought it was pretentious, verbose and pedantic. The writing just didn't fit the genre.

Would like to have some discussion on this book. I thought the first part of the book when Dr. Bodinson visits Applewhite is original and very creepy. In fact I had a hard time putting the book down. I thought I was on a terror voyage similar to "The Silence of the Lambs." But the book...

My Worst Experience After my last experience I have decided to never lend a book out. I had gone for my weekly visit to my psychologist and he saw that I was reading "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night." I told him that it was excellent and he asked if he could borrow it. I...

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night This has been one of the best books I have read in a long time.

Can anyone recommend to me any fiction books with a gritty police story? I am thinking along the lines of NYPD Blues or Hill Street Blues. Any authors you recommend?