Lily Tomlin's Short List

There are few actresses as versatile as Tomlin: she's performed onstage and -screen, in productions ranging from sketch comedies to serious dramas, and has taken home Tonys, Emmys and a Grammy to boot. This month, she starts a guest-star run on the legal thriller Damages . When she's not working 9 to 5, you might find her taking her daily dose of kitsch or downloading a book onto her Kindle.

One giant leap
I found Craig Nelson's book Rocket Men , about the first men on the moon, endlessly fascinating. The sweeping human adventure thrilled me as much as the hilarious man-made mistakes tickled me--like the NASA designers' neglecting to put handles on the Eagle's outside door, so Armstrong and Aldrin had to leave it ajar before they took their momentous walk. No doubt they took that "giant leap" with one eye on the door.

Reading companions
When I need an infusion of feminism, I read Robin Morgan to remind me of what I always want

A Mystery/Thriller Book (By Me)

Ava wishes to be normal, like her friends. Unfortunately, for her, normal is nowhere to be found on her agenda. Her visions tell her about murder ...

Hide

Random House Audio

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You have good reason to be afraid. . . .

It was a case that haunts Bobby Dodge to this day—the case that nearly killed him and changed his life forever. Now, in an underground chamber on the grounds of an abandoned Massachusetts mental hospital, the gruesome discovery of six mummified corpses resurrects his worst nightmare: the return of a killer he thought dead and buried. There’s no place to run. . . . Bobby’s only lead is wrapped around a dead woman’s neck. Annabelle Granger has been in hiding for as long as she can remember. Her childhood was a blur of new cities and assumed identities. But what—or who—her family was running from, she never knew. Now a body is unearthed from a grave, wearing a necklace bearing Annabelle’s name, and the danger is too close to escape. This time, she’s not going to run. You know he will find you. . . .

The new threat could be the dead psychopath’s copycat, his protégé—or something far more terrifying. Dodge knows the only way to find him is to solve the mystery of Annabelle Granger, and to do that he must team up with his former lover, partner, and friend D. D. Warren from the Boston P.D. But the trail leads back to a woman from Bobby’s past who may be every bit as dangerous as the new killer—a beautiful survivor-turned-avenger with an eerie link to Annabelle. From its tense opening pages to its shocking climax, Hide is a thriller that delves into our deepest, darkest fears. Where there is no one to trust. Where there is no place left to hide.


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Dear Isabelle

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Just weeks after moving to Seattle as a freshman at the university, Isabelle's world of safety in Campion Tower vanishes. Everything starts to go wrong in the worst possible way for her after her dramatic breakup with her British boyfriend. And before long, she is too afraid to run.

Defiance (Navy Justice, Book 3)

Zondervan

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From a murder in Paris to a courtroom in California to a terrorist camp in the Gobi Desert, Don Brown's follow-up to Treason and Hostage plunges into a suspense-filled journey of danger, duty, and hope. The Commander's Bodyguard is Shannon McGilverry, a crack NCIS agent assigned to protect Navy JAG Officer Zack Brewer. Zack is being hunted by terrorists, stalked by a psychopath, and is working his way through a perilous, politically-charged trial. When another Navy JAG officer is murdered, it's clear that Zack is in harm's way. As his bodyguard, Shannon must do more than protect Zack. She also must set aside her growing feelings for the brilliant attorney and investigate rumors that the love of his life, Diane Colcerninan, may still be alive. Zack finds himself in need of his faith more than ever as Navy SEALS launch a daring rescue attempt that has the potential to trigger World War III.

Honeymoon

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Don't give away the ending... Don't give away the beginning. How does it feel to be desired by every man and envied by every woman? Wonderful. This is the life Nora Sinclair has worked hard for, the life she will never give up. She doesn't just attract men, she enthralls them. So why is FBI agent John O'Hara interested in Nora Sinclair? Mysterious things happen to people around her, especially the men. And there is something dangerous about Nora, something that lures O'Hara at the same time that it fills him with fear. Is something dark hidden in the gaps in her past? As O'Hara spends more and more time getting to know her, is he pursuing justice? Or his own fatal obsession?.

Sail

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Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing vacation to bring everyone together once again. But only an hour out of port, everything is going wrong. The teenage daughter, Carrie, is planning to drown herself. The teenage son, Mark, is high on drugs and ten-year-old Ernie is nearly catatonic. This is the worst vacation ever.
Anne manages to pull things together bit by bit, but just as they begin feeling like a family again, something catastrophic happens. Survival may be the least of their concerns.
Written with the blistering pace and shocking twists that only James Patterson can master, SAIL takes "Lost" and "Survivor" to a new level of terror. (2008)