Since shit has been mentioned, I can tell you what I've been reading and still be on topic. Since most of my reading time is on the bus to/from work and that environment is not the most conducive to reading, page-turners work well for me. I've been on a thriller jag recently. I've read Carl Hiassen's "Basket Case". OK, but not that gripping. In the excellent category are a couple of not-yet-published books, "Money To Burn" by James Zagel and "The First Billion" by Christopher Reich. Zagel is a former Chicago federal district court judge, and that shows through the prose. The courtroom scenes are just a sidebar to the main story, but they're very sharply defined scenes. The heist itself occupies only a little of the story - the end game is what's happening here. The Reich novel is fast paced and just like a walk through a house of mirrors. Great fun. - Dave