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 Ross LaManna
wrote the hit film Rush Hour, as well as the Emmy Award-winning CBS miniseries Titanic, the HBO movie Arctic Blue, and the USA Network drama Chrome Soldiers. Acid Test is his first novel. Visit his website at www.RossLaManna.com.
ACID TEST
is an action-packed adventure novel that pits the United States and a top Air Force investigator against an enemy they never saw coming.
Ross LaManna's Summer Reading List
SEARCHING FOR JOHN FORD: A Life
by Joseph McBride
Ford was a monumental talent, made even more admirable by the fact he was so difficult to pigeonhole. he reviews say this bio comes the closet yet to understanding this complex, contradictory genius.
BITTERROOT
by James Lee Burke
Great setting --- Big Sky Montana --- and lots of attitude. The hero, Billy Bob Holland, is tough, loyal and resourceful.
THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
by Simon Winchester
I'm a sucker for a reference books, especially one as luscious as the Oxford English Dictionary. To know there's an amazing story behind its creation has me eager to tear into this book.
RAISING FENCES: A Black Man's Love Story
by Michael Datcher
An excerpt about the longing of fatherless boys for male attention and approval had this big, action-writin' guy near tears. Amazingly, another except elicited tears of laughter.
SUPER CHIEF: Earl Warren and His Supreme Court
by Bernard Schwartz
Warren, who'd never sat as a judge before being named to the Court, was perhaps the most effective --- and the most controversial --- Chief Justice in U.S. history. Super Chief is supposedly the best of the Warren bios.
THE AUBREY-MATURIN NOVELS
by Patrick O'Brian
Twenty volumes; the best historical adventure series ever. An extraordinary accomplishment. They're best savored in order, from MASTER AND COMMANDER through BLUE AT THE MIZZEN.
ME TALK PRETTY ONE DAY
by David Sedaris
A collection of short, scathing, humorous stories which can be ingested in quick doses, like reaching into a bag of M&M's.
CUBA
by Stephen Coonts
A realistic villain; a dangerous predicament; exciting action scenes; a great hero to root for. Lesser writers will inevitably fumble one or more of these key ingredients, but not Coonts.
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