Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October #2

I have noticed that time does actually travel fantastically slow in this novel. So much happens at any one point in any one day. I think to the point I've read so far, which is near as makes no difference to halfway, is only a few days. There is just an immense amount of detail from action to action. When Captain Ramius does any action, in particular, the death in his quarters, there is enough detail to be able to make a solvable crime scene just from what Clancy has written. The glass, the setting, down to the color of the carpet, I love that! The only part he leaves reasonably vague is how the action actually takes place. It leaves something for the reader's brain to think about. There are so many different ways to slip and fall. Keep in mind, that detail is just one action in the book. It probably went by in under five minutes real-time, but the level of detail makes it feel like it has taken minutes just for the body to fall to the floor. It's just fantastic!