Book Reviews: G.I. Bones by Martin Limon, The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino, and Stolen Lives by Jassy MacKenzie
G.I. Bones Martin Limon Soho Crime, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-56947-863-9 Trade Paperback Seoul, South Korea, is one of the more exotic locales for a murder mystery, and the C.I.D operatives, Sgts. Sueno and Bascom, are two of the more different protagonists around. Â This is the sixth entry in the series, but the first this reader has [...]
September 14, 2011
Tags: Britain, human trafficking, Japan, military intelligence, Minotaur Books, mystery, police procedural, private investigator, Soho Crime, Soho Press, South Africa, South Korea, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review: Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen
Royal Blood Rhys Bowen Berkley Prime Crime, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-425-23446-4 Hardcover For anyone who likes cozies, with a little mystery thrown in, a Royal Spyness Mystery is right up his or her alley.  In a change of scenery, Lady Georgiana is asked to travel from London to the Castle Bran in Romania’s Transylvania to represent [...]
May 16, 2011
Tags: 1930's, Berkley Prime Crime, Britain, cozy, historical, mystery, Romania Posted in: Full Reviews 2 Comments
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Queen of the Night J.A. Jance William Morrow & Company, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-123924-3 Hardcover With a bow [by dedicating the book] to the late Tony Hillerman, who was a master at the genre of this novel (and the predecessors in the saga of the Walker family), J.A. Jance has written a murder mystery surrounded by [...]
January 23, 2011
Tags: Arizona, Britain, California, Colorado, Dutton, France, Harper Ecco, international espionage, mystery, Native Americans, police procedural, psychologist, retired detective, Russia, United States, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Reviews: A Ted Feit Roundup
The Steam Pig James McClure Soho Crime, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-56947-652-9 Trade Paperback Before his death four years ago, the author wrote eight novels in this series, featuring a white CID lieutenant, Tromp Kramer, and his black assistant, Sgt. Zondi. Â The setting for The Steam Pig was apartheid South Africa, and the descriptions of that society [...]
December 30, 2010
Tags: apartheid, Britain, domestic abuse, Harper, Los Angeles, mystery, police procedural, Soho Crime, South Africa, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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Still Missing Chevy Stevens St. Martin’s Press, July 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-59567-8 Hardcover This is an interesting novel, despite its shortcomings: Â Basically the writing is uneven, and in many ways pretentious. Â A young woman, Annie Sullivan, a realtor on Vancouver Island, Canada, is abducted by a psycho and kept captive for a year, subjected to daily [...]
October 4, 2010
Tags: Britain, Canada, mystery, police procedural, Scribner, St. Martin's, suspense, thriller, Touchstone, US Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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