Book Review: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Ghost Story Jim Butcher Roc, July 2011 ISBN 9780451463791 Hardcover Last year, Jim Butcher left Harry Dresden fans with the mother of all cliffhangers. Our favorite wizard, Harry Dresden, was critically wounded by a gunshot, bleeding copiously, and falling into the icy cold waters of Lake Michigan. This ending was worse than the infamous Dallas [...]
August 24, 2011
Tags: Chicago, dark fantasy, Dresden Files, mystery, Roc, wizard detective Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Reviews–And Now It’s Gloria Feit’s Turn
So Cold the River Michael Koryta Back Bay Books, 2011 ISBN: 9780316053648 Trade Paperback Michael Koryta‘s latest novel* starts out innocently enough. Â Eric Shaw, in his recent former life an LA cinematographer before that career crashed and burned and now in his early thirties, has for the past two years lived in Chicago, trying to [...]
July 14, 2011
Tags: arson, Atlantic Monthly Press, Back Bay Books, Chicago, child abduction, cultural animosity, England, FBI, Forge, historical elements, Indiana, investigative reporter, Los Angeles, Minotaur Books, mystery, police procedural, prostitution, Quebec, Rhode Island, Russian mob, San Francisco, serial crimes, supernatural, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: Shaken by J.A. Konrath
Shaken J.A. Konrath AmazonEncore, February 22, 2011 ISBN 9781935597216 Trade Paperback Jack Daniels used to be a Chicago cop, and worked Homicide for a while. Now she’s a P.I., working with a guy she detested when she was on the force. She still knows lots of people who are still cops, and this comes in [...]
March 3, 2011
Tags: AmazonEncore, Chicago, mystery, private investigator, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews
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Book Review: Too Many Clients by David Walker
Too Many Clients David Walker Severn House, 2010 ISBN:9780727869302 Hardcover Another sparkling crime novel in the Wild Onion series. It’s always a pleasure to open a book knowing you are in the hands of an experienced storyteller. Author David Walker has been around the block a few times and he has the accolades to show [...]
February 28, 2011
Tags: Chicago, mystery, private investigator, Severn House, Wild Onion Posted in: Full Reviews
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