Book Reviews: Long Gone by Alafair Burke, Heaven’s Fire by Sandra Balzo, and A Dark Dividing by Sarah Rayne
Long Gone Alafair Burke Harper, June 2011 ISBN No. 978-0061999185 Hardcover Alice Humphrey’s chance meeting with Drew Campbell at first glance appears to be a lucky break. Alice is unemployed and Drew Campbell offers her a chance to run a gallery and be her own boss. Alice’s father is a famous Hollywood producer and Alice [...]
February 20, 2012
Tags: art gallery, ATF investigator, child pornography, conjoined twins, ebook, England, FBI agent, Felony & Mayhem, fireworks, Harper, journalist, missing child, mystery, photographer, police procedural, psychological suspense, Self-published, TV producer Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Reviews: Silent Mercy by Linda Fairstein, Live Wire by Harlan Coben, Rizzo’s Fire by Lou Manfredo, Afraid of the Dark by James Grippando, and Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Silent Mercy Linda Fairstein Dutton, March 2011 ISBN: 978-0-525-95202-2 Hardcover This deeply researched series highlighting New York landmarks featuring Alexandra Cooper and Mike Chapman takes the reader in a somewhat different direction from previous entries. This time the author tackles religion, albeit in a non-controversial manner. While New York continues to be the prime real [...]
February 19, 2012
Tags: Brooklyn, CIA, criminal defense attorney, Dutton, family issues, FBI, Guantanamo, Harper, Leeds, legal thriller, Little Brown, Miami, Minotaur Books, mystery, New York City, police procedural, private investigator, private security, public prosecutor, religion, serial killer Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews Galore by Ted Feit
The House at Sea’s End Elly Griffiths Quercus, January 2011 ISBN: 978-1-84916-367-5 Hardcover [It should perhaps be noted that this review is based on the UK and Canada edition; the US edition is now available in the US from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt] As the book opens Kate, the baby born to Ruth Galloway, the forensic [...]
January 2, 2012
Tags: Alfred A. Knopf, Atlantic Monthly Press, Bantam Press, Cold War espionage, England, forensic archaeologist, Harper, hostage, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, human organ theft, humor, internet porn, marijuana, missing person, mystery, noir, police procedural, Quercus, series finale, Sweden, US Marshal, William Morrow, WWII Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: The Leopard by Jo Nesbo, The Girl in the Green Raincoat by Laura Lippman and Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance
The Leopard Jo Nesbo Translated by Don Bartlett Harvill Secker, January 2011 ISBN: 978-1-846-55401-8 Paperback [It should be noted that this book is presently only available in/through the UK & Canada. It will be published in the US in hardcover on 12/13/11 by Knopf Publishing Group.] The latest Harry Hole novel presents the reader with [...]
November 9, 2011
Tags: Arizona, Baltimore, cold case investigators, Harper, Harvill Secker, Knopf Publishing Group, Morrow, mystery, Native American, Norway, novella, police procedural, private investigator, serial killer, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill, The Dog Sox by Russell Hill and Negative Image by Vicki Delany
The Woodcutter Reginald Hill Harper, August2011 ISBN No. 978-0062060747 Hardcover Wilford Hadda began life as the son of a Cumbrian woodcutter on the Ulphingstone estate. Sir Leon Ulphingstone gave him the nickname of Wolf. At one stage in his life, Wolf Hadda held the title Sir Wilford Hadda. Reginald Hill takes the reader through the [...]
November 2, 2011
Tags: baseball, British Columbia, Caravel Books, England, general fiction, Harper, Mounties, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, psychological thriller, stalker Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: The Final Reckoning by Sam Bourne, Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane and Reapers by Frederick Ramsay
The Final Reckoning Sam Bourne Harper, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-187574-8 Hardcover Truth and fiction merge in this thriller about survivors of the holocaust taking justice into their own hands, seeking out Nazis and murdering them. It comes to light when the last survivor of DIN, the secret group of Jewish resistance fighters (yes, there were some) [...]
October 26, 2011
Tags: Boston, Botswana, game ranger, Harper, Holocaust, missing child, mystery, Nazi crimes, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, private investigator, Russian mob, soccer, thriller, William Morrow Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Death of the Mantis by Michael Stanley
Death of the Mantis: A Detective Kubu Mystery Michael Stanley Harper, September 2011 ISBN No. 978-0062000378 Trade Paperback David “Kubu” Bengu is assistant superintendent in the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department. David received the nickname of Kubu a long time ago and it stuck. Kubu means Jolly Hippo and David is large, does enjoy his food, [...]
August 18, 2011
Tags: Botswana, Harper, mystery, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
A Winning Reader and Book Reviews: Supreme Justice by Phillip Margolin and Coming Back by Marcia Muller
Congratulations to Iris Haltom, winner of a signed copy of Hard Spell by Justin Gustainis! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Supreme Justice Phillip Margolin Harper, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-192652-5 Mass Market Paperback What does an author do when he “falls in love” with characters in a novel he completed? Why he just writes another using them again. But the characters [...]
August 4, 2011
Tags: attorney, disability, FBI agent, Grand Central Publishing, Harper, mystery, political thriller, private investigator, San Francisco, Washington DC Posted in: Contests/Giveaways, Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: This Body of Death by Elizabeth George and Law of Attraction by Allison Leotta
This Body of Death Elizabeth George Harper, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-116091-2 Mass Market Paperback In the 16th Inspector Lynley novel, we find him at home after having completed his wanderings around Cornwall trying to find peace following the murder of his wife. Still undecided as to what to do in the future, he is approached by [...]
July 30, 2011
Tags: domestic abuse, England, Harper, legal thriller, mystery, police procedural, Touchstone, Washington DC Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Death Echo by Elizabeth Lowell and Money to Burn by James Grippando
Death Echo Elizabeth Lowell Avon, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-06-16442-7 Mass Market Paperback International intrigue is at the heart of the plot which joins Emma Cross, former CIA operative and now with St. Kilda’s Consulting, and Mackenzie Durand, former Special Ops leader, the only survivor of his team in its last mission. Now a transit captain, he [...]
July 27, 2011
Tags: Avon, financial thriller, Harper, identity theft, international thriller, mystery, nautical, romantic suspense, security consulting, stock market, terrorism, US & Canada Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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