Book Reviews: Dead Man’s Chest by Kerry Greenwood, Murder in Passy by Cara Black, and Guilt by Association by Marcia Clark
Dead Man’s Chest Kerry Greenwood Poisoned Pen Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59508-797-3 Hardcover Also available in trade paperback The Hon. Phryne Fisher makes her 16th appearance in this novel wherein she deservedly takes her entourage, including daughters Ruth and Jane, companion Dot, and pet Molly, on a vacation to the Australian coastal resort of Queenscliff where [...]
October 12, 2011
Tags: Australia, Basque independence, historical, legal thriller, Los Angeles, Mulholland Books, mystery, Paris, pirates, Poisoned Pen Press, private investigator, smuggling, Soho Crime Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Reviews: Kind of Blue by Miles Corwin, Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson and Blowback by Peter May
Kind of Blue Miles Corwin Oceanview Publishing, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-60809-007-5 Hardcover The author, a former crime reporter for the L.A. Times, has published three non-fiction books prior to this, his first novel. Â It certainly reflects his deep knowledge of crime and police procedure, and certainly reflects all the past works that have preceded this effort, [...]
October 3, 2011
Tags: cold case, forensic scientist, France, Los Angeles, mystery, Oceanview Publishing, Penguin, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, Scottish professor, sheriff, Wyoming Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Little Elvises by Tim Hallinan
Little Elvises Tim Hallinan Hallinan Consulting, LLC, August 2011 E-Book I became a fan when the first Junior Bender e-book Crashed, came up on Amazon. If you like your suspense tightly constructed, the dialogue and characters hilarious, then this is a must read new series. Junior has once again caught the attention of the LAPD, [...]
September 8, 2011
Tags: burglar, fixer, Hallinan Consulting, Los Angeles, missing persons, music industry, mystery Posted in: Guest Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Think Twice by Lisa Scottoline and Hollywood Hills by Joseph Wambaugh
Think Twice Lisa Scottoline St. Martin’s Press, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-312-38076-2 Trade Paperback First there was Cain and Abel. Â In this novel we have Bennie Rosato and her twin sister, Alice Connelly (they were separated at birth and raised by different mothers). Â Bennie grows up to be a highly successful Philadelphia lawyer, heading her own [...]
August 8, 2011
Tags: art theft, good vs. evil, identical twins, Little Brown, Los Angeles, mystery, police procedural, St. Martin's Press, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
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 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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