Book Review: The Holy Thief by William Ryan
The Holy Thief William Ryan Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN 978-0-312-58645-4 Hardcover (ARC) Get ready to immerse yourself into Russian history. Go on the trail of a serial killer. Avoid Stalin’s NKVD. Search for an historical icon of Russian heritage. This is the premise of The Holy Thief. Filled with conspiracy, Communism, and unique characters, this [...]
September 29, 2011
Tags: 1936 Moscow, Christian, Communist, historical, Minotaur Books, mystery, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Reviews: Box 21 by Anders Roslund & Borge Hellstrom, Vienna Twilight by Frank Tallis and Death Toll by Jim Kelly
Box 21 Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom Picador, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-65534-1 Trade Paperback This is not an easy novel to read, but it is well worth it because it is quite different from the usual crime-cum-thriller novels from Scandinavia. Â It really is a psychological study of the conflicts facing detectives in their moral and ethical [...]
September 25, 2011
Tags: 1903 Austria, England, historical, Minotaur Books, mob enforcer, mystery, Picador, police procedural, psychological, psychopathologist, Random House, serial killer, sex slavery, Sweden, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Dead Like You by Peter James
Dead Like You Peter James Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-64282-2 Hardcover This fifth book in the superb Roy Grace series begins in 1997, when he was a 29-year-old Detective Sergeant, a meaningful time in his life, firstly because it was shortly before his wife, Sandy, walked out of his life never to be seen or [...]
September 17, 2011
Tags: England, Minotaur Books, mystery, police procedural, psychological suspense, serial rapist Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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 No Comments
Book Reviews: Outwitting Trolls by William G. Tapply, Gideon’s War by Howard Gordon, and The Whisperers by John Connolly
Outwitting Trolls William G. Tapply Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-53127-0 Hardcover Unfortunately, this is the final Brady Coyne novel.  It was completed shortly before William G. Tapply’s death last year.  He left behind a substantial body of work, including 25 books in the Brady Coyne series alone.  Mr. Tapply was a masterful storyteller.  Reading his [...]
August 22, 2011
Tags: Boston, Canada, international terrorism, legal suspense, Maine, Minotaur Books, mystery, Pocket Books, political thriller, private detective, Southeast Asia, supernatural, Touchstone, Washington DC Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: The Shadow Woman by Ake Edwardson and Stranglehold by Ed Gorman
The Shadow Woman Ake Edwardson Translated by Per Carlsson Penguin Books Original, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-14-311794-0 Trade Paperback Slow and steady:  Sweden’s youngest Detective Inspector seeks elusive clues in this slow, plodding police procedural about a murder victim that takes half the book to identify.  Erik Winter, the dapper inspector who likes expensive clothing and cars, [...]
July 23, 2011
Tags: Minotaur Books, murder & blackmail, mystery, noir, Penguin Books, police procedural, political campaign, Sweden Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Slugfest by Rosemary Harris
Slugfest (Dirty Business Mystery #4) Rosemary Harris Minotaur Books, April 2011 ISBN 978-0-312-56996-9 Hardcover I’m a sucker for books about gardens and gardeners, especially if they have a smart, intrepid female sleuth involved. Slugfest qualifies on all counts. This adventure, the fourth in the series, finds Paula Holliday, owner of a Connecticut gardening business, agreeing [...]
July 18, 2011
Tags: cozy, gardening, humor, Minotaur Books, mystery, New York City Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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
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