Book Review Roundup by Gloria Feit
Known to Evil Walter Mosley NAL, February 2011 ISBN: 978-0-451-23213-7 Trade Paperback Leonid Trotter McGill is a 54-year-old African-American man, an amateur boxer known to have had his “finger in every dishonest business in the city” including being a fixer for the mob, who is trying to turn his life around, now working as a [...]
January 11, 2012
Tags: Amy Einhorn Books, Atlantic Monthly Press, bank robbery, England, FBI agents, Little Brown, magazine journalist, Michigan, Minotaur, mystery, NAL, New York, noir, police procedural, private detective, profiler, psychologist, Putnam, serial killer, supernatural, thriller, Washington DC Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Iron River T. Jefferson Parker NAL, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-451-23242-7 Trade Paperback, A temporary assignment to an ATFE task force for Deputy sheriff Charlie Parker to stem the tide of illegal arms and money flowing across the U.S.-Mexican border gives rise to eerie insights into law enforcement from San Diego to Corpus Christie and, in addition, [...]
July 9, 2011
Tags: death penalty, Doubleday, drug and gun trade, England, forensics, gang crime, Grove Press, legal thriller, Minotaur, mystery, NAL, noir, Northern Ireland, police procedural, Soho Crime, Texas, US-Mexico border, Vermont Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
A Gloria Feit Book Review Trio
Innocent Monsters Reed Farrel Coleman Tyrus Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-935562-20-7 Hardcover A predominant theme of this wonderful new novel by Reed Farrel Coleman is guilt, something of which there is more than enough to go around, and which plagues several of the characters, not least of whom is the protagonist, Moe Prager. Â Moe [as are [...]
June 1, 2011
Tags: adult abduction, amnesia, AuthorHouse, California, child abduction, Minotaur, mystery, New York, New York Chinatown, private investigator, suspense, thriller, Tyrus Books Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Bleed a River Deep by Brian McGilloway
Bleed a River Deep Brian McGilloway Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-38432-6 Hardcover As this newest book in the series begins, Inspector Benedict (“Ben”) Devlin has set his sights on a very wealthy, influential and powerful man, John Weston, who he suspects is guilty of . . . something, he’s not quite sure what.  But his [...]
May 18, 2011
Tags: Ireland, Minotaur, mystery, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Devil by Ken Bruen
The Devil Ken Bruen Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-64696-7 Hardcover The Devil reads like a cocktail of Xanax and Jameson, with a side of Guiness. Maybe that’s because Jack Taylor absorbs that combination on practically every page of the novel.  Describing a book by Ken Bruen is no easy task, and the smart thing would [...]
April 27, 2011
Tags: Ireland, Minotaur, mystery, noir, private investigator Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Ted Feit’s Book Review Roundup
Burn Nevada Barr Minotaur Books, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-61456-0 Hardcover It is likely that fans of the Anna Pigeon series might be put off by several aspects of this novel. Â To begin with, it takes place in the urban setting of New Orleans rather than the accustomed [for this series] wide open spaces of a national [...]
March 31, 2011
Tags: Canada, Cleveland, forensic scientist, Harper, horse racing, Mafia, medium-boiled, Minotaur, mystery, New Orleans, Penguin, police procedural, RendezVous Crime, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sicily, suspense Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Holy Thief by William Ryan
The Holy Thief William Ryan Minotaur Books, September 2010 ISBN 9780312586454 Hardcover (ARC) “I’m investigating the murders,” [Korolev] managed to say. “If it’s in my power, I’ll bring whoever committed them to justice.” “Soviet justice?” “It’s as good as any. The system may not be perfect—I’m not blind. These are eyes in my head. But [...]
March 16, 2011
Tags: 1936 Moscow, Christian, Communist, detective, historical, Minotaur, mystery Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Hypothermia by Arnaldur Indridason
Hypothermia Arnaldur Indridason Translated by Victoria Cribb Minotaur, 2010 ISBN: 978-0-312-56991-4 Hardcover The past usually plays a large role in this author’s Reykjavik mysteries, and Hypothermia is no exception. Â To begin with, the reader is treated to another recurring event in the life of Erlender Erlendsson, a detailed description of how he and his younger [...]
March 7, 2011
Tags: cold cases, Iceland, Minotaur, mystery, police procedural, translation Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming
One Was a Soldier Julia Spencer-Fleming Minotaur Books, April 2011 ISBN 9780312334895 Hardcover (ARC) The St. Alban’s volunteers served lunch to men in mechanic’s overalls and feed store caps, and to women headed to Fort Henry for the afternoon shift behind a cash register at the Kmart or the Stewart’s. They served the slow-moving, dignified [...]
February 12, 2011
Tags: military veteran, Minotaur, mystery, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
Book Review: One Was A Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming
One Was A Soldier Julia Spencer-Fleming St. Martin’s Minotaur, April 2011 ISBN 978-0-312-33489-5 Hardcover Fans of Julia Spencer-Fleming will be delighted with the new entry in her series, One Was A Soldier. Clare is back from Iraq. She and Russ are trying to pick up where they left off, not an easy thing to do, [...]
January 22, 2011
Tags: military veteran, Minotaur, mystery, police procedural Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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