Book Reviews: Fatal Error by J. A. Jance, Death Toll by Jim Kelly, Rag and Bone by James R. Benn, and Rogue by Frederick Ramsay
Fatal Error J.A. Jance Touchstone, February 2011 ISBN: 978-1-4165-6381-5 Hardcover The Ali Reynolds series usually has the protagonist solving some kind of mystery, and this one is no exception.  However, the reader has to put up with a slow beginning, describing Ali’s experiences during her training at the Police Academy.  When she completes the course, [...]
February 6, 2012
Tags: Arizona, Army investigator, CIA agent, historical, homicide detective, internet dating, Katyn Forest massacre, London, Minotaur Books, mystery, Norfolk England, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, police trainee, Polish officers, rural sheriff, Scotland Yard, Soho Press, Soviets, Touchstone, Virginia, Washington DC, WWII Posted in: Full Reviews 
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Book Review Trio by Patricia E. Reid
The Ridge Michael Koryta Little, Brown and Company, June 2011 ISBN No. 978-0316053662 Hardcover Chief Deputy Kevin Kimble is making an early morning drive when he receives a very strange and disturbing phone call. The call is from Wyatt French one of the stranger residents of Kimble’s county. Wyatt lives on a hilltop known as [...]
January 7, 2012
Tags: big cat sanctuary, Connecticut, crime reporter, FBI, journalist, Kentucky, Little Brown and Company, Mira, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, racecar driver, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: Mercury’s Rise by Ann Parker
Mercury’s Rise Ann Parker Poisoned Pen Press, November 2011 ISBN #987-1590580963-2 Trade paperback (also available in hardcover) I love a good historical, and if it’s an American historical—all the better. I am very pleased to say that this is the best historical I’ve read all year. The fourth in the Silver Rush Series set in [...]
December 28, 2011
Tags: 1880 Colorado, health resort, historical, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press Posted in: Full Reviews, Guest Reviews One Comment
Book Reviews: The Kingdom of Dog by Neil S. Plakcy, A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block and Among the Departed by Vicki Delany
The Kingdom of Dog A Golden Retriever Mystery Neil S. Plakcy Kindle Edition, March 2011 Also available in other ebook formats Let me introduce myself. My name is Rochester and I am a Golden Retriever. For those of you who read about me in the book In Dog We Trust, it is good to see [...]
November 14, 2011
Tags: 12-Steps, AA, academic, animal sleuth, Canada, ebook, ex-convict, missing persons, Mounties, Mulholland Books, mystery, New York, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, private investigator, Self-published, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews One Comment
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. Â 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 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 No Comments
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 Reviews: Negative Image by Vicki Delany, Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow, and Bloodline by Mark Billingham
Negative Image Vicki Delany Poisoned Pen Press, 2010 ISBN: 978-1-59508-790-4 Trade Paperback Also available in hardcover With each entry in the Constable Molly Smith-Trafalgar City Police Sergeant John Winters series, the plots become more sophisticated, the character development deeper, and the relationships more complicated. In this, the fourth novel in the mystery series, all these [...]
August 31, 2011
Tags: Alaska, Aleut, British Columbia Canada, London, Mounties, Mulholland Books, mystery, Poisoned Pen Press, police procedural, private detective, serial killer Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Reviews: Crying Blood by Donis Casey and Running on Empty by Sandra Balzo
Crying Blood Donis Casey Poisoned Pen Press, 2011, 250 Pages ISBN No. 978-1590588314 Hardcover Also available as a trade paperback Haint is an old-fashioned word for ghost or lost soul. Since Shaw Tucker went quail hunting on Peter McBride’s property, he feels that a haint is hounding him. Shaw is the father of ten children [...]
July 24, 2011
Tags: 1915 Oklahoma, cozy, Creek Indians, historical, humor, mystery, North Carolina, Poisoned Pen Press, Severn House Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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