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. Â 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 
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Book Review: Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger
Northwest Angle William Kent Krueger Atria Books, August 2011 ISBN 9781439153956 Hardcover Action and intrigue and a trip into the human heart all set in the distant north. Amidst the beauty of nature, water and forest, in the boundary waters of Lake of the Woods lies evil, corruption, and greed. Krueger‘s latest novel featuring Cork [...]
February 15, 2012
Tags: Atria Books, Christian faith, mystery, Ojibwe culture, private investigator, rural Minnesota Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: The Dog Who Knew Too Much by Spencer Quinn
The Dog Who Knew Too Much Spencer Quinn Atria Books, September 2011 ISBN 978-1-4391-5709-1 Hardcover (eARC) Chet and Bernie of the Little Detective Agency are on the case again, this time in search of a little boy who has gone missing from a wilderness camp up in the mountains. The boy’s mom, Anya, had hired [...]
December 13, 2011
Tags: animal sleuth, Atria Books, humor, mystery, private investigator, Western US Posted in: Full Reviews, My Reviews One Comment
Book Reviews: The Sentry by Robert Crais, Stettin Station by David Downing and Damage by John Lescroart
The Sentry Robert Crais Putnam, January 2011 ISBN: 978-0-399-15707-3 Hardcover There are many larger-than-life, hard-boiled superheroes, some more believable than others. Â Then there is Joe Pike: Â A strong, contemplative, quiet, unassuming protagonist. Â And his sorrowful and anguished side-kick, PI Elvis Cole, adds a more human touch. Together, they make a great team, and in this, [...]
November 26, 2011
Tags: 1941 Berlin, California, district attorney, drug wars, Dutton, historical, journalist, mystery, police procedural, private investigator, Putnam, San Francisco, Soho Press, thriller, war intelligence, World War II Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
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 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 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: Cold Vengeance by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child and Started Early, Took My Dog by Kate Atkinson
Cold Vengeance (Special Agent Pendergast) Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child Grand Central Publishing, August 2011 ISBN No. 978-0-446-55498-5 Hardcover Pendergast has discovered that Helen, his wife, was murdered and now he seeks revenge. Judson Esterhazy, Helen’s brother, is equally determined that Pendergast be stopped from investigating Helen’s death and if the only way to stop [...]
October 24, 2011
Tags: adoption, England, FBI, Grand Central Publishing, Little Brown and Company, Louisiana, mystery, New York, private investigator, Scotland, thriller Posted in: Full Reviews No Comments
Book Review: In A Gilded Cage by Rhys Bowen
In A Gilded Cage Rhys Bowen Minotaur Books, 2009 ISBN No. 978-0-312-38534-7 Hardcover Also available as a mass market paperback ISBN 978-0-312-38170-7 Reading a Molly Murphy book is like sitting down with an old friend. Molly is one brave woman and believes in her own ability as a detective and as a woman.  She is [...]
October 15, 2011
Tags: 1918, historical, Minotaur Books, mystery, New York City, private investigator 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
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