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New Mystery Reader's 2009/2008/2007/2006/2005/2004/2003/and beyond hardcover archived New Mystery Book Reviews. Click on title for review and buying info! January 2009: Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell -Medical Thriller 4 bolts Breakneck by Erica Spindler -Suspense 3 bolts Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts by Laura Benedict -Suspense 3 bolts Dead or Alive by Michael McGarrity -Investigative 3 bolts Daemon by Daniel Suarez -Thriller 4 bolts The Empty Mirror by J. Sydney Jones -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts A Face in the Window by Sarah Graves -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts Honestly Dearest, You’re Dead by Jack Fredrickson -PI 4.25 bolts A Matter of Justice by Charles Todd -Historical Mystery 3.75 bolts Nemesis by Jo Nesbo -Police Procedural 2.5 bolts Never Tell a Lie by Hallie Ephron -Suspense 4.25 bolts On the Grind by Stephen J. Cannell -Investigative 4 bolts A Rule Against Murder by Louse Penny -Investigative 4.25 bolts Running Hot by Jayne Ann Krentz -Supernatural Romance 3.5 bolts Three Weeks To Say Goodbye by C. J. Box -Suspense 3 bolts
December 2008: Blood Island by H. Terrell Griffin -Mystery 3.5 bolts Born to Run by James Grippando -Thriller 4.25 bolts Cruel Intent by J.A. Jance -Suspense 3 bolts The Inner Circle by Mari Jungstedt -Investigative 3.25 bolts The King of Swords by Nick Stone -Investigative 2.5 bolts Show No Fear by Perri O’Shaughnessy -Legal Thriller 2.75 bolts Thai Die by Monica Ferris -Cozy 3 bolts The Treasure by Iris Johansen -Historical Romance 4 bolts Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz -Suspense 4.25 bolts
November 2008: Burn Out by Marcia Muller -Private Investigator 3.5 bolts Chasing Smoke by Bill Cameron -Suspense 4 bolts Conspiracy of Silence by Martha Powers -Suspense 4 bolts Cross Country by James Patterson -Thriller 4 bolts Divine Justice by David Baldacci -Thriller 3.75 bolts The Memorist by M J Rose -Mystery 4 bolts Once We Were Cops by Ken Bruen -Suspense 4.75 bolts One of the Wicked by Harry Shannon -Mystery 4 bolts Our Lady of Pain by Elena Forbes -Police Procedural 4 bolts The Paris Enigma by Pablo de Santis -Mystery 4 bolts The Price of Butcher’s Meat by Reginald Hill -Investigative 4.5 bolts Santa Clawed by Rita Mae Brown -Cozy 4 bolts Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews -Cozy 4 bolts Snake Dreams by James D. Doss -Mystery 5 bolts Sweet Poison by Ellen Hart -Mystery 3.75 bolts The Spy Who Came For Christmas by David Morrell -Thriller 4.75 bolts Testimony by Anita Shreve -Mystery 4.5 bolts
October 2008: The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly -Legal Thriller 4 bolts The Chocolate Snowman Murders by JoAnna Carl -Cozy 4 bolts Clean Cut by Lynda La Plante -Police Procedural 4 bolts The Darker Side by Cody McFadyen -Suspense 4.25 bolts The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indridason -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts Espresso Shot by Cleo Coyle -Mystery 3 bolts Exposed by Alex Kava -Thriller 3.5 bolts Flesh House by Stuart MacBride -Police Procedural 3.75 bolts The Fourth Victim by Tony Spinoza -Private Investigator 3.5 bolts Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart -Paranormal Mystery 4.25 bolts Hardly Knew Her by Laura Lippman -Short Stories 4.5 bolts Hell Bent by William G. Tapply -Mystery 4 bolts In the Dark by Mark Billingham -Suspense 5 bolts The Messengers of Death by Pierre Magnan -Mystery 4.5 bolts Night Stalker by James Swain -Suspense 4 bolts The Other Side of Silence by Bill Pronzini -Suspense 4.5 bolts Payback by Clare Curzon -British Mystery 3.75 bolts Point No Point by Mary Logue -Mystery 2.75 bolts The Replacement Child by Christine Barber -Mystery 3.75 bolts
Rough Weather
by Robert B. Parker -Investigative
3.5 bolts Stealing Trinity by Ward Larsen -Thriller 4.25 bolts The Tale of Briar Bank by Susan Wittig Albert -Cozy 3.5 bolts Too Close To Home by Linwood Barclay -Suspense 4 bolts Trigger City by Sean Chercover -Private Investigator 5 bolts The Victoria Vanishes by Christopher Fowler -Mystery 4 bolts
September 2008: Badlands by Richard Montanari -Suspense 4.5 bolts
The Big
O
by Declan Burke -Thriller/Suspense
4.5 bolts For Review The Black Tower by Louis Bayard -Historical Mystery 4.5 bolts Blood Memory by Margaret Coel -Suspense 3 bolts The Book of Lies by Brad Meltzer -Thriller 5 bolts The Borrowed and Blue Murders by Merry Jones -Suspense 2.5 bolts The Clinch Knot by John Galligan -Mystery 5 bolts Die, Decorator, Die by Franklin H Levy -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts Exit Music by Ian Rankin -Investigative 4.5 bolts Heartless by Alison Gaylin -Suspense 4 bolts Lost Girls by George D. Shuman -Suspense 5 bolts For Review For Interview Murder on the Eiffel Tower by Claude Izner -Mystery 4 bolts Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction by Eric van Lustbader -Thriller 4.5 bolts Stuff Dreams Are Made Of by Don Bruns -Mystery 3.5 bolts Swann’s Last Song by Charles Salzberg -Investigative 4 bolts Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain -Suspense 4.25 bolts
August 2008: Blackout by Luis Alfredo Garcia-Rozas -Police Procedural 4 bolts Cold Case by Kate Wilhelm -Legal Thriller 3.50 boltst Deception’s Daughter by Cordelia Frances Biddle -Historical Mystery 4 bolts Fractured by Karin Slaughter -Suspense 4.75 bolts The Gaudi Key by Esteban Martín & Andreu Carranza -Thriller 4 bolts Good People by Marcus Sakey -Suspense 4.5 bolts The Hanged Man by David Skibbins -Mystery 4 bolts The Highly Effective Detective Goes to the Dogs by Richard Yancey-Mystery 3.5 bolts It Only Takes a Moment by Mary Jane Clark -Suspense 4.5 bolts A Job to Kill For by Janice Kaplan -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts The Laughter of Dead Kings by Elizabeth Peters -Mystery 4.25 bolts Lie Down With The Devil by Linda Barnes -Suspense 4.25 bolts The Mercedes Coffin by Faye Kellerman -Police Procedural 3 bolts Mortal Curiosity by Ann Granger -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts
July 2008: Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais -Investigative 4 bolts Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews -Mystery 3 bolts Don’t Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt -Thriller 4 bolts Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by John McFetride -Thriller 5 bolts The Fourth Watcher by Timothy Hallinan -Thriller 5 bolts Fuzzy Navel by J A Konrath -Investigative 4 bolts Hell Hole by Chris Grabenstein -Investigative 4.5 bolts Palace Council by Stephen Carter -Historical Thriller 2.5 bolts Rules of Deception by Christopher Reich -Thriller 4 bolts Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner -Suspense 4.25 bolts The Sour Cherry Surprise by David Handler -Mystery 4 bolts Stalking Susan by Julie Kramer -Suspense 3.75 bolts Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by Jackie Lynn -Mystery 3.5 bolts Tiny Little Troubles by Marc Lecard -Thriller 2 bolts Uneasy Relations by Aaron Elkins -Mystery 4.5 bolts Wishbones by Carolyn Haines -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts
June 2008: Ambush by Paul Carson -Thriller 4.5 bolts Another Man’s Moccasins by Craig Johnson -Investigative 4.5 bolts The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell -Police Procedural 4.5 bolts The Drifter’s Wheel by Phillip DePoy -Mystery 4.25 bolts Eight in the Box by Raffi Yessayan -Suspense 3 bolts Escape From Amsterdam by Barrie Sherwood -Mystery 4 bolts Exile Trust by Vincent H. O’Neil -Mystery 3.75 bolts Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich -Private Investigator 2.5 bolts Fixation by Mark Schorr -Mystery 4 bolts Hell’s Gate by Richard E Crabbe -Mystery 4.5 bolts I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming -Investigative 3.75 bolts In the Heat by Ian Vasquez -Private Investigator 4 bolts A Moment of Silence by Anna Dean -Historical 4 bolts The Murder Notebook by Jonathan Santlofer -Investigative/Suspense 4 bolts Old School Bones by Randall Peffer -Suspense 5 bolts Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs by H R K Keating -Police Procedural 4.5 bolts The Unforgiving Eye by Beth Andrews -Historical 4 bolts
May 2008: Frames by Loren D Estleman -Mystery 4 bolts Holy Moly by Ben Rehder -Mystery 4 bolts Judgment Day by Sheldon Siegel -Legal Thriller 4.75 bolts Last Post by Robert Barnard -Mystery 3.75 bolts Madman on a Drum by David Housewright -Private Investigator 5 bolts The Mercy Oak by Kathryn R. Wall -Amateur Sleuth 3.5 bolts Michaelmas Tribute by Cora Harrison -Historical 4 bolts
The
Moneylender of Toulouse
by Alan Gordon -Historical Mystery Tell No Lies by Julie Compton -Suspense 4 bolts Trick of the Mind by Cassandra Chan -Mystery 4.5 bolts Vodka Neat by Anna Blundy -Mystery 4 bolts
April 2008: Antiques to Die For by Jane K. Cleland -Amateur Sleuth 3.50 bolts Barrington Street Blues by Anne Emery -Mystery 4 bolts Dirty Money by Richard Stark -Suspense/Thriller 4 bolts Easy Innocence by Libby Fischer Hellmann -Suspense 4.25 bolts Hollywood Crows by Joseph Wambaugh -Police Procedural 4 bolts Janeology by Karen Harrington -Legal Thriller 5 bolts The Locktender’s House by Steven Sherrill -Horror 4 bolts Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson -Suspense 4 bolts The Mirror’s Edge by Steven Sidor -Horror/Mystery 3.75 bolts Sleeping Dogs by Ed Gorman -Mystery 4.25 bolts The Sudoku Puzzle Murders by Parnell Hall -Amateur Sleuth 4.25 bolts
March 2008: Dead Time by Stephen White -Suspense 4 bolts The Fourth Man by K. O. Dahl -Mystery 4.25 bolts Goodbye Sister Disco by James Patrick Hunt -Suspense 4 bolts The Killer’s Wife by Bill Floyd -Suspense 4 bolts A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer -Mystery 4 bolts Twisted by Andrea Kane -Suspense 3.75 bolts
February 2008: 7th Heaven by James Patterson & Maxine Paetro -Investigative 4 bolts Gone to Ground by John Harvey -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts The Killing Room by Peter May -Investigative 4 bolts The Marathon Murders by Chester D. Campbell -Mystery 4 bolts Of All Sad Words by Bill Crider -Mystery 3.75 bolts Slip of the Knife by Denise Mina -Suspense 4.5 bolts Unknown Means by Elizabeth Becka -Forensic Mystery 3.75 bolts
January 2008: At the City's Edge by Marcus Sakey -Suspense 5 bolts The Con Artist of Catalina Island by Jennifer Colt -Amateur Sleuth 3.75 bolts The Crazy School by Cornelia Read -Suspense 4 bolts Pavel and I by Dan Vyleta -Historical Mystery 4 bolts Salt River by James Sallis -Mystery 3 bolts Saturday’s Child by Ray Banks -Private Investigator 3.5 bolts The Skeleton Man by Jim Kelly -Mystery 3.5 bolts They Did It With Love by Kate Morgenroth -Suspense 5 bolts
December 2007: An Almost Life by Kevin Mednick -Legal Thriller 5 bolts The Deadly Neighbors by Merry Jones -Suspense 3 bolts Deadly Shoals by Joan Druett -Mystery 4.25 bolts The Mortal Groove by Ellen Hart -Mystery 4.25 bolts Third Strike by Phillip R. Craig and William G. Tapply -Mystery 4 bolts Twilight by Brendan DuBois -Thriller 3.75 bolts Watchman by Ian Rankin -Spy Thriller 3.5 bolts
November 2007: A Christmas Beginning by Anne Perry -Victorian Mystery 4 bolts Dead Man's Hand Edited by Otto Penzler -Anthology 4 bolts The Dells by Michael Blair -Mystery 4.5 bolts Down Into Darkness by David Lawrence -Police Procedural 4 bolts The Good Thief's Guide to Amsterdam by Chris Ewan -Mystery 4 bolts The Graving Dock by Gabriel Cohen -Police Procedural 4.25 bolts New-Slain Knight by Deborah Grabien -Mystery 4.25 bolts A Prayer for the Damned by Peter Tremayne -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts Salamander Cotton by Richard Kunzmann -Police Procedural 4 bolts
October 2007: The Best American Short Stories Carl Hiaasen (ed.) -Mystery Collection 4.5 bolts Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills -Thriller 4.5 bolts Fresh Kills by Reggie Nadelson -Mystery 4.5 bolts Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler -Investigative 4.25 bolts Spider Trap by Barry Maitland -Police Procedural 3 bolts
The
Swamps of Bayou Teche
by Kent Conwell -Private Investigator Try Dying by James Scott Bell -Legal Thriller 4.5 bolts
September 2007: The Bloody Tower by Carola Dunn -Historical Mystery 4 bolts False Fortune by Twist Phelan -Mystery 3.75 bolts Flawed by Jo Bannister -Mystery 3.5 bolts Flawless by Joshua Spanogle -Medical Thriller 4 bolts Hitman by Parnell Hall -Mystery 4 bolts Irish Alibi by Ralph McInerny -Mystery 4 bolts Lullaby by Sherry Scarpaci -Suspense 3.75 boltsvNight Work by Steve Hamilton -Suspense 4.25 bolts The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax -Historical 3 bolts Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard -Mystery 4 bolts Terminal by Andrew Vachss -Thriller 5 bolts The Widow's Mate by Ralph McInerny -Mystery 4 bolts
August 2007: The Candidate by Susan Wales and Robin Shope -Romantic Suspense 3.75 bolts The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey -Investigative 2.5 bolts Death and the Devil by Frank Schatzing -Historical 3 bolts The History Book by Humphrey Hawksley -Thriller 4 bolts
July 2007: A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch -Historical Mystery 4 bolts The Companion by Ann Granger -Historical 4 bolts Death in the Truffle Wood by Pierre Magnan -Mystery 4 bolts Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath -Investigative 2 bolts Innocence by David Hosp -Thriller 4 bolts Only the Cat Knows by Marian Babson -Cozy 4 bolts The Quickie by J. Patterson & M. Ledwidge -Suspense 5 bolts Restitution by Lee Vance -Suspense 4.25 boltsthe d A Reunion to Die For by Lauren Carr -Mystery 4 bolts A Widow’s Curse by Phillip DePoy -Mystery 3.75 bolts
June 2007: The Cairo Diary by Maxim Chattam -Historical 4 bolts Circumference of Darkness by Jack Henderson -Thriller 2 bolts Dark House by Alex Barclay -Suspense 4 bolts Death at the Old Hotel by Con Lehane -Investigative 3.5 bolts Encounter by Deadline by Mel Taylor -Mystery 3.75 bolts A Fete Worse Than Death by Dolores Gordon-Smith -Historical Mystery 4 bolts The First Shall be the Last by Joyce and Jim Lavene -Mystery 4 bolts Hooked by Matt Richtel -Suspense 4 bolts Jacob's Ladder by Jackie Lynn Amateur Sleuth 3 bolts Obit by Anne Emery -Mystery 4 bolts Orinoco by James A Ciullo -Thriller 3.5 bolts Play Dead by David Rosenfelt -Legal Thriller 4.5 bolts Slip & Fall by Nick Santora -Suspense 4 bolts Slipknot by Linda Greenlaw -Mystery 3.75 bolts Slipknot by Pricilla Masters -Mystery 4 bolts Spare Change by Robert B. Parker -Investigative 4 bolts Vineyard Stalker by Philip R. Craig -Mystery 4 bolts White Corridor by Christopher Fowler -Mystery 4 bolts
May 2007: The Big Girls by Susanna Moore -Suspense 4 bolts Dead Boyfriends by David Housewright -Private Investigator 3.5 bolts A Fall From Grace by Robert Barnard -Investigative 4 bolts In Secret Service by Mitch Silver -Thriller 2 bolts Majestic Descending by Mitchell Graham -Thriller 3.5 bolts Sanctuary Hill by Kathryn R. Wall -Investigative 3.5 bolts Saturnalia by Lindsey Davis -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts Shooting Star by Cynthia Riggs -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts Straits of Fortune by Anthony Gagliano -Suspense 3.75 bolts A Stranger Lies There by Stephen Santogrossi -Hard Boiled 4.5 bolts The Water Lily Cross by Anthony Eglin -Cozy 4.5 bolts Yesterdays Fatal by Jan Brogan -Mystery 3 bolts
April 2007: American Outrage by Tim Green -Suspense 5 bolts The Bad Quarto by Jill Paton Walsh -Mystery 4 bolts The Crying Girl by Glen Ebisch -Mystery 4 bolts Dead Man's Switch by Barbara Seranella -Mystery 3.75 bolts Dread Murder by Gwendoline Butler -Historical 3.75 bolts Jigsaw by Jerry Kennealy -Mystery 5 bolts Ladykiller by L. Light and M. Anthony -Investigative 4 bolts Lone Creek by Neil McMahon -Mystery 3.75 bolts A Treasury of Regrets by Susanne Alleyn -Historical 4 bolts
March 2007: The Betrayers by James Patrick Hunt -Mystery 3.25 bolts Died in the Wool by Rett MacPherson -Amateur Sleuth 3.5 bolts Dragonwell Dead by Laura Childs -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts Edge of Midnight by Charlene Weir -Investigative Mystery 3.75 bolts Effigies by Mary Anna Evans -Mystery 3.5 bolts Evil Is Done by Natasha Cooper -Suspense 4 bolts Eye of the Archangel by Forrest DeVoe Jr. -Thriller 4.5 bolts The Gentle Axe by R. N. Morris -Historical 4 bolts Gray Ghost by William G. Tapply -Mystery 3.75 bolts The Heir by Paul Robertson -Suspense 3.5 bolts Helpless by Barbara Gowdy -Suspense 4 bolts On the Right Track by Steve Hockensmith -Western Mystery 4 bolts Shadow of the Raven by David Sundstrand -Mystery 4.5 bolts Vegas Nerve by Susan Rogers Cooper -Mystery 3.5 bolts
February 2007: Ace of Spades by David Matthews -Non-fiction 4 bolts Aunt Dimity and the Deep Blue Sea by Nancy Atherton -Paranormal Mystery 4 bolts The Blood Spilt by Asa Larrson -Suspense 4 bolts Fever Moon by Carolyn Haines -Mystery 4.5 bolts Looks to Die For by Janice Kaplan -Amateur Sleuth 3.25 bolts Night Moves by Cynthia Danielewski -Investigative 3.5 bolts Power and Deceit by Richard Jackson -Thriller 4 bolts The Star by David Skibbins -Mystery 3.75 bolts
January 2007: Dead Bang by Robert E. Bailey -Private Investigator 3 bolts A Dying Fall by Laura Shea -Amateur Sleuth 3.75 bolts Forests of the Night by David Stuart Davies -Private Investigator 4.5 bolts Head Games by Thomas Cavanagh -Mystery 2.75 bolts Kubiak’s Daughter by Stephen Lindley -Investigative 4 bolts Man in the Middle by Brian Haig -Thriller 4 bolts Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis by Cara Black -Mystery 4 bolts Pressed to Kill by Dolores Johnson -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts Spinning Dixie by Eric Dezenhall -Mystery 4.25 bolts Wild Indigo by Sandi Ault -Suspense 4.25 bolts
December 2006: Always Say Goodbye by Stuart M. Kaminsky -Investigative 5 bolts
The Angel & the Jabberwocky
Murders
by Mignon F. Ballard -Mystery The Brotherhood of The Holy Shroud By Julia Navarro -Historical 5 bolts The Crimson Portrait by Jody Shields -Historical 4 bolts Critique of Criminal Reason by Michael Gregorio -Historical 4.5 bolts Gravewriter by Mark Arsenault -Suspense 4.75 bolts The Hunter by Asa Nonami -Investigative 4.5 bolts The Letter Killeth by Ralph McInerny -Mystery 4 bolts Requiem For a Dealer by Jo Bannister -Investigative 3.25 bolts The Sorcerer's Circle by Michael Siverling -Private Investigator 3.75 bolts Surrogate Evil by David and Aimee Thurlo -Supernatural 3.5 bolts The Wildfire Season by Andrew Pyper -Suspense 4.5 bolts
November 2006: Ask the Parrot by Richard Stark -Thriller 4 bolts The Assassins of Isis by P. C. Doherty -Historical 4 bolts Bloody Harvests by Richard Kunzmann -Suspense 2 bolts A Christmas Secret by Anne Perry -Mystery 4 bolts Defending Violet by Jennifer Jefferson -Legal Mystery 4 bolts Drawing Dead by Rick Gadziola -Mystery 3 bolts Grim Finale by Dorothy P. O’Neill -Amateur Sleuth 3 bolts Leapholes by James Grippando -YA Legal Thriller 5 bolts A Marked Man by Stella Cameron -Romantic Suspense 3 bolts Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer -Mystery 4 bolts The War of Art by Philip Blackpeat -Mystery 3.5 bolts A Whole New Life by Betsy Thornton -Suspense 4.5 bolts
October 2006: All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer Fleming -Investigative 4 bolts Borderline by Mark Schorr -Investigative 4 bolts Cruel Sister by Deborah Grabien -Paranormal Mystery 4.5 bolts The Devil's Only Friend by Mitchell Bartoy -Investigative 2 bolts Glass Tiger by Joe Gores -Thriller 3.25 bolts Missing in Precinct Puerto Rico by Steven Torres -Investigative 3.75 bolts No Trace by Barry Maitland -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts Run Afoul by Joan Druett -Mystery 4 bolts Secondhand Smoke by Karen E. Olson -Mystery 3.5 bolts Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur Indridason -Investigative 4 bolts
September 2006: The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer -Thriller 5 bolts A Final Judgment by Michael A. Black -Mystery 4 bolts The Gardens of the Dead by William Brodrick -Legal Thriller 4 bolts A Good Day to Die by Simon Kernick -Investigative 4 bolts Gunpowder Plot by Carola Dunn -Mystery 4.5 bolts The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld -Mystery 4.75 bolts A Killing in the Valley by J. F. Freedman -Legal Thriller 4 bolts Knights of the Cross by Tom Harper -Historical 3.75 bolts Liberation Movements by Olen Steinhauer -Thriller 4.25 bolts The Man Who Smiled by Henning Mankell -3.5 bolts Police Procedural Max Unlocks the Universe by Mark Bouton -Thriller 4.5 bolts The Mission Song by John Le Carre’ -Spy Thriller 5 bolts Missing Member by Jo-Ann Power -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts Out Cold by William G. Tapply -Suspense 4 bolts Piece of Work by Laura Zigman -Fiction 4.5 bolts Primary Storm by Brendan DuBois -Investigative 4 bolts Shadow of the Lords by Simon Levack -Historical 3.75 bolts A Single Eye by Susan Dunlap -Amateur Sleuth 3.25 bolts Smonk by Tom Franklin -Mystery 3.25 bolts Unseen by Mari Jungstedt -Mystery 3 bolts Volcano Verdict by Jonathan Miller -Legal Thriller 5 bolts
August 2006: Evanly Bodies by Rhys Bowen -Cozy 3.5 bolts Extracurricular Murder by Kent Conwell -Private Investigator 3.25 bolts The First Cut by Dianne Emley -Suspense 4 bolts Frozen by Lindsay Jayne Ashford -Investigative 4 bolts The Glass Glass Books of the Dream Eaters by Gordon Dahlquist -Fantasy 4 bolts Judge and Jury by J. Patterson and A. Gross -Suspense 5 bolts The Oxygen Murder by Camille Minichino -Mystery 4 bolts The Princess of Denmark by Edward Marston -Historical Mystery 4.5 bolts The Prudence of the Flesh by Ralph McInerny -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts
July 2006: 54 by Wu Ming -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Bullet Trick by Louise Welsh -Mystery 4 bolts Brethren by Robyn Young -Historical 4.5 bolts The Burning by Thomas Legendre -Mystery 4 bolts Claire Fontaine Crime Fighter by Tracey Enright -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Crimes of Jordan Wise by Bill Pronzini -Suspense 4 bolts The Dead Hour by Denise Mina -Suspense 4 bolts The Detonators by Chad Millman -Non fiction legal 4 bolts The Doctor Rocks the Boat by Robin Hathaway -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Next Time You Die by Harry Hunsicker -Thriller 3.5 bolts Relentless by Robin Parrish -Science Fiction 3.5 bolts Sailing to Capri by Elizabeth Adler -Romantic Suspense 4 bolts Second Burial for a Black Prince by Andrew Nugent -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Sweet and the Dead by Milton T. Burton -Investigative 3.5 bolts What Is Mine by Anne Holt -Investigative 3.75 bolts
June 2006: The Chase by Jan Neuharth -Mystery 3.75 bolts Cold Kill by David Lawrence -Investigative 4.75 bolts Dead in Vineyard Sand by Philip R. Craig -Mystery 4 bolts Ghosts of Saint-Michel by Jake Lamar -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Highly Effective Detective by Richard Yancey -Private Investigator 4 bolts Hollywood Stuff by Sharon Fiffer -Mystery 3.5 bolts Parting Shot by Jonathan Stone -Thriller 4 bolts The Skirt Man by Shelly Reuben -Mystery 4 bolts Street Legal by Bill Kent -Investigative 3.5 bolts Takedown by Brad Thor -Espionage Thriller 3 bolts
May 2006: The Big Boom by Domenic Stansberry -Private Investigator 3.75 bolts Bishop's Reach by Kathryn Wall -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts Bloodline by Fiona Mountain -Mystery 3.5 bolts Cage of Stars by Jacquelyn Mitchard -Suspense 4.5 bolts City Of Shadows by Ariana Franklin -Mystery 3.5 bolts Crime Beat by Michael Connelly -Non fiction Crime 5 bolts Dead Before Dying by Deon Meyer -Thriller 4 bolts The Detection Collection by Simon Brett (Editor) -Anthology 4 bolts Feet of Clay by Ruth Birmingham -Private Investigator 3.25 bolts Laguna by Michael Putegnat -Suspense 4 bolts A Moment of Madness by Hilary Bonner -Investigative 3 bolts Pretty Maids All In A Row by M. Buckman and A. H. Jackson -Mystery 3 bolts Superior Death by Matthew Williams -Investigative 3.5 bolts
April 2006: Debts of Dishonor by Jill Paton Walsh -Amateur Sleuth 3.5 bolts Dead Man Running by Rett MacPherson -Cozy 3.5 bolts Destroying Angels by Gail Lukasik -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Heat of the Moon by Sandra Parshall -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Last Cato by Matilde Asensi -Thriller 2 bolts A Mammoth Murder by Bill Crider -Mystery 4 bolts Murder in Exile by Vincent H. O’Neil -Investigative 4 bolts Our Lady of Pain by Marion Chesney -Historical Mystery 4 bolts Penumbra by Carolyn Haines -Mystery 4 bolts Returning to Taos by Lois Gilbert -Suspense 5 bolts! Savannah Breeze by Mary Kay Andrews -Cozy Mystery 4 bolts
March 2006: Days of Rage by Kris Nelscott -Private Investigator 2 bolts A Death in Vienna by Frank Tallis -Historical 4.5 bolts The Dramatist by Ken Bruen -Suspense 4 bolts The Mercy Room by Gilles Rozier -Literary Thriller 4 bolts Nicotine Kiss by Loren D. Estleman -Private Investigator 4.5 bolts North by Northanger by Carrie Bebris -Historical Mystery 4 bolts Rhapsody in Blood by John Morgan Wilson -Mystery 4 bolts Shadow of Death by Patricia Gussin -Suspense 4 bolts
February 2006: Little White Death by John Lawton -Thriller 3 bolts Lost by Michael Robotham -Suspense 4 bolts Mourners by Bill Pronzini -Private Investigator 4.5 bolts Murder on the Oceanic by Conrad Allen Mystery 3.5 bolts Nails by Peter Bowen -Mystery 4.5 bolts The Path of the Dead by Caroline Benton Amateur Sleuth 3 bolts Perfection by Walter Satterthwait -Investigative 4 bolts Proof Evident by John Dicke -Legal Thriller 4 bolts The Rainaldi Quartet by Paul Adam -Mystery 4.5 bolts Strange Bedfellows by Paula L. Woods -Investigative 3.5 bolts
January 2006: Catch Me When I Fall by Nicci French -Suspense 4 bolts Dead Simple by Peter James -Suspense 5 bolts Jacquot and the Waterman by Martin O'Brien -Police Procedural 4 bolts A Meal to Die For by J. Gannascoli with A. Kupfer -Mystery 4 bolts A Minister's Ghost by Phillip DePoy -Suspense 4 bolts Pursuit by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza -Investigative 2.5 bolts Troubled Midnight by John Gardner -Thriller 4 bolts An Unacceptable Death by Barbara Seranella -Investigative 4 bolts
December 2005: Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante -Police Procedural 4.25 bolts Curiosity Killed The Cat Sitter by Blaize Clement -Mystery 4 bolts A Dark and Deadly Deception by Eleanor Taylor Bland -Police Procedural 3 bolts Grave Error by Roy Lewis -Mystery 4 bolts Last to Leave by Clare Curzon -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Moon Tunnel by Jim Kelly -Mystery 4.5 bolts Steeplechase by Jane Langton Historical 4 bolts Ticket to Ride by Janet Neel -Legal Mystery 4 bolts Above Suspicion by Lynda La Plante -Police Procedural 4.25 bolts Turnpike Flameout by Eric Dezenhall -Mystery 5 bolts
November 2005: Dear Departed by Cynthia Harrod Eagles -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts Death by Thunder by Gretchen Sprague -Mystery 3.5 bolts The Devil's Game by David Holland --Historical 3.5 bolts Eye of the Burning Man by Harry Shannon -Investigative 3.5 bolts Final Note by Dorothy P. O'Neill -Amateur Sleuth 2.5 bolts Kingdom of Lies by Lee Wood -Mystery 4 bolts Rendezvous at Kamakura Inn by Marshall Browne -Investigative 4 bolts Riding Gain by Joyce Krieg -Amateur Sleuth 3 bolts A Venture into Murder by Henry Kisor -Mystery 4.5 bolts White Stone Day by John MacLachlan Gray -Mystery 4 bolts White Tiger by Michael Allen Dymmoch -Mystery 4 bolts Wiley's Refrain by Lono Waiwaiole -Mystery 3.5 bolts
October 2005: A Bitter Chill by Jane Finnis -Historical 4.25 bolts The Blood Knot by John Galligan -Mystery 4 bolts Busting Vegas by Ben Mezrich -True Crime 4 bolts The Devil's Own Rag Doll by Mitchell Bartoy -Hard Boiled 4 bolts The Green Room by Deborah Turrell Atkinson -Investigative 4 bolts Irish Gilt by Ralph McInerny -Mystery 4 bolts A Kudzu Christmas by Patricia Sprinkle, et al -Short Stories 4 bolts Matty Groves by Deborah Grabien -Ghost Mystery 4 bolts Pale Death by David & Aimee Thurlo -Supernatural Thriller 3.5 bolts Running With the Dead by Jay Brandon -Legal Thriller 2.75 bolts Sleep With Me by Joanna Briscoe -Suspense 4 bolts Spectres in the Smoke by Tony Broadbent -Historical 4 bolts Stone Fish by Olivia Ferrell -Mystery 3 bolts
September 2005: The Darwin Conspiracy by John Darnton -Mystery 4 bolts Deadgame by Kirk Russell -Thriller 4.5 bolts Deadly Detail by Don Porter -Mystery 2.75 bolts First Drop by Zoë Sharp -Thriller 3 bolts The Firemaker by Peter May -Investigative 3 bolts First Kill by Michael Kronenwetter -Private Investigator 3 bolts Nervous Water by William G. Tapply -Suspense 4 bolts Out of Mind by Catherine Simpson -Investigative 4 bolts
August 2005: Before the Last Lap by Jim and Joyce Lavene -Investigative 3 bolts Breaking Faith by Jo Bannister -Mystery 4 bolts Dead at Daybreak by Deon Meyer -Crime Thriller 4 bolts Death Climbs a Tree by Sara Hoskinson Frommer -Cozy 4 bolts Heir Today by J. J. Lamb and Bette Golden Lamb -Mystery 3 bolts Hole In One by Catherine Aird -Mystery 4 bolts Relics by Mary Anna Evens -Mystery 4 bolts A Shot to Die For by Libby Fischer Hellmann -Mystery 4.5 bolts Tabula Rasa by Shelly Rueben -Suspense 4 bolts
July 2005: Cold Case by Alafair Burke -Legal Thriller 4 bolts Deadly Slipper by Michelle Wan -Mystery 3 bolts Desert Summer by Michael Craft -Mystery 4.5 bolts Double Cross Blind by Joel N. Ross -Spy Thriller 4 bolts Envy by Kathryn Harrison -Suspense 3.5 bolts The Rouges' Game by Milton T. Burton -Mystery 3.5 bolts Russian Hill Murders by Shirley Tallman -Historical 5 bolts Same Time Same Murder by Randisi and Matthews -Mystery 4 bolts
June 2005: The Black Angel by John Connelly -Supernatural 4.5 bolts Blood Ties by Ralph McInerny -Mystery 4.5 bolts Heaven: A Prison Diary Vol. III by Jeffrey Archer -Biography 4 bolts The Mosaic of Shadows by Tom Harper -Historical Mystery 4.5 bolts No Way Back by Michael Crow -Thriller 2.5 bolts Pain Killer by Will Staeger -Espionage Thriller 3.5 bolts The Practice of Deceit by Elizabeth Benedict -Suspense July Interview The Road to Esmeralda by Joy Nicholson -Suspense 3.5 bolts
May 2005: Cat in a Hot Pink Pursuit by Carole Nelson Douglas Cozy 4.5 bolts The Crime Trade by Simon Kernick Investigative 4 bolts Detective At Death's Door by H. R. F. Keating Mystery 4.5 bolts The Four Courts Murder by Andrew Nugent Mystery 4 bolts The Graveyard Shift by Kelly Lange Investigative 3.5 bolts The Inside Ring by Michael Lawson Political Thriller 4 bolts Out of Range by C. J. Box Investigative 3.5 bolts Street Fighter by Bill Kent Mystery 4 bolts
April 2005:
All the Dead Fathers
by David J. Walker -Mystery
3.5 bolts
Controlled
Burn
by Scott Wolven -Short Stories
4.5 bolts
Damaged
Goods
by Roland S. Jefferson -Thriller
2 bolts
Dead Reckoning
by Patricia Hall -Mystery
4 bolts
Last Call for Blackford Oakes
by William F. Buckley Jr. -Mystery
4.5 bolts
Lostlindens
by David D. Nolta -Mystery
5 bolts
Mad Cow Nightmare
by Nancy Means Wright -Mystery
3.5 bolts
The Marble Kite
by David Daniel -Mystery
4 bolts
Murder on the Salsette
by Conrad Allen -Historical Mystery
3.5 bolts
Owl's Well That Ends Well
by Donna Andrews -Amateur Sleuth
3.5 bolts
Stewball
by Peter Bowen -Mystery
4.5 bolts
Suicide Squeeze
by Victor Gischler -Investigative
5 bolts
Trial by Fire
by D. W. Buff -Legal Thriller
3 bolts
Two
Dollar Bill
by Stuart Woods -Investigative
3 bolts
White Thunder
by Aimee and David Thurlo -Mystery
4 bolts
March 2005:
Adios
Hemingway by Leonardo Padura Fuentes
-Investigative
4
bolts
Cheapskates by Charlie Stella -Suspense
4 bolts
Death
Splits A Hair by Nancy Bell -Mystery
4.5 bolts
Drawing
the Line by Judith Cutler -4 bolts
Mystery
Dying
for Love by Gwen Moffat -Suspense
3.5 bolts
Guilt by G. H. Ephron -Suspense
3.5 bolts
An
Honorable Murder by Philip Gooden
-Historical 4.5 bolts
Light Before
Day by Christopher Rice -Mystery
4 bolts
Miss
Gazillions by Richard Weber -Mystery
4 bolts
Mountain Peril by Tom Eslick -Mystery
3.5 bolts
The
Nature of Rare Things by Derek Wilson
-Mystery
4 bolts
Over the Edge by Stuart Pawson -Detective
4 bolts
Season of the Snake by Claire Davis
-Suspense 3.5 bolts
Thicker Than Water by Rett MacPherson
-Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts
Too
Late For Angels by Mignon F. Ballard
-Mystery
4.5 bolts
The Trojan Dog by Dorothy Johnston -Amateur Sleuth
3.5 bolts
February 2005:
Cavalcade by Walter Satterthwait -Historical
4.75 bolts
Cold Burn by Kit Ehrman -Mystery
4.5 bolts
Dead is
Forever by David Cray -Thriller
4 bolts
The Devil's
Wind by Richard Rayner -Thriller
3 bolts
Last One
Down by Joyce and Jim Lavene
-Investigative
3.5 bolts
The Ottoman
Cage by Barbara Nadel -Police Procedural 4.5 bolts
The Queen
Jade by Yxta Maya Murray -Suspense
4 bolts A Rocky Road
by Glen Ebisch -Mystery 3.5 bolts
Son of
a Gun by Randye Lordon -Investigative
4 bolts
Tamburlaine Must Die by Louise Welch
-Historical
4 bolts
What Goes Around Comes Around by Con Lehane -Mystery
3.5 bolts January 2005:
Beneath
a Panamanian Moon
by David Terrenoire -Mystery
4.5 bolts
Dark Eye
by William Bernhardt (Legal Thriller)
Interview included!
The Fool's Tale by Nicole
Galland -Mystery 3.5 bolts
The
Forgotten Man
by Robert Crais -Investigative
Interview with Crais!
Killing A
Unicorn
by Marjorie Eccles -Mystery
4 bolts
Los Angeles
by Peter Moore Smith -Suspense
4.5 bolts
That Way
Murder Lies
by Ann Granger -Mystery
4 bolts
The Way Out
by Craig Childs -Adventure
4 bolts
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