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New Mystery Reader's 2007/2006/2005/2004/2003/and beyond hardcover archived New Mystery Reviews. Click on title for review and buying info! December 2007: An Almost Life by Kevin Mednick -Legal Thriller 5 bolts Chillwater Cove by Thomas Lakeman -Suspense 4 bolts The Deadly Neighbors by Merry Jones -Suspense 3 bolts Deadly Shoals by Joan Druett -Mystery 4.25 bolts Extracurricular Activities by Maggie Barbieri -Amateur Sleuth 3.5 bolts Hand of Evil by J.A. Jance -Suspense 3.5 bolts Last Call by James Grippando -Suspense 3.75 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: The Abduction by Mark Gimenez -Suspense 5 bolts 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 Double Cross by James Patterson -Thriller 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 Killer Riff by Sheryl J. Anderson -Amateur Sleuth 3.75 bolts Murder on K Street by Margaret Truman -Political Thriller 4 bolts New-Slain Knight by Deborah Grabien -Mystery 4.25 bolts Person of Interest by Theresa Schwegel -Suspense 3.75 bolts A Prayer for the Damned by Peter Tremayne -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts Precious Blood by Jonathan Hayes -Investigative Suspense 4 bolts The Pure Heart by Susan Hill -Suspense 4 bolts Red Mandarin Dress by Qui Xiaolong -Police Procedural 4.5 bolts Salamander Cotton by Richard Kunzmann -Police Procedural 4 bolts Stone Cold by David Baldacci -Thriller 4 bolts Three Sisters by James D. Doss -Mystery 4.5 bolts
October 2007: 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill -Short Stories 4.5 bolts The Best American Short Stories Carl Hiaasen (ed.) -Mystery Collection 4.5 bolts Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley -Investigative 4.5 bolts Cat Deck The Halls by Shirley Rousseau Murphy -Mystery 5 bolts Chat by Archer Mayor -Investigative 3.5 bolts Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills -Thriller 4.5 bolts Die With Me by Elena Forbes -Suspense 4 bolts Down River by John Hart -Suspense 4 bolts False Witness by Aimee and David Thurlo -Amateur Sleuth 3.5 bolts Fresh Kills by Reggie Nadelson -Mystery 4.5 bolts An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris -Mystery 2.75 bolts Kissing Christmas Goodbye by M C Beaton -Cozy 3.75 bolts Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler -Investigative 4.25 bolts Midnight Rambler by James Swain -Suspense 4.25 bolts No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay -Suspense 4.5 bolts Now & Then by Robert B. Parker -Investigative 3.5 bolts Spider Trap by Barry Maitland -Police Procedural 3 bolts
The
Swamps of Bayou Teche
by Kent Conwell -Private Investigator Sweetheart Deal by Claire Matturro -Mystery 4.5 bolts Try Dying by James Scott Bell -Legal Thriller 4.5 bolts
September 2007: The Bloody Tower by Carola Dunn -Historical Mystery 4 bolts Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay -Thriller 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 Heart Sick by Chelsea Cain -Suspense 4.25 bolts High Season by Jon Loomis -Investigative 4.25 bolts Hitman by Parnell Hall -Mystery 4 bolts Irish Alibi by Ralph McInerny -Mystery 4 bolts Lullaby by Sherry Scarpaci -Suspense 3.75 bolts Night Work by Steve Hamilton -Suspense 4.25 bolts Patriot Acts by Greg Rucka -Thriller 4 bolts Rebel Island by Rick Riordan -Suspense 3.75 bolts The Reincarnationist by M J Rose -Paranormal Suspense 5 bolts Second Shot by Zoe Sharp -Thriller 4.5 bolts The Spanish Bow by Andromeda Romano-Lax -Historical 3 bolts Still Summer by Jacquelyn Mitchard -Mystery 4 bolts Strip Search by William Bernhardt -Police Procedural 4 bolts Terminal by Andrew Vachss -Thriller 5 bolts
The Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child -Supernatural Suspense Wicked Ways by Donna Hill -Suspense 3.75 bolts The Widow's Mate by Ralph McInerny -Mystery 4 bolts Written in Bone by Simon Beckett -Suspense 3.75 bolts You've Been Warned by J. Patterson and H. Roughan -Suspense Mixed
August 2007: Beyond Reach by Karin Slaughter -Investigative Suspense 3.75 bolts Bloodshot by Stuart McBride -Police Procedural 4 bolts Buried by Mark Billingham -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman -Police Procedural 4 bolts The Candidate by Susan Wales and Robin Shope -Romantic Suspense 3.75 bolts Capitol Offense by Mike Doogan -Investigative 4 bolts The Chicago Way by Michael Harvey -Investigative 2.5 bolts Death and the Devil by Frank Schatzing -Historical 3 bolts Hard Row by Margeret Maron -Investigative 4 bolts The History Book by Humphrey Hawksley -Thriller 4 bolts The Intruders by Michael Marshall -Horror/Suspense 5 bolts (for Interview) Last Breath by George D. Shuman -Suspense 4 bolts Merciless by Richard Montanari -Police Procedural 3.75 bolts The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews -Amateur Sleuth 4.5 bolts Scots on the Rocks by Mary Daheim -Amateur Sleuth 3.5 bolts
July 2007: A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch -Historical Mystery 4 bolts The Companion by Ann Granger -Historical 4 bolts The Crime Writer by Gregg Hurwitz -Suspense 5 bolts Dead Connection by Alafair Burke For Review For Interview Death in the Truffle Wood by Pierre Magnan -Mystery 4 bolts The Death List by Paul Johnston -Suspense 3.25 bolts The Devil’s Labyrinth by John Saul -Horror 3 bolts Dirty Martini by J.A. Konrath -Investigative 2 bolts The Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller -Private Investigator 4 bolts Eye of the Beholder by David Ellis -Legal Thriller 3.5 bolts The Indian Bride by Karin Fossum -Mystery 3.75 bolts Innocence by David Hosp -Thriller 4 bolts Justice Denied by J.A. Jance -Investigative 3.5 bolts A Nail Through the Heart by Timothy Hallinan -Suspense 4.25 bolts The Night Ferry by Michael Robotham -Police Procedural 5 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 bolts A Reunion to Die For by Lauren Carr -Mystery 4 bolts Secret Asset by Stella Rimington -Espionage Thriller 3.5 bolts A Widow’s Curse by Phillip DePoy -Mystery 3.75 bolts
June 2007: Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts The Bourne Betrayal by Eric van Lustbader -Thriller 4 bolts The Cairo Diary by Maxim Chattam -Historical 4 bolts Circumference of Darkness by Jack Henderson -Thriller 2 bolts City of Fire by Robert Ellis -Police Procedural 4 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 The Face of Death by Cody McFadyen -Suspense 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 Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich Mystery 4.5 bolts Mr. Clarinet by Nick Stone -Suspense 4 bolts New England White by Stephen L. Carter -Suspense (Two reviews!) 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 Raven Black by Ann Cleeves -Suspense 4 bolts Silence by Thomas Perry -Suspense 3.5 bolts The Silent Assassin by Lori Andrews -Thriller 4 bolts The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver -Thriller 3.75 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 To Love and Die in Dallas by Mary Elizabeth Goldman -Mystery 3.25 bolts Vineyard Stalker by Philip R. Craig -Mystery 4 bolts Volk's Game by Brent Ghelfi -Thriller 4 bolts When Day Breaks by Mary Jane Clark -Mystery 3 bolts White Corridor by Christopher Fowler -Mystery 4 bolts Whitewash by Alex Kava -Suspense Thriller 4 bolts
May 2007: The Big Girls by Susanna Moore -Suspense 4 bolts Bloodthirsty by Marshall Karp -Police Procedural 3.75 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 Lying With Strangers by James Grippando -Suspense 4 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 The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin -Police Procedural 4.5 bolts Obsession by Karen Robards -Thriller 4 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 Scavenger by David Morrell -Thriller 3.5 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 By the Time You Read This by Giles Blunt -Investigative 4 bolts The Conjurer by Cordelia Frances Biddle -Historical 4 bolts Fever Moon by Carolyn Haines -Mystery 4.5 bolts Looks to Die For by Janice Kaplan -Amateur Sleuth 3.25 bolts The Next Victim by Jonnie Jacobs -Suspense 3.5 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 Step on a Crack by J. Patterson & M. Ledwidge -Suspense 4.5 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 Death Angel by Martha Powers -Suspense 3.5 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
December 2004:
Aspen Pulp
by Patrick Hasburgh (Investigative) 4 bolts
A Cold and Silent Dying
by Eleanor Taylor Bland (Detective) 3 bolts
The
Depths of Solitude
by Jo Bannister (Investigative) 3.5 bolts
The
Dreaming Detective
by H. R. F. Keating (Detective) 4 bolts
The Fire Baby
by Jim Kelly (Mystery) 4 bolts
The
Hangman's Hymn
by P. C. Doherty (Historical) 4 bolts
I Love the
Sound of Breaking Glass
by Paul Charles (Mystery) 4.5 bolts
Moth
and Flame
by John Morgan Wilson (Mystery) 4 bolts
Thief
in Retreat
by Aimee and David Thurlo (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts
The
Unquiet Dead
by Gay Longworth (Investigative) 4.5 bolts
The
Witch in the Well
by Sharan Newman (Historical) 3.5 bolts
November 2004:
A Bond With
Death
by Bill Crider (Mystery) 3 bolts
Convenient
Disposal
by Steven F. Havill (Investigative) 4 bolts
A
Clock Without Hands
by Guy Burt (Suspense) 4.5 bolts
A
Christmas Journey
by Anne Perry (Historical) 4 bolts
A
Christmas Visitor
by Anne Perry (Historical) 4 bolts
Dead
For the Winter
by Betsy Thornton (Investigative) 4.5 bolts
The Famous Flower of Serving Men
by Deborah Grabien (Ghost Story) 4.5 bolts
Nobody
Runs Forever
by Richard Stark (Thriller) 4 bolts Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders
by John Mortimer (Mystery) 4 bolts
Seeds
Of Doubt
by Stephanie Kane (Legal Thriller) 4.5 bolts (Interview included!)
October 2004:
Chilling
Effect
by Marianne Wesson (Legal thriller) 5 bolts Interview!
Going
Postal
by Terry Pratchett (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts
Green Thumb
by Ralph McInerny (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts Keep Me Alive
by Natasha Cooper (Detective) 4 bolts
The
Last Voice You Hear
by Mick Herron (Suspense) 5 bolts!
Shadows In the Darkness
by Elaine Cunningham (Occult) 4 bolts
September 2004:
A
Meeting of Minds by Clare Curzon
(Mystery) 4 bolts
The Unbidden Truth
by Kate Wilhelm (Legal thriller) 3 bolts
August 2004:
Counting To
Infinity
by J.L. Abramo (Private Investigator) 4 bolts
The
Counterfeit Crank
by Edward Marston (Historical) 4 bolts
Dying For You
by Geraldine Evans (Investigative) 4 bolts
The Fall
by Michael Allen Dymmoch (Amateur Sleuth) 3.5 bolts
Such
Vicious Minds
by Daniel Klein (Mystery) 3 bolts
July 2004: Buried
Dreams
by Brendan DuBois (Mystery) 4.5 bolts
Family Matters
by Joel Rosenberg (Suspense) 4 bolts
Forged
by Laura Crum (Amateur sleuth) 4 bolts
The Ghost Writer
by John Harwood (Mystery) 4.5 bolts
Hasty Death
by Marion Chesney (Amateur Sleuth) 2.5 bolts
The Murder
Exchange
by Simon Kernick (Investigative) 3 bolts
Pale As The
Dead
by Fiona Mountain (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts
Purgatory: Prison Diary Vol. II
by Jeffrey Archer (True Crime) 5bolts
Requiem For A Realtor
by Ralph McInerny (Investigative) 4 bolts
Show
Business is Murder
Edited by Stuart M. Kaminsky (Anthology) 4 bolts
The Sterling Inheritance
by Michael Siverling (Investigative) 4 bolts
Under the Manhattan Bridge
by Irene Marcuse (Amateur sleuth) 5 bolts
June 2004: Bone Harvest by Mary Logue (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts Conviction by Elise Title (Investigative) 4 bolts I'd Kill For That Edited by Marcia Talley (Collaboration) 4 bolts Night Swimming by Robin Schwarz (Suspense) 4 bolts Rift by Richard Cox (Thriller) 3 bolts Secret Smile by Nicci French (Thriller) 3.5 bolts She Smiled Sweetly by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith (Investigative) 4 bolts Time's Fool by Leonard Tourney (Historical) 4 bolts Twenty-Seven Bones by Jonathan Nasaw (Thriller) 3.5 bolts
May 2004: Blood On The Wood by Gillian Linscott (Historical) 3.5 bolts The Bug Funeral by Sarah R. Shaber (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts Crossing The Line by Clinton McKinzie (Investigative) 4.5 bolts (Interview!) Fade To Clear by Leonard Chang (Investigative) 3.5 bolts A Hard Ticket Home by David Housewright (Investigative) 2.5 bolts Memorial Day by Harry Shannon (Investigative) 5 bolts (Interview) Murder on Nob Hill by Shirley Tallman (Historical) 4 bolts Unwilling Accomplice by Barbara Seranella (Investigative) 4 bolts
April 2004: The Face Of The Assassin by David Lindsey (Thriller) 4 bolts An Inconvenient Wife by Megan Chance (Historical) 3.5 bolts Last Lullaby by Denise Hamilton (Investigative) 5 bolts! (Interview) Murder is Academic by Christine Poulson (Historical) 3.5 bolts The Tumbler by Peter Bowen (Investigative) 4 bolts
March 2004: Arch Angels by Robert J. Randisi (Investigative) 3 bolts The Carbon Murder by Camille Minichino (Investigative) 4 bolts Desert Spring by Michael Craft (Amateur Sleuth) 3 bolts Murder by Design by Jon P. Bloch (Amateur Sleuth) 3.5 bolts Untimely Graves by Marjorie Eccles (Investigative) 4 bolts When the Last Magnolia Weeps by Mary Saums (Cozy) 3 bolts
February 2004: Belshazzar's Daughter by Barbara Nadel 4 bolts Goofy Foot by David Daniel (Investigative) 3 bolts In Sheep's Clothing by Rett MacPherson (Cozy) 3.5 bolts Killer Body by Bonnie Hearn Hill (Suspense) 5 bolts (Interview Included) Land of Echoes by Daniel Hecht 5 bolts! (Interview Included) Murder on the Mamora by Conrad Allen (Historical) 4 bolts Southwesterly Wind by Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza (Investigative) 4 bolts We'll Always Have Parrots by Donna Andrews (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts The Witch's Grave by Phillip DePoy (Amateur Sleuth) 3 bolts
January 2004: The 37th Hour by Jodi Compton (Suspense) 5 bolts! Interview included! An Animated Death in Burbank (Investigative Series) 3 bolts An Antic Disposition by Alan Gordon (Medieval Mystery) 5 bolts! The Feng Shui Detective by Nury Vittachi (Amateur Sleuth) 4 bolts The Ten Word Game by Jonathan Gash (Mystery) 3 bolts
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