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New Mystery Reader's 2011/2010/2009/2008/2007and beyond hardcover archived New Mystery Book Reviews.  Click on title for review and buying info! 

Fall 2012:

And When She Was Good by Laura Lippman -Suspense / 4.5 bolts

The Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny  -Mystery / 4.75 bolts

The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell -Forensic Mystery / 3.5 bolts

Bones Are Forever by Kathy Reichs  -Forensic Mystery / 3 bolts

Books To Die For edited by John Connolly and Declan Burke -Mystery Reference / 5 bolts

Delusion In Death by J D Robb  -Investigative / 4 bolts

Eleven Pipers Piping by C. C. Benison -Mystery / 4.5 bolts

A Fatal Winter by G. M. Malliet  -Mystery / 4.5 bolts

Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King  -Historical Mystery / 4 bolts

Invisible Murder by Lene Kaaberbol and Agnete Friis -Investigative / 4.5 bolts

The Janus Reprisal by Jamie Freveletti  -Thriller / 4.25 bolts

Luther: The Calling by Neil Cross -Investigative / 4 bolts

Mad River by John Sandford -Thriller / 2.5 bolts

Mandarin Gate by Eliot Pattison -Investigative / 4.5 bolts

Murder Most Austen by Tracy Kiely  -Historical / 4 bolts

Not My Blood by Barbara Cleverly  -Mystery / 5 bolts

The Panther by Nelson DeMille -Thriller / 4.25 bolts

Port Vila Blues by Garry Disher -Mystery / 4 bolts

Resurrection Express by Stephen Romano -Thriller 4 /bolts

A Sunless Sea by Anne Perry -Historical Mystery / 4.25 bolts

Red Rain by R.L. Stine -Suspense / 3.5 bolts

Rizzoli & Isles: Last To Die  by Tess Gerritsen -Investigative / 4 bolts

Robert B. Parker’s Fool Me Twice by Michael Brandman  -Investigative / 3 bolts

Trust Your Eyes by Linwood Barclay  -Suspense / 3.75 bolts

 

 

Summer 2012:

The 13th Target by Mark de Castrique -Thriller / 4.5 bolts

A Bad Day for Mercy by Sophie Littlefield -Amateur Sleuth / 3.5 bolts

Bad Little Falls by  Paul Doiron -Investigative / 4 bolts

The Body in the Boudoir by Katherine Hall Page -Amateur Sleuth / 3.5 bolts

The Bourne Imperative  by Eric van Lustbader -Thriller / 4 bolts

Buried on Avenue B by Peter De Jonge -Investigative / 4.75 bolts

The Caller by Karin Fossum  -Investigative / 4.5 bolts

Castle Bravo by Karna Small Bodman  -Thriller / 4 bolts

Criminal by Karin Slaughter -Suspense / 4.75 bolts

The Conviction by Robert Dugoni -Legal Thriller / 4.5 bolts

Die A Stranger by Steve Hamilton  -Private Investigator / 4.5 bolts

Discretion by Allison Leotta  -Legal Thriller / 4.5 bolts

Endangered by Ann Littlewood  -Mystery / 4 bolts

The Exceptions by David Cristofano  -Thriller / 4 bolts

The Fear Artist by Timothy Hallinan -Investigative / 4.5 bolts

Fire Season  by Jon Loomis -Investigative / 4 bolts

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn -Suspense / 4.5 bolts

Hell or High Water by Joy Castro  -Mystery / 5 bolts

The Inquisitor’s Key by Jefferson Bass -Forensic Thriller / 4.5 bolts

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes -Suspense / 5 bolts

Kill You Twice by Chelsea Cain -Suspense / 3 bolts

Let the Devil Sleep by John Verdon -Mystery / 3.75 bolts

Line of Fire by Stephen White -Suspense / 4 bolts

The Lost Artist by Gail Lukasik -Mystery / 4 bolts

The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay -Historical Mystery / 4 bolts

The Messenger by Stephen Miller -Thriller / 4 bolts

Midwinter Blood by Mons Kallentoft -Investigative / 4 bolts

Odd Apocalypse by Dean Koontz -Supernatural / 3.75 bolts

Serpent’s Kiss by Melissa de la Cruz -Supernatural Mystery / 4.25 bolts

The Skeleton Box by Bryan Gruley -Investigative Series / 2.5 bolts

Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman -Thriller / 4 bolts

Some Kind of Peace by Camilla Grebe and Asa Traff -Suspense / 3.5 bolts

The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton by Elizabeth Speller -Historical Mystery / 4.75 bolts

Suzy’s Case by Andy Siegel  -Legal Mystery / 2.75 bolts

Valley of Ashes by Cornelia Read -Mystery / 4.25 bolts

 

 

Spring 2012:

Capitol Murder by Phillip Margolin -Thriller / 4 bolts

Cooking the Books by Kerry Greenwood  -Mystery / 4.5 bolts

The Expats by Chris Navone  -Thriller / 4.5 bolts

Fall From Grace by Richard North Patterson -Suspense / 2.5 bolts

Midnight Alley by Miles Corwin -Mystery / 4.5 bolts

The Namesake by Conor Fitzgerald -Investigative / 4 bolts

Tumblin’ Dice by John McFetridge Review / Interview  -Mystery / 5 bolts

 

January/February 2012:

Anatomy of a Murder by Imogen Robertson

The Crown by Nancy Bilyeau -Historical / 4.25 bolts

House Of The Hunted by Mark Mills -Thriller / 4 bolts

The Last Justice by Anthony J. Franze -Legal Thriller / 5 bolts

The Look of Love by Mary Jane Clark -Suspense / 4.5 bolts

 

November/December 2011:

Bonnie  by Iris Johansen -Suspense / 3.25 bolts

A Christmas Homecoming  by Anne Perry  -Victorian Mystery / 4 bolts

Death Comes To Pemberley by P D James Mystery / 4.5 bolts

Double Dexter  by Jeff Lindsay  -Thriller / 3 bolts

1222 by Anne Holt -Mystery / 4 bolts

Inmate 1577  by Alan Jacobson  -Thriller / 4 bolts

Long Bones by Karen Treanor  -Mystery / 4.75 bolts

Swift Edge by Laura DiSilverio -Private Investigator / 4.5 bolts

The Villa of Death  by Joanna Challis -Historical Mystery / 4 bolts

 

September/October 2011:

Damage Control by Denise Hamilton  -Suspense / 3.75 bolts

Death and the Maiden by Gerald Elias  -Mystery / 4.75 bolts

Hot, Shot, and Bothered by Nora McFarland  -Mystery / 4.25 bolts

A Killer Christmas in Wales by Elizabeth J. Duncan -Cozy / 4.5 bolts

L.A. Mental by Neil McMahon -Suspense / 4 bolts

The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta  -Fiction / 3 bolts

Murder In The 11th House by Mitchell Scott Lewis  -Mystery / 3.5 bolts

A Murder in Tuscany by Christobel Kent  -Mystery / 4.5 bolts

New York To Dallas by J D Robb  -Investigative / 4 bolts

The Night Strangers by Chris Bohjalian  -Horror / 4 stars

The Perfect Suspect by Margaret Coel  -Suspense / 4 bolts

Rip Tide by Stella Rimington -Thriller / 2.5 bolts

Sanctus by Simon Toyne  -Suspense / 4 bolts

The Sandburg Connection by Mark de Castrique  -Mystery / 4 bolts

The Surrogate by Tania Carver  -Investigative / 3.25 bolts

 

July/August 2011:

Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry -Victorian Mystery / 4.25 bolts

Adrenaline by Jeff Abbott  -Thriller / 4.5 bolts

Bones of a Feather by Carolyn Haines  -Private Investigator / 4.5 bolts

The Bourne Dominion by Eric Van Lustbader -Thriller / 2.5 bolts

Creep  by Jennifer Hillier  -Suspense / 3.75 bolts

The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies by Susan Wittig Albert -Cozy / 4.5 bolts

Dreams of the Dead by Perri O'Shaughnessy -Legal Thriller / 3.50 bolts

Flowering Judas by Jane Haddam -Investigative / 4 bolts

Garden Of Secrets Past by Anthony Eglin -Mystery / 4bolts

The Magdalena Curse by B.F. Cottam -Supernatural Mystery / 3.75 bolts

Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens -Suspense / 3.75 bolts

No Rest For The Dead edited by Andrew F. Gulli, et al  -Mystery / 3.5 bolts

White Heat by M. J. McGrath  -Suspense / 4 bolts

The Woodcutter by  Reginald Hill  -Mystery / 4.25 bolts

 

 

June 2011:

Purgatory Chasm by Steve Ulfelder  -Thriller   3.75 bolts

The Quest for Anna Klein by Thomas H. Cook  -Mystery  4.75 bolts

Unraveled by Maggie Sefton  -Cozy   3.75 bolts

Waist Deep by Frank Zafiro Complete Review / Author Interview
Mystery / 4.25 bolts

 

May 2011:

The Burning Lake by Brent Ghelfi  -Mystery 4 bolts

Cherry Beach Express by R.D. Cain  -Investigative 3.75 bolts

Dead Of Wynter by Spencer Seidel  -Suspense 4.25 bolts

The Gods of Greenwich  by Norb Vonnegut  -Suspense 4 bolts

The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry  -Thriller 3.5 bolts

Pumped for Murder by Elaine Viets  -Amateur Sleuth 4.5 bolts

Spider Web by Earlene Fowler  -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts

The White Devil by Justin Evans -Mystery/Supernatural 4.25 bolts

 

April 2011:

Ashes Of The Earth by Eliot Pattison  -Suspense 4.25 bolts

The Bone House by Brian Freeman  -Suspense 4.75 bolts 

Crunch Time by Diane Mott Davidson -Cozy/Amateur Sleuth 3 bolts

Dead by Midnight  by Carolyn Hart  -Cozy 4 bolts

Fallen Angel by David Hewson  -Investigative 3.75 bolts

A Gentleman of Fortune by Anna Dean  -Historical Mystery 4 bolts

The Law of Angels by Cassandra Clark -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts

Mystery by Jonathan Kellerman  -Mystery 4 bolts

Night On Fire by Douglas Corleone  -Legal Mystery 3.5 bolts

SPIRAL by Paul McEuen  -Thriller 3.5 bolts

 

March 2011:

The Albuquerque Turkey  by John Vorhaus -Mystery  4 bolts

An Empty Death by Laura Wilson  -Historical Mystery 4.5 bolts

The Priest by Gerard O’Donovan  -Investigative 3.75 bolts

Silent Mercy by Linda Fairstein  -Investigative 4.5 bolts

 

February 2011:

The Diviner’s Tale by Bradford Morrow  -Mystery 4.5 bolts

The Illuminated Vineyard by Jean Moynahan  -Mystery 4 bolts

The Omega Theory by Mark Alpert  -Thriller 4 bolts

Swamplandia! by Karen Russell  -Literary Mystery 3.5 bolts

Though Not Dead by Dana Stabenow  -Investigative 3.75 bolts

World’s Greatest Sleuth by Steve Hockensmith -Historical Mystery 3.75 bolts

 

January 2011:

Bitter Legacy by H Terrell Griffin  -Mystery 4.25 bolts

The Cypress House by Michael Koryta  -Mystery 4.5 bolts

Gideon's War by Howard Gordon  -Thriller 3 bolts

The KenKen Killings by Parnell Hall  -Investigative 3.5 bolts

 

December 2010:

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff  by Don Bruns  -Mystery 4 bolts

Low Country by Eric L. Haney  -Mystery 4 bolts

Mr. Hooligan by Ian Vasquez  -Investigative 3.75 bolts

Set the Night on Fire by Libby Fischer Hellmann  -Mystery 5 bolts

Third Degree by Maggie Barbieri  -Amateur Sleuth 4 bolts

 

November 2010:

Dead Man’s Chest by Kerry Greenwood  -Historical 4.5 bolts

The Extinguished Guest by Jeanne Glidewell  -Mystery 3.5 bolts

Hollywood Hills by Joseph Wambaugh  -Investigative 4.25 bolts

Indulgence In Death by J D Robb  -Thriller 4 bolts

Kind Of Blue by Miles Corwin  -Mystery 4.25 bolts

Outwitting Trolls by William G. Tapply  -Legal Thriller 4 bolts

Peril at Somner House by Joanna Challis  -Historical 4.25 bolts

The Severance by Elliott Sawyer  -Thriller 4 bolts

Trust the Dawn by John Cardinal  -Mystery 3.5 bolts

 

October 2010:

The Dead Path by Stephen M. Irwin -Supernatural Suspense 4 bolts

Death Notice by Todd Ritter  -Mystery 4.25 bolts

Law of Attraction by Allison Leotta  -Legal Thriller 3.75 bolts 

Rivers of Gold by Adam Dunn  -Thriller 4.25 bolts

And Then There Was One by Patricia Gussin -Suspense 4.25 bolts 

The Valcourt Heiress by Catherine Coulter  -Historical Romance 3.75 bolts

Voyeur  by Daniel Judson  -Suspense 3.75 bolts

Velocity by Alan Jacobson  -Investigative Thriller 3.75 bolts

 

September 2010:

Chosen by Chandra Hoffman  -Suspense 4 bolts

Danse Macabre by Gerald Elias  -Mystery 4.25 bolts

Death on a Budget by Michael W Sherer  -Mystery 4 bolts

Fly By Wire by Ward Larsen  -Thriller 4 bolts

Nemesis by Lindsey Davis  -Historical 4.5 bolts

Perfect Alibi by Sheldon Siegel  -Legal Thriller 4 bolts

The Shadows in the Street by Susan Hill -Investigative/Suspense 4 bolts

 

August 2010:

Book of Nathan by Curt Weeden and Richard Marek -Mystery 4 bolts

Dark Echo by F. G. Cottam  -Supernatural/Investigative 4.5 bolts

Death’s Excellent Vacation Edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner -Supernatural Anthology 4.75 bolts

Dream Queen by Betsy Thornton  -Suspense 4.75 bolts

Hemlock Lake by Carolyn Rose  -Suspense 3.5 bolts

Judgment and Wrath by Matt Hilton  -Crime Thriller 4 bolts

 

 

July 2010:

Intelligence by Susan Hasler  -Thriller 3.75 bolts

Live to Tell by Lisa Gardner  -Suspense 5 bolts

The Price of Life by Greg McCarthy  -Legal Thriller 3.5 bolts

Snowboundby Blake Crouch  -Thriller 4.25 bolts 

Thrillers: 100 Must Reads  Edited by David Morrell & Hank Wagner  -Mystery Compilation 4.5 bolts

 

June 2010:

Ashes To Water by Irene Ziegler  -Mystery/Thriller 4 bolts

Black Water Rising by Attica Locke  -Suspense4.5 bolts

The Book of Spies by Gayle Lynds  -Thriller 4 bolts

Broken by Karin Slaughter  -Thriller 3.25 bolts

A Colourful Death by Carola Dunn  -Cozy 4.25 bolts

Far Cry by John Harvey  -Investigative 4.5 bolts

Hailey’s War by Jodi Compton  -Thriller 3.75 bolts

Justice in June by Barbara Levenson  -Suspense 4.25 bolts

The Ninth Step by Gabriel Cohen For Review  / For Interview -Investigative

Sidney Sheldon’s After the Darkness by Tilly Bagshawe -Suspense
3.25 bolts

The Silent Places by James Patrick Hunt  -Thriller 4 bolts

So Cold the River by Michael Koryta  -Suspense3 bolts

The Taking of Libbie, SD by David Housewright  -Investigative 3.75 bolts

The Whole World by Emily Winslow  -Suspense4.75 bolts

 

May 2010:

The Ark by Boyd Morrison -Thriller  4.5 bolts

Canaan’s Gate by Kathryn R. Wall -Private Investigator  3.75 bolts

The Exodus Quest by Will Adams -Thriller  4.5 bolts

Fortuna by Michael R Stevens -Mystery  4.25 bolts

The Other Side of the Door by Nicci French -Suspense  4.75 bolts

 

 

April 2010:

2 in the Hat by Raffi Yessayan  -Police Procedural 4.25 bolts

Eye of the Mountain God by Penny Rudolph -Mystery 3.25 bolts

Expiration Date by Duane Swierczynski  -Paranormal Mystery 4 bolts

The Fallen by Mark Terry -Thriller  4.25 bolts

The Killer by Tom Hinshelwood -Thriller  3.75 bolts

Off Track by Clare Curzon -Police Procedural  4.5 bolts

Sick Like That by Norman Green -Private Investigator 4.5 bolts

Snakes Can’t Run by Ed Lin  -Mystery 4 bolts

 

March 2010:

Double Jeopardy by Martin Stratford -Mystery  3.5 bolts

Fantasy in Death by J D Robb -Mystery  4 bolts

Frame Up by John F Dobbyn -Mystery  3.75 bolts

Never Look Away by Linwood Barclay -Suspense  3.5 bolts

 

 

February 2010:

Let It Ride by John McFetridge  For Review / For Interview  -Mystery/Suspense  5 bolts

Requiem in Vienna by J. Sydney Jones  -Historical Mystery  4 bolts

Rescuing Olivia by Julie Compton  -Suspense  3 bolts

Shield of Duty by Scarlett Dean  -Mystery  3 bolts

Slow Fire by Ken Mercer  -Investigative  2.75 bolts

 

 

January 2010:

The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch  -Thriller4 bolts

Baja Florida by Bob Morris  -Thriller 4 bolts

Desperate Measures by Patti Battison  -Investigative3.5 bolts

Gone ‘Til November by Wallace Stroby  -Thriller 3 bolts

Gutshot Straight  by Lou Berney  -Mystery 4 bolts

Paganini’s Ghost by Paul Adam  -Mystery 4.75 bolts

Silencer by James W. Hall  -Thriller 4 bolts

Watchlist by Jeffrey Deaver, et al.  -Serial Thriller 4.5 bolts

 

December 2009:

Dead Air by D Shlian & L Reid  -Mystery 3.5 bolts

London Boulevard by Ken Bruen  -Noir Suspense 5 bolts

Overkill by Eugenia Lovett West  -Mystery 2 bolts

 

 

November 2009:

Kindred in Death  by J D Robb  -Suspense 4 bolts

The Mirror and the Mask by Ellen Hart  -Mystery 4.25 bolts

The Murdered House by Pierre Magnan  -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts

Slammer by Allan Guthrie -Suspense 4.5 bolts

Stuff to Spy For by Don Bruns  -Mystery 3.75 bolts

Wyatt’s Revenge by H Terrell Griffin   -Mystery 4.25 bolts

 

 

October 2009:

Blind Eye by Stuart MacBride  -Police Procedural 4 bolts

Blood Game by Iris Johanson  -Suspense 3.5 bolts

Capitol Offense  by William Bernhardt  -Legal Thriller  3.25 bolts

Collision of Evil by John J LeBeau  -Thriller 4 bolts

Dark Tiger  by William G. Tapply  -Mystery 3.75 bolts

Doubleback by Libby Fischer Hellmann  -Suspense  4.5 bolts

Evidence by Jonathan Kellerman  -Mystery  3.75 bolts

Sherlock Holmes Handbook by Christopher Redmond -Mystery Reference 5 bolts

Stained Glass by Ralph McInerny   -Mystery  4 bolts

 

 

September 2009:

Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon 5 bolt Review  Author Interview

Crime Always Pays by Declan Burke  -Noir Thriller 4 bolts

Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain  -Suspense 3.25 bolts

Heaven’s Keep by William Kent Krueger  -Investigative 4 bolts

The Hidden Man by David Ellis  -Legal Thriller 4.5 bolts

In Their Blood by Sharon Potts -Suspense 4 bolts

Murder at Longbourn by Tracy Kiely  -Amatuer Sleuth 3.75 bolts

The Night Monster by James Swain  -Private Investigator 1 bolt

Peace, Love and Murder by Nancy Holzner  -Mystery 4 bolts

Sheer Folly by Carola Dunn  -Historical Mystery 4 bolts

The Silent Spirit by Margaret Coel  -Mystery 3.75 bolts

Skull Duggery by Aaron Elkins  -Forensic Mystery 4.5 bolts

The Spire by Richard North Patterson  -Suspense 2 bolts

 

 

August 2009:

Bad Things Happen by Harry Dolan  -Mystery  4 bolts

Criminal Karma  by Stephen M. Thomas  -Thriller  4 bolts

Ivory Tower Cop by George Kirkham & Leonard Territo  -Suspense 4 bolts

Panic Attack by Jason Starr  -Suspense  2 bolts

 

 

 

July 2009:

Abandon by Blake Crouch  Interview with Blake CrouchReview of Abandon

Bait by Nick Brownlee  -Mystery 3.5 bolts

The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault  -Mystery 4 bolts

Blood Lines by Kathryn Casey  -Police Procedural 3 bolts

The Innocent Spy by Laura Wilson  -Historical Mystery 4.5 bolts

The Puzzle of Piri Reis by Kent Conwell  -Mystery 3.75 bolts

Ravens by George Dawes Green  -Suspense 4 bolts

The Second Savior by Mark Bouton  -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts

Whiskey Gulf by Clyde W. Ford  -Investigative 3.5 bolts

 

 

June 2009:

The Alpine Uproar by Mary Daheim -Mystery  3 bolts

Blind Sight by Terri Persons -Suspense 3.5 bolts

Fugitive by Phillip Margolin -Legal Thriller 4.25 bolts

Little Lamb Lost by Margaret Fenton  -Suspense 4.25 bolts

Lonesome Point by Ian Vasquez  -Mystery 4 bolts

Nowhere Land by A. W. Hill -Mystery  4 bolts

 

 

May 2009:

Cecilian Vespers by Anne Emery  -Mystery 4.75 bolts

Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child  -Thriller 3.5 bolts

Chasing The Bear By Robert B. Parker  -Young Adult 3 bolts

Covenant Hall by Kathryn R. Wall -Mystery 3.25 bolts

Jelly’s Gold by David Housewright  -Private Investigator 3.75 bolts

Martyr by Rory Clements  -Historical Mystery 4.75 bolts

No Such Creature by Giles Blunt  -Suspense 4.25 bolts

The Way Home by George Pelecanos  -Suspense 4 bolts

Whispers of the Dead by Simon Beckett  -Forensic Mystery 3.25 bolts

 

 

April 2009:

The Sacred Blood by Michael Byrnes  -Mystery 4 bolts

Dead Man’s Puzzle by Parnell Hall  -Amateur Sleuth 3.25 bolts

The Man in the Window by  K. O. Dahl  -Police Procedural 3.75 bolts

The Trail of the Wild Rose by Anthony Eglin  -Mystery 4 bolts

Illegal by Paul Levine  -Suspense 5 bolts

The Hunted by Wayne Barcomb  -Suspense 3.25 bolts

A Knife Edge by David Rollins  -Thriller 4.5 bolts

 

 

March 2009:

The Architect of Murder by Rafe McGregor  -Historical Mystery 4.5 bolts

Bahama Burnout by Don Bruns  -Mystery 3.75 bolts

Broken Wing by Thomas Lakeman  -Thriller 4.5 bolts

Feelers by Brian M. Wiprud  -Mystery 4 bolts

Mixed Blood by Roger Smith  -Suspense 4 bolts

Promises in Death by J D Robb  -Investigative 4.5 bolts

Safer by Sean Doolittle  -Suspense 4.5 bolts

Shatter by Michael Robotham  -Suspense 4.75 bolts

Until It’s Over by Nicci French  -Suspense 4.25 bolts

Wild Sorrow by Sandi Ault  -Mystery 4.5 bolts 

 

 

February 2009:

A Darker Domain by Val McDermid  -Investigative 4.5 bolts

Cat Playing Cupid  by Shirley Rousseau Murphy  -Cozy 3.5 bolts

Death Was in the Picture by Linda L. Richards  -Hard-boiled 4 bolts

Dog On It by Spencer Quinn  -Mystery 4 bolts

Fatal February by Barbara Levenson  -Legal Thriller 4.25 bolts

Kingdom of Silence by Lee Wood  -British Procedural 4 bolts

Pleasing the Dead by Deborah Turrell Atkinson  -Mystery 4 bolts

Posed for Murder by Meredith Cole  -Suspense 3.25 bolts

Run For Your Life by J. Patterson & M. Ledwidge  -Thriller 5 bolts

Rupture by A. Scott Pearson  -Medical Mystery 4 bolts

The Shanghai Moon by S.J. Rozan  -Investigative 4.5 bolts

 

January 2009:

Calling Mr. Lonely Hearts  by Laura Benedict  -Suspense 3 bolts

The Empty Mirror by J. Sydney Jones  -Historical Mystery 4.25 bolts

Honestly Dearest, You’re Dead by Jack Fredrickson  -PI  4.25 bolts

On the Grind by Stephen J. Cannell  -Investigative 4 bolts

 

 

December 2008:

Blood Island by H. Terrell Griffin -Mystery 3.5 bolts

The Inner Circle by Mari Jungstedt  -Investigative 3.25 bolts

 

 

November 2008:

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

One of the Wicked by Harry Shannon  -Mystery 4 bolts

Our Lady of Pain by Elena Forbes  -Police Procedural 4 bolts

Six Geese A-Slaying by Donna Andrews  -Cozy 4 bolts

Testimony by Anita Shreve  -Mystery 4.5 bolts

 

 

October 2008:

Clean Cut by Lynda La Plante  -Police Procedural 4 bolts

The Fourth Victim by Tony Spinoza  -Private Investigator 3.5 bolts

Hell Bent by William G. Tapply  -Mystery 4 bolts

The Other Side of Silence by Bill Pronzini  -Suspense 4.5 bolts

Payback by Clare Curzon  -British Mystery 3.75 bolts

A Song For You by Betsy Thornton   -Mystery 4.75 bolts

Stealing Trinity  by Ward Larsen  -Thriller 4.25 bolts

 

 

September 2008:

The Big O by Declan Burke  -Thriller/Suspense 4.5 bolts  For Review
For Interview

The Black Tower by Louis Bayard  -Historical Mystery 4.5 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

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

Swann’s Last Song by Charles Salzberg  -Investigative 4 bolts

 

August 2008:

Blackout by Luis Alfredo Garcia-Rozas  -Police Procedural  4 bolts

Deception’s Daughter by Cordelia Frances Biddle  -Historical  Mystery  4 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

Mortal Curiosity by Ann Granger  -Historical Mystery  4.25 bolts

 

 

July 2008:

Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais  -Investigative 4 bolts

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere by John McFetride  -Thriller 5 bolts

The Sour Cherry Surprise by David Handler  -Mystery 4 bolts

Swing Low, Sweet Chariot by Jackie Lynn  -Mystery 3.5 bolts

 

 

June 2008:

Ambush by Paul Carson  -Thriller 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

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

Old School Bones by Randall Peffer  -Suspense 5 bolts

Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs by H R F 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
4 bolts

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:

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

 

February 2008:

Gone to Ground by John Harvey  -Police Procedural 3.5 bolts

The Marathon Murders by Chester D. Campbell  -Mystery 4 bolts

Of All Sad Words by Bill Crider  -Mystery 3.75 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

Pavel and I by Dan Vyleta  -Historical Mystery 4 bolts

Salt River by James Sallis  -Mystery 3 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
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

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

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

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

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

 

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