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Death at the Old Hotel: A Bartender Brian McNulty Mystery (Bartender Brian McNulty Mysteries) 3 reviews
Con Lehane
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
fabulous look at criminal side of the big city
+ ... there isn't a character or situation that rings false!
+ Con Lehane does it again!
In the early 90s, New York bartender Brian McNulty is exiled to work at the dilapidated Savoy Hotel, west of eighth on forty-eighth. The run down establishment is filled because the city is jammed with the Christmas visitors. Brian's peer union organizer Barney Saunders believes the hotel's ...
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Mr. Monk and The Two Assistants (Monk) 28 reviews
Lee Goldberg
NAL Hardcover, 2007
Fun fun fun
+ awesome
+ Comic Genius
+ A bit over the top.. at times..
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Driving Lessons 13 reviews
Ed McBain
Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000
Ed McBain has left the City
And it is a refreshing little trip away from everyone in the Big Bad City of which his familiar 87th Precinct is a part. Is this a new continuing crew, as he created with Matthew Hope? I hope so. The inhabitants of the Detective Division in the small city of River Close are just as interesting ...
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A Picture of Guilt (Ellie Foreman Mysteries) (Ellie Foreman Mysteries)6 reviews
Libby Fischer Hellmann
Berkley, 2003
Solid characterization makes this a winner
+ Midwest Book Revie- engaging and exciting read
+ A roller-coaster ride of danger and thrills
Chicago filmmaker Ellie finds herself involved in the murder trial of a dock worker whose girlfriend has been killed in A Picture Of Guilt, a story of a video project gone awry. Her discovery of evidence which could acquit him involves her in a dangerous plot in this fast-paced investigative piece ...
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Frames (The Valentino Series #1)2 reviews
Loren D. Estleman
Forge Books, 2008
Fun Lightweight Hollywood Romp
+ entertaining Hollywood mystery
I read a fair amount of crime fiction, but had never read anything by prolific multiple award-winner Estleman until now. The film preservation milieu of this first in a projected series caught my attention, so I decided to give it a whirl. The story revolves around a UCLA film archivist named ...
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Prisoner of Memory: A Novel (Eve Diamond Novels)6 reviews
Denise Hamilton
Pocket Star, 2007
Raindrops Keep Falling
+ Fifth outing starring Eve Diamond
+ "All my life I have been tortured by memory"
+ Awesome
+ Read this and her others!
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Scott Free
John Gilstrap
Penguin Books Ltd, 2004
When Scott O'Toole accepts a lift in a Cessna to a late-night concert, the plane crashes in a storm, the pilot is killed and Scott finds himself lost and alone in a frozen wilderness. Miles from anywhere and anyone, at the mercy of the brutal elements, he must dig deep to survive. While his father frantically rallies the rescue workers, Scott, in a desperate bid for shelter, stumbles on a remote, ...
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Disturbing the Dead7 reviews
Sandra Parshall
Poisoned Pen Press, 2007
Rachel Returns
+ Wrong book cover and info!
+ Parshall has done it again!
+ Accomplished whodunnut
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Sense of Evil47 reviews
Kay Hooper
Bantam, 2004
Very good read
+ Sense of Evil Book
+ edge of seat
Kay Hooper writes a very good story. Your interest is kept throughout the entire book. She is on my list of "Must Read" material.
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Nobody's Child: A Jeri Howard Mystery1 review
Janet Dawson
Fawcett, 1996
Better Have A Cup Of Coffee Handy
A pretty decent book, I thought. Jeri is likable, and I was hooked enough to want to know what happened at the end. It wasn't a struggle to read or understand, and I'm really not that fond of mysteries, so that's saying something. However, it could have done with a little bit more excitement. The ...
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Murder In Metropolis 10 reviews
Lonnie, J Cruse
NaDaC Publishing, 2006
EXCELLENT!
+ Superman is still fighting the bad guys
+ Life, love and murder in a small town
+ MURDER IN METROPOLIS reviewed by Jan Christensen
+ review of Murder in Metropolis
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Goodnight, Irene16 reviews
Jan Burke
Pocket, 2002
A Superb Debut Mystery - Irene Is A 21st Century Lois Lane!
+ Excellent read!
+ Medium boiled crime novel with much to praise
+ Gonna read them all now!
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The Dark Backward9 reviews
Julia Buckley
MIDNIGHT INK, 2006
Out of body and into movie theatre...
+ Bravo, Ms. Buckley
+ Lady Cop Is Tough, Tender and a Fine Read
+ A promising debut novel
+ A promising debut
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Huckleberry Fiend1 review
Julie Smith
Mysterious Press, 1987
This is the FUNNIEST mystery I've ever read!!
I have habitually read mysteries for the last 11 years. In that time I've become especially fond of women writers on the gendre who write about female protagonists. I also enjoy books which feature California. However, All that aside I was constantly laughing out loud while reading this book. ...
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Heat of the Moon, The15 reviews
Sandra Parshall
Poisoned Pen Press, 2007
Question Yourself
+ Reviewed by Ali Jenkins and Barb Radmore
+ No Wonder It Won an Agatha!
+ Pleasing suspense novels
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Moonlight Downs5 reviews
Adrian Hyland
Soho Crime, 2008
A precious gem of a book not to be missed
+ Highly original mystery from Australia
+ A first-rate mystery with a first-class protagonist, and it all takes place in the Australian outback
+ Interesting Australian thriller
+ A new voice
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Deadman's Switch9 reviews
Barbara Seranella
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007
Intriguing new series tragically cut too short
+ A well-done, final book
+ The End
+ All the ingredients of a great mystery
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Vanity Fire4 reviews
John M. Daniel
Poisoned Pen Press, 2006
Driving conclusions...may not find you the answer
+ Small press publisher enters the crime-solvers arena
+ Excellent mystery.
+ adrenaline racing, heart bumping crime caper
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Not me, inspector (A Random House mystery)
Helen Reilly
Random House, 1959
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HARD EVIDENCE: A CAT MARSALA MYSTERY (Cat Marsala Mysteries)7 reviews
Barbara D'Amato
Scribner, 1999
Excellent read
+ Gourmet Grocery Bag w/Artistic Ooze of Burgundy & Cheese
+ a spicy bouillabaisse
+ A very pleasant read!
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