With novels like Mystic River and Shutter Island , Dennis Lehane has dramatically altered the landscape of the crime thriller—while boldly overstepping the boundaries that have long separated mystery from literature. Now two of his sensational early novels have been combined in a single volume—two gritty and mesmerizing masterworks of suspense featuring the private eye duo of ...
A reviewer once called this book "the Great American Werewolf Novel." They were pretty much right on. Wildly imaginative, meticulously developed and grand in its scope, "Moon Dance" is unlike any other werewolf novel I've ever read. At times bordering on pure genius I have read only one or two ...
Obadiah Grudge is tall, dark, and handsome. He dresses well and has a taste for the finer things, so it's a good thing that the bad mysteries he writes consistently hit the top of the bestseller lists. The critics hate him; his public loves him. He's got everything he wants. Then one day he gets a call. His estranged father is dead, and it's time for the family funeral. And then things get ...
+ High Scare and Low Scare + Thrilling and scary + Did that really happen? + Voices From the Other Side: Dark Dreams II: An PeoplewholoveGoodBooks Review
This book is a must-have for horror lovers. It features a look back at the year in horror, and then offers up some of the creepiest tales to be had. Strongly recommended!
+ So Poppy, Poe, and Lovecraft walk into a bar... + Butthead: Uh, he, he, he-Poppy said 'wood'! + Dark, terrifying, wonderful short stories! + Quiet and tight.
+ Plot-Driven Murder Mystery with an Unusual Premise + Mystery novel with an interesting twist
The hero in Michael Connelly's Blood Work is ex-FBI agent Terrell (Terry) McCaleb, who's recuperating from a heart transplant when Graciella Rivers steps onto his houseboat asking him to come out of retirement and find her sister's killer. Why should he? The answer is simple, Gloria River's was ...
After reading my first Lee Child/Reacher book, I was hooked. Had to buy all 12 written. Still love the character, Reacher ranks right up there with Mitch Rapp. The best part of the character, for me, is he always shows up at the right time, he's brilliant, and always lives. The action is ...
This is the sixth book on the 87th precinct I have read. They all have been good and this is no exception. The precinct is trying to find who ever gunned down a man who was walking down the street and why. The usual bunch is here, Steve Carella, Bert Kling, Cotton Hawes, Myer Myer(yes that is ...
I read _Blood on the Dining Room Floor_ a couple months ago, during a time when I read almost nothing but sharp, hardboiled pulp detective stories. I might suggest that method -- read some old Sam Spade shorts (contemporary with Stein's writing of this little gem), then read this book, then go ...
Never one to be deterred by legal "technicalities" when he solves his cases, Patrick Kenzie, a Boston private detective, is up to his eyeballs in his own problems when Karen Nichols asks him to stop a stalker. Kenzie and his long-time partner/sometimes lover Angie Gennaro have worked together in ...
Very entertaining, stomach turning and thought provoking.
+ damn fine book + *shudder*
This book outshines the original. It is as full of viscera and violence as the first, but contains even more thoughtful stories, perhaps there is something to be said for the female point of view. Not every story will resonate with the reader, but for a short story collection most stories ...
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