Category Archives: Crime Fiction

Audiobook Review: The Vaults by Toby Ball

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Jenn

Audible Audio Edition Listening Length:9 hours and 6 minutes Program Type:Audiobook Version:Unabridged Publisher:Iambik Audio Inc Source: Publisher   In a dystopian 1930′s America, archivist Arthur Puskis discovers a duplicate file in the Vaults, a dark, desolate underground hall containing the city’s criminal … Continue reading →

Posted in Audiobook, Crime Fiction, Dystopian fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review, St. Martin's Press | 6 Comments

Mx3 Review: T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Jenn

  Paperback:416 pages Publisher:Berkley Trade (April 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0425245632 Source: Publisher In Grafton’s 20th crime novel featuring Kinsey Millhone, private investigator is tasked with investigating an automobile accident when her elderly neighbor Gus, suffers a fall requiring hospital attention.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Murders, Monsters, & Mayhem, Penguin, Review, Thriller | 22 Comments

Review: The Perfect Suspect by Margaret Coel

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover:304 pages Publisher:Berkley Hardcover (September 6, 2011) ISBN-10: 0425243486 Source: Xuni David Matthews, a widely popular candidate for Colorado’s governor seat is found murdered. Obviously, his death receives all sorts of news coverage. His wife, Sydney, becomes an immediate suspect.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Berkley Prime Crime, Crime Fiction, Review, Thriller | 3 Comments

Review: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Harper Perennial; Reprint edition (May 17, 2011) ISBN-10: 0060594675 Source: Publisher “M, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, crooked letter, crooked letter, I, humpback, humback, I”  -How southern children are taught to spell Mississippi   Twenty-five … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Harper Perennial, Literary Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 15 Comments

Review: A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Jenn

Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: Mulholland Books (May 12, 2011) ISBN-10: 0316127337 Source: Publisher   Matthew Scudder is sitting at a bar, nursing a club soda, reflecting back on a case he worked nearly twenty-five years ago… Recently forced out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Mulholland Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review | 6 Comments

Frightful Friday: They’re Watching by Gregg Hurwitz

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Frightful Friday, Mystery/Suspense, Review, St. Martin's Press, Thriller | 4 Comments

Frightful Friday: Precious Blood by Jonathan Hayes

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Frightful Friday, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller | 1 Comment

Review: Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer McMahon

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 250 pages Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (April 10, 2007) ISBN-10: 9780061143311 Source: Publisher   “One potato, two potato, three potato four She used to live here long ago She doesn’t anymore” Forty-one year old Kate has returned to her small … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Harper Perennial, Mystery/Suspense, Paranormal Fiction, Review | 16 Comments

Frightful Friday: So Close the Hand of Death by J.T. Ellison

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Jenn

Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. Feel free to grab the button & join in! Be sure to include a link to your post in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Frightful Friday, Mira Books, Mystery/Suspense, Review, Thriller | 1 Comment

Review: The Third Rail by Michael Harvey

Posted on April 14, 2011 by Jenn

Paperback: 304 pages Publisher: Vintage (March 22, 2011) ISBN-10: 0307946584 Source: Kaye Publicity In Harvey’s third Michael Kelly novel, former Chicago PD turned private investigator Michael Kelly witnesses a murder on the platform of the L train. He pursues the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crime Fiction, Review | 2 Comments