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Category Archives: Crime Fiction
Frightful Friday: Defending Jacob by William Landay
Frightful Friday is a weekly meme in which I feature a particularly scary or chilling book that I’ve read that week. The featured book this week is Defending Jacob by William Landay Hardcover:432 pages Publisher:Delacorte Press (January 31, 2012) ISBN-10: … Continue reading
The Retribution by Val McDermid
Hardcover:416 pages Publisher:Atlantic Monthly Press (January 3, 2012) ISBN-10: 0802120172 Source: Publisher Clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill and detective Carol Jordan make quite the dynamic team. The work they’ve done together to put away dangerous criminals makes them the envy … Continue reading
Review: The Dispatcher by Ryan David Jahn
Paperback: 368 pages Publisher: Penguin ((December 27, 2011) ISBN-10: 0143120700 Source: Publisher Seven years ago, the daughter of Texas police dispatcher Ian Hunt was abducted while he and his wife were out to dinner. The abduction destroyed his family; he and his wife … Continue reading
Posted in Crime Fiction, Penguin, Review, Thriller
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Frightful Friday: Fun & Games by Duane Swierczynski
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! This week’s featured book is Fun and Games by Duane Swierczynksi: … Continue reading
Posted in Crime Fiction, Frightful Friday, Mulholland Books, Review
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Audiobook Review: The Vaults by Toby Ball
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
Mx3 Review: T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
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
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Review: The Perfect Suspect by Margaret Coel
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
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Review: Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom Franklin
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
Review: A Drop of the Hard Stuff by Lawrence Block
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
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Frightful Friday: They’re Watching by Gregg Hurwitz
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
