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Coyote (Carlotta Carlyle Mysteries)
Linda Barnes
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005
Ripe for Re-release!
+ A good solid mystery
+ Illegal immigrant comes to Carlotta
+ Not bad, considering...
+ Carlotta, The Big Sister P.I.
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Murder at Manasses (Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries, Book 1)
Michael Kilian
Berkley, 2000
Super Start to Historical Series
+ A good mystery, not a great one
+ Original Setting Makes For A Solid Mystery
+ Thoroughly enjoyable!
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Shooting at Loons (Deborah Knott Mysteries)
Margaret Maron
Mysterious Press, 1995
North Carolina resident enjoys Maron's books
+ looney tunes
+ Southern style
As a somewhat recent resident of Raleigh (4 1/2 years, though that almost makes me a native), and lifelong mystery lover, I truly enjoy reading Maron's books set throughout North Carolina. I stumbled upon her Deborah Knott series at the library and have devoured the entire series in less than a ...
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The Queen's Head
Edward Marston
St Martins Pr, 1989
Great Stuff
+ First in the Elizabethan Theatre Series
+ Murder and Mayhem in Elizabethan England
An Elizabethan theater troop is bedeviled by mishaps, including the murder of one its players in a tavern brawl, the theft of its one complete copy of the script with stage directions for a performance before the queen, an attempt to kill on the young boys who plays the female roles, and others. ...
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Maisie Dobbs
Jacqueline Winspear
Penguin Books, 2004
Superb literature
+ maisie dobbs
+ Wonderful fun!
+ Better Novel Than Mystery
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The Woman in White (Bantam Classics)
Wilkie Collins
Bantam Classics, 1985
Another gem from Collins
+ The Woman at White is a Victorian Novel which will keep you up in the wee hours of the morning!
+ Madness, Mystery and the First Fat Villain
+ Wonderful Read!
+ Remember When It Was Written
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The Northbury Papers
Joanne Dobson
Bantam, 1999
Good follow-on to Quieter Than Sleep
+ Shamega, Tibby and Sally Chenille
+ northbury papers
+ northbury papers
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A Plague on Both Your Houses (Matthew Bartholomew Chronicles)
Susanna Gregory
Little, Brown Book Group, 2003
Great Start to a Great Series
+ Good
+ Introducing a New Medieval Sleuth!
Susanna Gregory is the pseudonym of a Cambridge academic who was previously a coroner's officer. Her series of mediaeval mysteries have gained a formidable following. This book is the first in the series and introduces the physician Matthew Bartholomew to the reader. There are now a number of books ...
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The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders: A Eugenia Potter Mystery (Eugenia Potter Mysteries)
Nancy Pickard
Dell, 1994
Beyond The Grave; Gaining On The Murder Monster
Preferring the clarity of focus of a solitary mind, I normally detour around dual authorship fiction. But, in the case of Nancy Pickard's continuing the late Virginia Rich's Eugenia Potter series, I was intrigued by the potence of a fictional character surviving the grave of her creator.
I ...
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Quoth the Raven
Jane Haddam
Crimeline, 1991
Halloween, a college bonfire, and a talking raven
+ Not quite five star
The first person Father Tibor Kasparian has really hated since escaping from the Soviet Union is Dr. Donegal Steele, the pig who's the fly in the ointment for most of Independence College. Otherwise, teaching a semester of philosophy at Independence is a dream come true for Father Tibor: it's even ...
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Dying for Chocolate (Goldy Culinary Mysteries, Book 2)
Diane Mott Davidson
Crimeline, 1993
Goldy Bear is as sweet - and addicting - as honey!
+ Diabolically Delicious
+ Lots of Chocolate and Good Food
Thirty-one-year-old Goldy Bear always believed that life would just fall into place after marrying the handsome and successful doctor, John Richard Korman; together producing an adorable son named Archibald "Arch." However, after seven years of physical and verbal abuse, Goldy knew that it was time ...
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Death of Riley (Molly Murphy Mysteries)
Rhys Bowen
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003
I love these books!
+ A Texas Reader
+ Mystery
+ death of riley
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Highland Laddie Gone
Sharyn Mccrumb
Ballantine Books, 1991
Pick your poison. McCrumb has something for everyone.
+ Highland Laddie Gone
+ Highland Laddie Good
+ I love funny mysteries
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The Mysterious Mr. Quin
Agatha Christie
St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002
Fascinatingly different mysteries
+ Christie
+ Excellent and delicate
+ Dame Agatha visits the supernatural
+ Harlequin
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
James M. Cain
Vintage, 1989
An American Classic
+ A match made in hell alongside a California highway
+ Chandler, Hammett Make Room, Please
+ Cain Proably Influenced Kerouac [98]
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