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The Man Who Smiled (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2007
Wonderful Reading For A Cold Winter Night
+ Another winner
+ Wallender comes out of his depression
+ A prodigious talent continues...
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Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole)
Robert Crais
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Another great book
+ Elvis Has Come Back in the Building
+ Elvis Cole Makes Mistakes?
This is another great book in the sreies. you dont need to start with the first book. Worth your money
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The Brass Verdict: A Novel
Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
A TRIAL IS A CONTEST OF LIES. COPS LIE, LAWYERS LIE & WITNESSES LIE
+ Not Everyone Lies
+ really good
+ Smash up of two series is a true hit!
+ I Loved this Book
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Fractured
Karin Slaughter
Delacorte Press, 2008
great book
+ Fractured
+ Good Booke
+ Good Thriller
+ Fractured by Karin Slaughter
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Double Cross (Alex Cross)
James Patterson
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Cross keeps getting pulled back in
Alex Cross has been trying to live a more stable life for his children, and for his mental health. However, when a twisted killer - the Audience Killer - who lives for the attention granted by his killings starts to stalk the city, Alex is drawn back in. This killer stages his killings as a ...
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Red Cat (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Peter Spiegelman
Vintage, 2008
Red Cat - Peter Spiegelman
+ Great book!
+ a solid gum-shoe mystery
+ Good plot, a bit tired of protagonist
+ A Little Slow but Good Nonetheless!
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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries)
John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
Lucas is still hot as every.
+ Another hit for Sandford
+ Phantom Prey
+ John Sandford is the best
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The Crime Writer
Gregg Hurwitz
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2008
Great Noir Spin
+ Highly Recommended
+ A welcome surprise
Bestselling author Gregg Hurwitz steps away from his US Marshal Tim Rackley series for his latest novel, THE CRIME WRITER. Hurwitz says that Andrew Danner's story insisted on being told.
I have to admit, I was intrigued by the title and the premise. The title alone is provocative to me because ...
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Secret Dead Men
Duane Swierczynski
PointBlank, 2006
Soul Man
+ Wonderfully Imaginative
+ Swierczynski is a master of the imagination
+ A Weird and Infinitely Compelling Read
+ Check into the "Brain Hotel"
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Before the Frost
Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2006
The Sinister World Invades Sweden
+ I'd give the book an A, the translation a C+
+ Unusual, Involving, Shocking
+ Master of historical "What if..."
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Guilty
Karen Robards
Putnam Adult, 2008
Very good book
Not sure why this got such low ratings. 15 years ago Kat was with some friends who held up a convenience store and killed an off-duty cop. Kat reinvented herself as Kate White, has a 9 year old son and is a prosecutor. Her past comes back to haunt her when the man who did the shooting tries to ...
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Havana Bay: A Novel (Mortalis.)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2008
John LeCarre move over!
+ Arkady Renko Heads South - Way South
+ Out of Place in Havana
+ Havana Bay
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Hurricane
Jack Stewart
Bootleg Press, 2003
Action Packed Book!
+ Lots of Chase Scenes in this Action Packed Thriller
+ A Real Sitting on the Edge of Your Seat Thriller
+ Drug Smugglers and a Hurricane What a Ride!
+ A Mighty Fine Adventure Story
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Cross
James Patterson
Little, Brown and Company, 2006
Patterson is great!
+ Classic Alex Cross Good vs Evil Storytelling
+ books
I loved this book. I also loved the book itself, the size is easy to hold with my arthritic hands, and easier to read with the larger pages.
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Stalin's Ghost: An Arkady Renko Novel
Martin Cruz Smith
Pocket, 2008
Arakdy Renko is Back and it was Worth the Wait
+ Another good Russian story
+ Remarkably good at details of Russian life
+ Arkady Is Back!
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