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Hit Man (John Keller Mysteries)
Lawrence Block
HarperTorch, 1999
Light Entertainment, Yes. But Good Light Entertainment.
The contract killer was really brought to the apex of his literary career in THE DAY OF THE JACKAL, the novel by Frederick Forsyth in which the hired killer is paid to knock off Charles de Gaulle. Since then, our literary conception of the professional who has chosen this career path is of the ...
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The Judas Goat
Robert B. Parker
Dell, 1992
One of the best Spensers - not just because of Hawk
+ Hawk steals the show
+ Another Good Early Spenser
+ Less rhetoric, more action makes for much more enjoyable read
+ Private Eye Soliloquy Goes to International Rap. King Kong is Blond. Straw-Topped Gorilla Spews Blood of Carnage.
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Jack Wakes Up (Jack Palms Crime Mysteries)
Seth Harwood
Breakneck Books, 2008
Shake 'Em Down BABYYYYYY!!!!
+ Jack Gets 5 Stars???
+ JACK PALMS is the man
+ Could not put this book down!
+ What a great book. What a great writer.
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World Without End
Dutton, 2007
Why did it have to end? Great book!
+ A great step back in time
+ Cannot stop reading
+ Received Promptly
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Double 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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Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
Rosanna Arquette, Steve Buscemi
Miramax Entertainment, 2002
A modern classic!
+ A Tarentino classic
Four modern crime noir tales which one tells of two professional hitmen Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) and Vince (John Travolta) work for gangster Marcellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) and retreive a stolen suitcase. Since Wallace is out of town for a few days, Vince takes out Marcellus's wife Mia (Uma ...
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Darkly Dreaming Dexter
Jeff Lindsay
Thorndike Press, 2004
Dexter kills me!
+ Read it then watch it
+ Good read
+ The original Dexter!
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7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club)
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Loved 5th, missed 6th, loved 7th
+ 7th Heaven
+ Hot! Hot! Hot!
+ 7th Heaven
+ Physio for Barbecue
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The Burglar Who Thought He Was Bogart
Lawrence Block
HarperTorch, 2006
Bernie Plays Bogie in Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon!
+ The Gentleman Burglar
+ Witty and Engaging
Lawrence Block is one of our most talented mystery authors. In the Bernie Rhodenbarr series he explores how an ordinary, but intelligent, "honest" person might go about pursuing a life of crime as a fastidious and talented burglar who isn't proud of what he does, doesn't like to hang out with ...
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Spare Change (Sunny Randall Novels)
Robert B. Parker
Putnam Adult, 2007
SPARE CHANGE by ROBERT B. PARKER
+ Spare Change
+ A serial killer
+ Another Satisfying Read from Robert Parker
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Dearly Devoted Dexter
Jeff Lindsay
Vintage, 2006
Dexter - the killer you root for!
+ Dexter Almost Claims Another Victim
+ Dearly Devoted Dexter
+ Just as dark and fun as the first
+ delicious dexter
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4th of July
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, 2005
Satisfied
+ Excellent condition and service
+ Coming Back for More!
+ Very enjoyable fast read.
+ fab 4th of july
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Split Images
Elmore Leonard
Quill Press, 1999
Palm Beach -- Motor City with a tan -
+ Fun and Games with Elmore Leonard
+ Fun Quick Read
+ Tragic Police Procedures
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Blood Money and Other Stories
Elmore Leonard
HarperTorch, 2006
Leonard is always great
+ Talent always shows
+ Old Leonard in the Old West
I have read all of Elmore Leonard's novels except the Western ones, which I was not attracted to, however I have now read three of them and they are great too. You just can't go wrong with Leonard.
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Hit Parade (John Keller Mysteries)
Lawrence Block
William Morrow, 2006
The Stamp Collector
+ totally new main character
+ A worthwhile read
+ First Time Reading This Author
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