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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley
Washington Square Press, 2002
mosley's masterpiece
+ Devilish Debut
+ Easy does it
I loved this book! It's one of my all-time favorite books.
Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins is a detective looking for
a missing woman amid an assortment of sleazy, believable
and odd characters in 1948 Los Angeles. Mosley really
knows how to get the feel for the time period without
boggling down ...
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Gorky Park: A Novel (Mortalis.)
Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2007
Best Martin Cruz Smith Work Ever
+ Arkady Renko is a Born Investigator
+ Quite simply
+ A Splendid Russian Protagonist: Arkady Renko
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Mind Prey
John Sandford
Berkley, 1996
Disturbing and gripping - this will stay in your dreams . . . or nightmares
+ Another great entry in the Prey series
+ Good Buy
+ Another reliable "Prey" novel
+ Great Quick Read, Very Interesting
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Heaven's Prisoners (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries)
James Lee Burke
Pocket, 2002
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
+ Heaven's Prisoners
+ oh heavens
+ Heaven's Prisoners
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Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)
Lawrence Block
William Morrow, 2008
A shiny new edition of an excellent '80s mystery
+ great mystery with well-defined, interesting characters
+ Reviews from the Weekend Reader, Elizabeth Jean Allen
+ Scudder is Great!
+ A Thoroughly Enjoyable Crime Novel
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A Long Line of Dead Men: A Matthew Scudder Mystery
Lawrence Block
Harper Paperbacks, 1999
A hard-boiled puzzle
+ Good Matt Scudder
+ Great Reading.
+ Tontine Society
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A Walk Among the Tombstones
Lawrence Block
Avon, 1993
Another Winner
+ A good Scudder, but not a classic
+ a headlong ride with no letup
If there is a better living crime novelist than Lawrence Block, I'd like to know who it is. I have yet to read a Scudder story that did not have me riveted! Having only recently discovered this series, every time I read another one it is deemed my new "favorite."
So, until I finish "Time to ...
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Watchmen
Alan Moore
DC Comics, 2008
There's good, there's great, there's Watchmen
+ Moore's Genius
+ Watchmen graphic novel
+ Watchman paperback review
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The Dreadful Lemon Sky (Travis McGee Mysteries)
John D. Macdonald
Fawcett, 1996
Lucky 13th for Travis
+ Trav the Avenger
+ A great introduction to the legendary Travis McGee series.
"Dreadful Lemon Sky," MacDonald's 13th in the Travis McGee series, is vintage McGee. I would put it right up there with the best of them, "Green Ripper" and "Bright Orange Shroud." It boggles my mind that MacDonald could write the abominable loser "Turquoise Lament" in 1973, and turn around and ...
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Cinnamon Skin (Travis McGee Mysteries)
John D. Macdonald
Fawcett, 1996
Gets better with age
+ A predator becomes prey.
+ An excellent Travis McGee outing (may contain spoilers)
+ Free-standing, but a sequel to FREE FALL IN CRIMSON
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Deep Blue Good-by
John D. MacDonald
Fawcett, 1995
Even Better the Second Time Around
+ Well written but flawed.
+ Good start to a good series
+ A new Travis McGee fan?
+ Not Free SF Reader
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Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel
James Lee Burke
Avon, 1990
A thoroughly gripping mystery
+ My New Favorite Detective Series
+ Decent reading
+ The South, Love it or leave it!
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)
Lawrence Block
Avon, 1992
Very good novel based on the element of pornography
+ Slaughterhouse dances were never so much fun
+ Matthew Scudder reviewed
+ Best noir writer working today!
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Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar Mysteries)
Harlan Coben
Delacorte Press, 2006
Book Review
+ Funny, Witty, Awesome!
+ Great place to start
+ I am a new fan and a huge fan!
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Watchmen
Alan Moore
DC Comics, 2008
There's good, there's great, there's Watchmen
+ Moore's Genius
+ Watchmen graphic novel
+ Watchman paperback review
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