Feature: Gumshoes and Sleuths: New Mystery Books
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Book Review: Acts of Violets by Kate Collins— Harmless reading and mildly entertaining but there are better choices in this genre.
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Book Review: Ladykiller by Lawrence Light and Meredith Anthony— The ending will have the reader thumbing back through the pages to see how they missed anticipating what happens.
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Book Review: Hades by Russell Andrews— As an action-adventure thriller, Hades works, and works well. As a novel of suspense, it falls short.
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Book Review: Death Pans Out by Ashna Graves— A quiet, absorbing mystery that complements the engaging characters and a decidedly chilling plot.
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Book Review: Murder... Suicide... Whatever... by Gwen Freeman— There's often a fine line between the reasonable and the ridiculous. Murder... Suicide... Whatever... falls into the latter category.
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Book Review: Christine Falls by Benjamin Black— A stylish, atmospheric thriller that is both beautifully written and solidly plotted.
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Book Review: The Dollmaker by Amanda Stevens— A terrifying thriller that works equally well as an investigative detective story.
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Book Review: Amen Corner by Rick Shefchik— Shefchik takes a Columbo-like approach to his story yet this in no way lessens the appeal of the mystery.
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Book Review: No Safe Place by JoAnn Ross— Fans of the author's previous novels will forgive lapses in editing, plot, and character development; new readers may not.
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Book Review: Final Paradox by Mary E. Martin— One doesn't so much read Final Paradox as be drawn into it...
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Book Review: Flesh and Bone by Jefferson Bass— Despite a less than satisfactory storyline, it's likely readers will enjoy Flesh and Bone.
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Book Review: Death of a Maid by M. C. Beaton— This Scottish village mystery is an amusing entry in this long-running series.
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Book Review: By the Time You Read This by Giles Blunt— That the reader is drawn so completely into the story and its characters is just one measure of how splendidly it is written.
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Book Review: The Arsenic Labyrinth by Martin Edwards— The startling conclusion more than compensates for a slow start to this reflective mystery.
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Book Review: Snowman by Dave Saari— Keep reading: a plot develops that is far better than the opening chapters may initially suggest.
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Book Review: The Watchman by Robert Crais— An outstanding example of a thriller that will certainly be remembered as one of the year's best novels.
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Book Review: The Commission by Michael Norman— A few stylistic flaws mar this otherwise strong debut.
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Book Review: How to Marry a Ghost by Hope McIntyre— A complex mystery that has a promising start but will likely lose some readers along the way.
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Book Review: The Picasso Flop by Vince Van Patten— An entertaining mystery that will likely appeal to anyone who plays Texas Hold 'Em or enjoys watching the players on television.
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Book Review: Trouble by Jesse Kellerman— It's disappointing that a writer with a talent for composition couldn't trouble himself to come up with something original to write about.
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Book Review: Gravewriter by Mark Arsenault— A mystery that will have even the most jaded reader turning the pages to find out what happens next.
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Book Review: Triple Cross by Kit Ehrman— In the end it all comes down to the stretch run, and in this regard, Triple Cross is a winner.
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Gumshoes and Sleuths: Scrub-a-Dub Dead by Barbara Colley— Definitely a cut above the average book in the cozy genre.
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Gumshoes and Sleuths: A Hard Bargain by Jane Tesh— Probably not the best choice for that inclement afternoon, but it won't disappoint either.
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Gumshoes and Sleuths: Rumpole and the Reign of Terror by John Mortimer— Rumpole and the Reign of Terror is only the second full-length novel dedicated to one of the London barrister's cases.
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Gumshoes and Sleuths: Motor Mouth by Janet Evanovich— An enjoyable through completely forgettable mystery by the author of the Stephanie Plum series.
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Gumshoes and Sleuths: The Oxford Murders by Guillermo Martinez— An intellectual mystery that is reminiscent of a Sherlock Holmes pastiche in both character and style.
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Gumshoes and Sleuths: Exile by Richard North Patterson— An international legal thriller that is at its best in the courtroom.
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