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A debut mystery that begins as a locked room puzzle and ends as a first-rate thriller.
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Book Review: Calculated Loss by Linda L. Richards
Calculated Loss is an intriguing mystery that effectively combines high finance with haute cuisine and is highly recommended.
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Book Review: The Geographer's Library by Jon Fasman
The wonder, confusion, and fear experienced by a small-town reporter during his investigation of the professor's death is convincingly conveyed
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Book Review: Shooting Gallery by Hailey Lind
With its insider references to great art, artists, and "restorers", this is a very entertaining mystery.
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Book Review: Scoop by Kit Frazier
Frazier has created a smart, independent woman in a solid mystery that should appeal to a wide range of readers.
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Book Review: Moonblind by Laura Crum
A simple, yet effective, mystery of how one's actions in the past have unintended, and deadly, consequences in the present.
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Book Review: South Beach Shakedown by Don Bruns
Though a mystery set in the world of rock and roll, this book never develops a rhythm of its own.
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Book Review: Messenger of Truth by Jacqueline Winspear
This will almost certainly be remembered as one of the best mysteries of the year.
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Book Review: The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
A clever murder mystery, but flaws in style and editing prevent it from being a memorable novel of suspense fiction.
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