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The Triumph of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome (Novels of Ancient Rome)

13 reviews
Steven Saylor

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Gordianus Lives!
I'm really enjoying this book. Saylor's writing just gets better and better. I also read "Roma." Another one worth reading. He entertains as well as teaches, the best of both worlds.

I Shall Not Want: A Clare Fergusson/Russ Van Alstyne Mystery (Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mysteries)

6 reviews
Julia Spencer-Fleming

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

The best book in the series
Julia Spencer-Fleming's sixth installment in the Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne mystery series is a return to top form. If you haven't read this series, now is an excellent time to start with book #1, "In the Bleak Midwinter", which introduces Clare Fergusson, the new Episcopal priest to her small town upstate New York church and the inhabitants of Miller's Kill. Russ Van Alstyne is the ...

The King of Lies

93 reviews
John Hart

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

Psychological thriller incorporating a reflection of society
The King of Lies is John Hart's debut book and reads like writing is old hat for him. The main character, "Work" is a flawed individual who reflects so many societal problems. Ezra Pickens is Work's domineering father who goes missing and eighteen months later his murdered body is found. From that point forward in the book it is a tour de force of reflections of society through the characters ...

Saturnalia: A Marcus Didius Falco Novel (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries)

16 reviews
Lindsey Davis

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

brilliant sleuthing!!
the latest in the Marcus Didius Falco series and Lindsey Davis has us fans as hooked as ever with her brilliant sleuthing and oh so english humor with a historical background so convincing that we can see ourselves in ancient Rome. Write-on Davis, Write-on!!! we are already waiting for the next!!

Severance Package

7 reviews
Duane Swierczynski

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Solid. Delivers as advertised.
This is a great book by a consistent author. I was planning to read it this weekend, but I peeked at the first couple of pages and wound up reading it straight it through: just like I did with "The Wheelman" and "The Blonde". Really good stuff. If you read Ken Bruen, Charlie Huston, Sean Doolittle, or Greg Rucka books as I do, you'll find that this book will compare favorably. And man, it just ...

Prepared for Rage: A Novel

19 reviews
Dana Stabenow

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Characters that come alive
Captain Cal Schuyler and the crew of the US Coast Guard cutter Munro are front line off the coast of Florida when a rogue terrorist with a grudge targets the launch of the space shuttle. Cal's lover, Alaskan astronaut Kenai Munro, and a high-profile civilian are set to be on board for this launch. What better target in the United States than its beloved space program? Stabenow takes us deep ...

Unseen: A Mystery (Inspector Anders Knutas Mysteries)

1 review
Mari Jungstedt

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006

entertaining serial killer Swedish police procedural
The friends meet at a resort on the Swedish island of Gotland in the Baltic Sea. Helena is with Per; Emma with her spouse; Olle and his neighbors Eva and Rikard; and finally Beata and her American husband are all there. However, instead of an amiable get together at the trendy tourist locale they chose, jealousies explode leading to accusations and rage. Not long afterward, the prime focus ...

Wishbones (Sarah Booth Delaney Mysteries, No. 8)
Carolyn Haines

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Southern gal Sarah Booth Delaney packs up her hound dog and her P.I. business and sets off for Hollywood to take a shot at stardom. No stranger to acting, she aces the screen test for a racy remake of the movie Body Heat alongside leading man Graf Miliau. The chemistry between them is undeniable, and why not? Graf has already starred in one of Sarah’s previous affairs and is well on his way to landing a big part in the sequel. Thrilled ...

Heartsick

79 reviews
Chelsea Cain

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

A Story to be Savored
It took me quite a while to read Chelsea Cain's Heartsick. I was gripped from the beginning. Regardless, I finished three other books in between starting and reading the final word of Heartsick. Every time I picked up Cain's book and read a few more chapters unraveling more of the suspense and mystery, I'd sit it back on the shelf and come back to it days (at times, even a week later) and pick it ...

Down River

56 reviews
John Hart

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2007

A Beautiful Mystery!
Down River by John Hart is a mystery story that is packed with much more than its intended. As I breezed through this carefully woven tale, I found myself falling in love with the characters of the tale. Hart has not only crafted an intelligent, simple, mystery but has also crafted some finely drawn characters that really add real literary substance to the pages. When reading the book I felt a ...

Don't Tell a Soul
David Rosenfelt

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Tim Wallace’s wife died in a boating accident several months ago. Tim was the only eye witness, and one New Jersey cop is sure he killed her. He didn’t, but even if the police eventually clear his name, he’ll never get over this terrible tragedy. On New Year’s Eve, his two best friends and business partners finally convince him to go out for the first time since Maggie’s death, and at their neighborhood pub just a ...

The Demon of Dakar: A Mystery (Ann Lindell Mysteries)

2 reviews
Kjell Eriksson

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

superb Swedish police procedural
Uppsala, Sweden Police Detective Ann Lindell works a difficult homicide case as she struggles to identify the victim found floating in a river. The corpse is eventually identified as Armas, a co-owner of the upscale restaurant Dakar. Ann visits the other partner, Slobodan Andersson who also owns Alhambra and has questionable financing connections and plenty of enemies. However the suspect ...

Blue Heaven

32 reviews
C.J. Box

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Blue Heaven
The area around Kootenai Bay in Northern Idaho was changing. Ranches were giving way to mini estates, ten-acre ranchettes, strip malls, and fast food chains. Some welcomed the change while others saw it as an end of an era. They no longer knew their neighbors, and they didn't know who they could trust, and who they couldn't. The biggest influx of new residents heralded from LA, Specifically ...

Tell Me, Pretty Maiden (Molly Murphy Mysteries)

7 reviews
Rhys Bowen

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Lots of Cases Means Plenty of Action
December 1902 finds Molly back from her ill-fated trip to Ireland and trying to juggle multiple cases at once. First, there's the prospective husband she's been hired to tail to make sure he is above board. Then she is hired to protect aging actress Blanch Lovejoy from the ghost haunting the theater where her comeback Broadway play is supposed to debut. Next, she's hired to find out what ...

Mummy Dearest (Claire Malloy Mysteries, No. 17)

10 reviews
Joan Hess

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

What Fun!!
This was so much fun, it almost makes up for no Amelia Peabody book (written by Elizabeth Peters) this year. I got to visit Luxor again. I enjoy all of Joan Hess's books and was so excited to finally get this one that I just opened it and started reading. By the time I was on page 50 it felt so familiar that I had to stop and investigate. I turned back to the front of the book and found that ...

Hell's Bay (Thorn Mysteries)

18 reviews
James W. Hall

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

A tightly wound thriller - even if the plot is familiar
James Hall is one of my favourite authors, although I have to admit that most of his recent efforts have been a little underwhelming. Hell's Bay is Hall's best in a while, although it still falls short of novels like Bones of Coral and Gone Wild. Hall has always favored darker themes, and his writing is generally more lyrical than other authors in this sub genre (the South Florida crime novel). ...

A Fatal Grace (Three Pines Mysteries, No. 2)

23 reviews
Louise Penny

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Worthy of the Agatha
A reader returning to Three Pines will be delighted to find it changed by the events which occurred in Still Life, but unaltered enough to reacquaint us with its charming melange of interesting characters. Armand Gamache - sensitive, tender, wise, and loyal, is fast becoming one of my favorite sleuths. Warning: read this book in a warm spot cradling a cup of coffee for Ms. Penny will make you ...

Cockatiels at Seven (Meg Lanslow Mysteries)
Donna Andrews

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

It’s time for more outrageous and feathered fun in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud Meg Langslow series. When her old friend Karen drops by with two-year-old son Timmy, Meg Langslow reluctantly agrees to babysit “just for a little while.” But when nightfall comes, the toddler is still in residence and Karen isn’t answering any phone calls. Meg decides she must find out what’s happening, so the next morning, with ...

A Deeper Sleep: A Kate Shugak Novel (Kate Shugak Novels)

20 reviews
Dana Stabenow

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008

Another Excellent Story
I love all of books in this series from the very first one to this latest one. Kate is a strong person and I enjoy reading about life in Alaska. Never once have I been disappointed in Kate or the people in the park. Dana Stabenow writes wonderful stories and I have a hard time between Kate Shugak adventures.

Heartsick

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