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When Last Seen Alive (An Aaron Gunner Mystery) 6 reviews Gar Anthony Haywood
Berkley, 1999
Jumping on the bandwagon!
+ All The Lucky Ones Are Dead + Not to be overlooked + This story could have come from yesterday's headlines
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The Coffin Dancer (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) 215 reviews Jeffery Deaver
Pocket, 1999
(4 1/2 Stars) The best one in the Lincoln Rhyme Series so far!
+ Diabolical! + Classic Deaver + You will not see what's coming in the end. I promise.
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Everybody Dies (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) 49 reviews Lawrence Block
Avon, 1999
A bout with morality
+ Listening to stories + violent, but good book + Scudder is back!!!
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Blood Work 187 reviews Michael Connelly
Grand Central Publishing, 1998
Not Random
+ Plot-Driven Murder Mystery with an Unusual Premise + Mystery novel with an interesting twist
The hero in Michael Connelly's Blood Work is ex-FBI agent Terrell (Terry) McCaleb, who's recuperating from a heart transplant when Graciella Rivers steps onto his houseboat asking him to come out of retirement and find her sister's killer. Why should he? The answer is simple, Gloria River's was ...
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Hit Man (John Keller Mysteries) 89 reviews 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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Love Is a Racket 20 reviews John Ridley
Ballantine Books, 1999
Funny and moving noir
+ Read this if you enjoy laughing + The Best description of Broken Fingers ever + One of my favorite authors, he has done it again
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The Sweet Forever 24 reviews George P. Pelecanos
Dell, 1999
Well Done and Engrossing
+ A Sweet Surprise + First Time Pelecanos reader + sex, drugs, rock & roll ... perhaps the best from Pelecanos? + It's only rock 'n roll . . . .
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Legacies: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack) 44 reviews F. Paul Wilson
Forge Books, 2005
A Legacy of Great Storytelling
+ Recommended for anyone who considers themselves a thriller lover + Jack's solid sophomore outing + Jack Rocks!
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The Face-Changers (Jane Whitefield Novels) 30 reviews Thomas Perry
Ivy Books, 1999
Jane Whitefield is Back on the Job
+ A highly original protagonist + Thrilling
Native American (she's part Seneca) Jane Whitefield has stopped guiding people in danger to safe locations because of a promise she made her new husband Dr. Carey McKinnon. She'd spent the better part of a decade helping those in danger disappear and take on new lives, getting them new papers and ...
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Numbered Account 160 reviews Christopher Reich
Dell, 1998
I liked it
+ Some cool reading for the summer + Intelligent interesting thriller
the book is effectively a page-turner - I read it in 3 days. I only hope it's really fictional, for it paints Swiss bankers in a very black light!
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Everybody Dies (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) 49 reviews Lawrence Block
Avon, 1999
A bout with morality
+ Listening to stories + violent, but good book + Scudder is back!!!
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Love Is a Racket 20 reviews John Ridley
Ballantine Books, 1999
Funny and moving noir
+ Read this if you enjoy laughing + The Best description of Broken Fingers ever + One of my favorite authors, he has done it again
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When Last Seen Alive (An Aaron Gunner Mystery) 6 reviews Gar Anthony Haywood
Berkley, 1999
Jumping on the bandwagon!
+ All The Lucky Ones Are Dead + Not to be overlooked + This story could have come from yesterday's headlines
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Numbered Account 160 reviews Christopher Reich
Dell, 1998
I liked it
+ Some cool reading for the summer + Intelligent interesting thriller
the book is effectively a page-turner - I read it in 3 days. I only hope it's really fictional, for it paints Swiss bankers in a very black light!
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Blood Work 187 reviews Michael Connelly
Grand Central Publishing, 1998
Not Random
+ Plot-Driven Murder Mystery with an Unusual Premise + Mystery novel with an interesting twist
The hero in Michael Connelly's Blood Work is ex-FBI agent Terrell (Terry) McCaleb, who's recuperating from a heart transplant when Graciella Rivers steps onto his houseboat asking him to come out of retirement and find her sister's killer. Why should he? The answer is simple, Gloria River's was ...
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The Face-Changers (Jane Whitefield Novels) 30 reviews Thomas Perry
Ivy Books, 1999
Jane Whitefield is Back on the Job
+ A highly original protagonist + Thrilling
Native American (she's part Seneca) Jane Whitefield has stopped guiding people in danger to safe locations because of a promise she made her new husband Dr. Carey McKinnon. She'd spent the better part of a decade helping those in danger disappear and take on new lives, getting them new papers and ...
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Hit Man (John Keller Mysteries) 89 reviews 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 Sweet Forever 24 reviews George P. Pelecanos
Dell, 1999
Well Done and Engrossing
+ A Sweet Surprise + First Time Pelecanos reader + sex, drugs, rock & roll ... perhaps the best from Pelecanos? + It's only rock 'n roll . . . .
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The Coffin Dancer (A Lincoln Rhyme Novel) 215 reviews Jeffery Deaver
Pocket, 1999
(4 1/2 Stars) The best one in the Lincoln Rhyme Series so far!
+ Diabolical! + Classic Deaver + You will not see what's coming in the end. I promise.
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Legacies: A Repairman Jack Novel (Repairman Jack) 44 reviews F. Paul Wilson
Forge Books, 2005
A Legacy of Great Storytelling
+ Recommended for anyone who considers themselves a thriller lover + Jack's solid sophomore outing + Jack Rocks!
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