Chow Down (Melanie Travis Mysteries)6 reviews Laurien Berenson Kensington, 2006 Loved this book! + Another Good Romp With Melanie and Company + Charming characters make this mystery really enjoyable Everybody needs to laugh and everybody needs to think and this book makes you pee your pants laughing while trying to solve a mystery. My hats off to Ms Berenson for making me turn the pages of this book faster than the last 4 books that I've recently read. I highly recommend any of the ...             No Good Deeds: A Tess Monaghan Novel (Tess Monaghan Mysteries)17 reviews Laura Lippman William Morrow, 2006 No Good Deeds by Laura Lippman + Tess, Crow, and Lloyd + Ghetto blasting In Lippman's latest installment of the Tess Monaghan series, Tess has taken on a new gig as consultant to the local newspaper, where her job duties are to train reporters in investigative techniques, using three recent cases as paradigms. One of the cases Tess plans to focus on is the murder of a ...             Bust (Hard Case Crime)18 reviews Ken Bruen, Jason Starr Hard Case Crime, 2006 "Men don't want lunch, they want tits" + Down and dirty fun + Bust is a Blast!!!!! + Gritty book full of despicable characters! Exactly what it should be...             Running Scared22 reviews Ken Douglas Bootleg Press, 2003 There is Nothing Like a Little Dose of Revenge + Two Brave Women are Running Scared + Two Women in Trouble and Running Scared + Running scared to stay alive... + on the edge             End in Tears: A Wexford Novel (Chief Inspector Wexford Mysteries)35 reviews Ruth Rendell Crown, 2006 Inspector Wexford at his best + A Nest of Villains + Rendell is always a pleasure. Fascinating story with many twists and turns. Inspector Wexford faces the challenges of both his personal and professional life with his usual discretion and charm. Highly recommended to all Ruth Rendell readers.             Havoc29 reviews Jack Du Brul Dutton Adult, 2006 Havoc + One of the greatest Authors that I have ever read + My first, I'm hooked! If you like reading Clive you will really like this book. It takes Cussler to the next level             Blood Hunt: A Novel20 reviews Ian Rankin Little, Brown and Company, 2006 Murder, Action & Revenge, it's all Here + Blood Hunt by Ian Rankin + Better than Rebus Ex-SAS soldier Gordon Reeve, who is an expert on survival, trade and field craft, has a place in a remote, out of the way place in Scotland, where he trains future bodyguards and the like. This is safer for him, but not as satisfying, as being in action himself as he'd barely gotten out alive after ...             The Hard Way: A Rachel Alexander Mystery (Rachel Alexander & Dash Mysteries)9 reviews Carol Lea Benjamin William Morrow, 2006 Just keep getting better + Dashiell knew... + PI team of woman and dog investigate a murder. + Another wonderful read             Gaits of Heaven: A Dog Lover's Mystery20 reviews Susan Conant Berkley Hardcover, 2006 I must be crazy: this is one of my favorite Holly Winter mysteries + typical conant I am not sure why there are so many negative reviews of this entry in the Holly Winters dog mystery series. I have read all of them and this is one of my all time favorites. I found it very funny. During the past few months I have read "Gaits of Heaven" and "All Shots". "Gaits of Heaven" is far ...             Proof Positive35 reviews Phillip Margolin HarperCollins, 2006 An Intriguing Page Turner + Good read + Want to make a difference in the world? + Proof Positive             Hollywood Station: A Novel99 reviews Joseph Wambaugh Little, Brown and Company, 2006 Good, Gritty and Disturbing + The King is Back! + Don't Miss It! I had a long drive ahead of me and I was going alone. I'd started HOLLYWOOD STATION, was only able to get through the first couple chapters before I had to start off, so I went first to my local independent bookstore and bought the book on CD read by Adam Grupper. Then I got on Highway 5 out of ...             Disco for the Departed14 reviews Colin Cotterill Soho Crime, 2006 `She is the evidence that carries the prints.' + Groovin' in the Jungle + Third world detective novels + Creative and witty + Magical Mystery Tour             The Lizard's Bite10 reviews David Hewson Delacorte Press, 2006 You can't outrun the devil Sequel to 2 previous installments involving Nic Costa, partner Peroni, and Commissario Falcone, Lizard's Bite is more mystery than thriller. Two members, husband and wife, of a Murano glassmaking family are found dead in their own fornace, which has gone up in flames. Exiled to Venice for offending ...             Liberation Movements7 reviews Olen Steinhauer St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006 terrific Iron Curtain historical police procedural + A fast, intriguing read + Eastern European History Lesson On April 23, 1975, Turkish Airlines Flight 54 explodes in flight following a hijacking by the Armenian Army of the Liberation. Soviet bloc country homicide detective Katja Drdova is assigned to investigate. However, since the incident is an act of terrorism by an enemy of the state, Secret Police ...             Ask the Parrot20 reviews Richard Stark Mysterious Press, 2006 THE PARROT AIN'T TALKING (Well, maybe a little) + Parker's just as noir as ever + The parrot says, read this! + Superb Crime Storytelling + Parker Always Finds A Way!!             The Devil's Backbone5 reviews Kim Wozencraft St. Martin's Press, 2006 Captivating characters, gripping plot + tense psychological thriller Kit Metcalf wakes up in a park and does not remember how she got there. She's works as a dancer in a gentleman's club called Blaze's in Austin. Kit could not be more different than her sister Jenny. Jenny is a detective, engaged to be married soon. Kit meets Luke, Jenny's fiancé who has been ...             Don't Look Back24 reviews Karin Fossum Harvest Books, 2005 Superb writing + Hidden Lives + "They're going to blame themselves for not knowing." Characters that are real, not forced or overdrawn. Plot development that is believable and deceiving, with a style that smoothly involves the reader mentally, laying clues that may be clues or not, always with unexpected plot finishes that are satisfying. Read one of her books and you immediately ...             Extraordinary People (Enzo Files)5 reviews Peter May Poisoned Pen Press, 2006 Twists and turns keep interest up + I couldn't put this book down + Intelligent, perceptive and thought-provoking + delightful western European mystery             Piece of My Heart: A Novel of Suspense31 reviews Peter Robinson William Morrow, 2006 As fun as the 60's were + Banks and Rock and Roll + Should Have Read It Sooner + Robinson's the Man!             Calibre (Inspector Brant Series)9 reviews Ken Bruen St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006 Noir as a Blunt Instrument + pure rock-n-roll + More deep dark noir. It's impossible to categorize Ken Bruen. His jarring, disjointed chronicles of crime follow no convention, and while his respect for the masters of pulp fiction: McBain Chandler Thompson is ...