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The Return of the Dancing Master 20 reviews Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2005
Wallender isn't the only oddball cop in Sweden!
+ The Dance Goes On and On + Neo-nazism in Sweden + Not my type of dance
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Phantom Prey (Lucas Davenport Mysteries) 102 reviews John Sandford
Putnam Adult, 2008
Masterful jewel
+ Lucas is still hot as every. + Another hit for Sandford
Sandford has his hero, Lucas Davenport, currently of the MN Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, musing early that life is just chaotic, happenings that save, or take, lives. Weather, his wife and a medical doctor, believes in cause-and-effect. After a bloodily murderous story, Davenport convincingly ...
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Red Cat (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) 19 reviews Peter Spiegelman
Vintage, 2008
Red Cat - Peter Spiegelman
+ Great book! + a solid gum-shoe mystery + Good plot, a bit tired of protagonist
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Caught Stealing: A Novel 74 reviews Charlie Huston
Ballantine Books, 2005
Huston is THE MAN!
+ quick, enjoyable read + Will Leave The Reader Gasping For Air At Times! + Think John Cusack as Hank Thompson!!! + Familiar plot, but still a lean, mean, entertaining read
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The Whole Truth 103 reviews David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing, 2008
Great read
+ A James Bond look alike + Great condition + The Whole Truth
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The Black Path 8 reviews Asa Larsson
Delta, 2008
An amazing series of novels -- but I wouldn't call them police procedurals
+ A Tangled Web
This is the third book in a series of novels set in northern Sweden. I originally found the first one, Sun Storm, while looking for foreign police procedurals, which I consume voraciously. However, I wouldn't really put these books into that genre -- which might be why some people gave them low ...
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Chasing Darkness: An Elvis Cole Novel (Elvis Cole) 71 reviews Robert Crais
Simon & Schuster, 2008
Great book, great series overall
+ Another great book
I had never read any books by Robert Crais prior to 2 months ago when I picked up Chasing Darkness. I had seen the name Elvis Cole here and there and thought any book with a PI named Elvis was probably going to be a joke, literally and figuratively. I am glad I overcame my own foolish ...
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Hold Tight 135 reviews Harlan Coben
Dutton Adult, 2008
Harlan Coben is Magic
+ Good thriller that goes too many places + A Gripping Tale + Coben at his best + Harlan Coben Never Disappoints
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One Step Behind 27 reviews Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2003
Another Uniquely Satisfying Murder Mystery by Mankell
+ Kurt Wallander Right in Step + Another heart stopper from Henning Mankell + A Great Police Thriller + A Compelling and Entertaining Page Turner: Mankell's Best?
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7th Heaven (The Women's Murder Club) 117 reviews James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Great Book!
+ 7th Heaven + 7th Heaven + Hot! Hot! Hot!
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The Overlook (Harry Bosch) 192 reviews Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company, 2007
Great Reading
+ good thriller, not the best Bosch story
Like all Michael Connelly books this is great reading. I enjoyed it from the very beginning to the very end. I highly recommend it.
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Clockers: A Novel 32 reviews Richard Price
Picador, 2008
Brilliant, mind blowing and extremely well researched
+ Evolution of an Author + Exceptional + Beyond its genre...
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Scorpion 19 reviews Jack Stewart
Bootleg Press, 2003
Doggone Good Sea-Going Adventure Tale
+ What if the Girl You Loved was a Scorpion + Deadly Bad Guys, Thrills, Chills and a Scorpion + Simply a Fantastic, Wild Ride!
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Nothing to Lose (Jack Reacher, No. 12) 279 reviews Lee Child
Delacorte Press, 2008
Messing with G?d and war... still a MASTER!
First of all let me clarify something.
There's clearly a campaign in Amazon against this book.
You have hundreds of dismal reviews based on one thing only:
Child messed with WAR PROFETEERING creeps!
and the usual fascist monkeys came out to oppose this book.
Pitiful.
Specially from the ones ...
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Six Bad Things: A Novel 45 reviews Charlie Huston
Ballantine Books, 2005
Love it!
+ Amazing! + SIX BAD THINGS + Decent Shoot'em Up
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The Appeal 454 reviews John Grisham
Doubleday, 2008
A rebuttal to the 1 and 2 stars:
Grisham a 1 or 2 star author - even Charlie Brown could do better than that on this book. I don't understand the very low reviews? Are you paying attention to the social issues included in this book? I grant you this is not his best book and not a 5 Star... but 1 and 2 stars is WAY off. As I ...
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A Dangerous Man: A Novel 28 reviews Charlie Huston
Ballantine Books, 2006
OH HENRY!
+ Henry Has Come Back to His Beginnings + Our Beloved Hank Thompson.... + Wow!
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Stone Cold 139 reviews David Baldacci
Grand Central Publishing, 2007
wants more
+ Best of Camel Club series + keep getting better! + Stone Cold + Fast Paced
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Faceless Killers 44 reviews Henning Mankell
Vintage, 2003
Its Hard To Put Down
+ Swedish police officer Wallender is a tough cop with many human frailties... + Good characters and story
It's hard to solve the mystery. But, it's even harder to put the book down...
Imagine waking up during the middle of the night. You're awakened by a bad dream that tells you something is terribly wrong, awfully strange. You check your house and everything appears to be normal. You notice ...
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The Brass Verdict: A Novel 85 reviews Michael Connelly
Little, Brown and Company, 2008
Mickey Haller, the "Lincoln Lawyer" is back!
+ Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together.... + Connelly has crafted a novel that may eclipse some of his others + One of the Best
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