The Last Juror535 reviews John Grisham Delta, 2006 good book + The Last Juror by John Grisham + A View of a Changing Mississippi as Seen by a "Yankee" from Memphis + A View of a Changing Mississippi as Seen by a "Yankee" from Memphis             The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard7 reviews Elmore Leonard William Morrow & Co, Inc., 2004 The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard + Great condition + Exciting and well-written stories + Zman + Great Western Stories             Jack Wakes Up (Jack Palms Crime Mysteries)55 reviews Seth Harwood Breakneck Books, 2008 Shake 'Em Down BABYYYYYY!!!! + Jack Gets 5 Stars??? + JACK PALMS is the man + Could not put this book down! + What a great book. What a great writer.             The Night Gardener65 reviews George Pelecanos Grand Central Publishing, 2007 Outstanding thriller + Great book, should be a movie + A gripping crime drama and intimate look at a City and its people I'm a big fan of the police procedural/thriller genre when it comes to TV and movies--frequently getting sucked into reruns of "Law & Order: SVU" when I should be doing other things--but for some reason I haven't read many books like this. Maybe it's time to change that. As the story begins, ...             Shame the Devil31 reviews George P. Pelecanos Dell, 2001 Nick and Dimitri sitting side by side . . . + Interesting and different + John Steinbeck with a pistol + Powerful, gritty storytelling             The 6th Target (Women's Murder Club)142 reviews James Patterson, Maxine Paetro Grand Central Publishing, 2008 Best one in series so far + The 6th Target + I love James Patterson books + Great gift idea for mystery lovers. Spellbinding.             Skin Tight90 reviews Carl Hiaasen Grand Central Publishing, 2002 "I've killed five men, and I've been married five times." + ONE OF HIAASEN'S BEST BOOKS... AS GOOD AS THE 1ST TIME I READ + Carl Hiaasen - Skin Tight - great + Fun Read             Sacred89 reviews Dennis Lehane HarperTorch, 1998 More twists, turns, and thrills than the best roller coaster + Good, not great + Characters are what makes the books in this series interesting. + Sacred + good reading             Gone, Baby, Gone: A Novel130 reviews Dennis Lehane HarperTorch, 1999 Absolutely engrossing!! + As they say in Spanish, + Moral Questions + Good writing but it does require suspension of belief             Skinny Dip321 reviews Carl Hiaasen Grand Central Publishing, 2006 Ton o' Fun + Skinny Dip + Well written, witty and entertaining book + Zippy, Funny, Fun + Fun!             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 ...             Hit Parade (John Keller Mysteries)35 reviews Lawrence Block William Morrow, 2006 The Stamp Collector + totally new main character + A worthwhile read + First Time Reading This Author             Burglars Can't Be Choosers18 reviews Lawrence Block HarperTorch, 2004 Mr. Block does it again! + Lawrence Block's favorite character! + The good guys are the bad guys and the good guys always win. + Bernie Steals 5 Stars From This Reviewer + Somewhat promising start to a series             Dexter in the Dark: A Novel162 reviews Jeff Lindsay Doubleday, 2007 Dexter Part 3 + In the Dark solid addtion to the series of Dexter + Dexter in the dark This book in the Dexter series takes a different approach than the other 2 books. I read a lot of the reviews here, and I was almost tempted not to bother listening to the audio book version I had. However, its a great read and it delves into Dexter - who he is, why he is the way he is, and what ...             The Turnaround34 reviews George Pelecanos Little, Brown and Company, 2008 Redemption + Story of redemption - not a "whodunnit". + Make New Memories with Pelecanos The streets and sounds of the nation's Capitol always play a central role in a Pelecanos novel and "Turnaround" is no exception. The plot covers three decades in the lives of six men, three white and the others black. In 1972, they were teenagers living in separate worlds but one event joined ...             A Drink Before the War146 reviews Dennis Lehane Harvest Books, 2003 Dennis Lehane is a great storyteller!!! + Great read + Good Enough to Read the Next One I thoroughly enjoyed A Drink Before the War. The characters and storyline were so well-developed that it's hard to believe this is a first novel. Highly recommended reading.             Hard Rain81 reviews Barry Eisler, 2003 Going in Deeper + Hard Rain + Same Rain, not as strong a plot as the debut + Rain-san is sans equal             Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing28 reviews Elmore Leonard William Morrow & Company, 2007 Short, yet very good information. + Spare. Very spare. + Sparse yes, but... This is a great book, with great information. Please be warned though, this is an extremely short book. I read the thing in 10 minutes. The book is ten tips, and really only takes up ten pages. (Could take up less) The rest is just illustrations/fluff. If you want good writing tips, this is ...             Soul Circus32 reviews George P. Pelecanos Little, Brown, 2003 Powerful + 3rd Pelecanos Read and Well Worth IT George Pelecanos is an exceptional writer, but Soul Circus is the most powerful novel of his that I have yet read. The third novel in his Derek Strange series, it concerns the jockeying for position of two small-time drug dealers and their mutual interactions with a P.G. County arms dealer. The ...             Ariel6 reviews Lawrence Block Carroll & Graf, 1996 An understated, underrated psychological thriller. + for Block fans + bemused and befuddled over this book Originally marketed as "occult horror", Ariel is neither. It's a story of the madness that lies just under the surface, and what it takes to bring it out; the need to give evil a face and a name. Who better to scapegoat for unexplainable tragedies than the one who is Different? Ariel is adopted, ...