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Mind Prey 57 reviews John Sandford
Berkley, 1996
Good Buy
+ Another great entry in the Prey series + Another reliable "Prey" novel + Disturbing and gripping - this will stay in your dreams . . . or nightmares + Great Quick Read, Very Interesting
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Black Cherry Blues: A Dave Robicheaux Novel 44 reviews James Lee Burke
Avon, 1990
A thoroughly gripping mystery
+ My New Favorite Detective Series + Decent reading + The South, Love it or leave it!
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A Long Line of Dead Men: A Matthew Scudder Mystery 14 reviews Lawrence Block
Harper Paperbacks, 1999
A hard-boiled puzzle
+ Good Matt Scudder + Great Reading. + Tontine Society
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Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) 23 reviews Lawrence Block
William Morrow, 2008
A shiny new edition of an excellent '80s mystery
+ Very good book.. weak ending... + great mystery with well-defined, interesting characters + Reviews from the Weekend Reader, Elizabeth Jean Allen + Scudder is Great!
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Heaven's Prisoners (Dave Robicheaux Mysteries) 24 reviews James Lee Burke
Pocket, 2002
Heaven's Prisoners by James Lee Burke
+ Heaven's Prisoners + oh heavens + Heaven's Prisoners
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Deep Blue Good-by 36 reviews John D. MacDonald
Fawcett, 1995
Even Better the Second Time Around
+ Well written but flawed. + Good start to a good series + A new Travis McGee fan? + Not Free SF Reader
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Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar Mysteries) 99 reviews Harlan Coben
Delacorte Press, 2006
Book Review
+ Funny, Witty, Awesome! + Great place to start + I am a new fan and a huge fan!
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Devil in a Blue Dress (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) 61 reviews Walter Mosley
Washington Square Press, 2002
Outstanding
+ AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! + mosley's masterpiece
I ran into this book by chance at a Salvation Army store. I buy a lot of books there and do not finish many. At twenty-five cents a book, it is not a big gamble. This book is worth the retail price.
As others reviewers will tell you, it is set in the post-war 1940s in black Los Angeles. It rings ...
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The Dreadful Lemon Sky (Travis McGee Mysteries) 4 reviews John D. Macdonald
Fawcett, 1996
A great introduction to the legendary Travis McGee series.
+ Trav the Avenger + Lucky 13th for Travis
This happened to be the first novel of the Travis McGee series I read, back in the 80's, and I was instantly hooked. I grew up in Florida, and McDonald, as every reader familiar with Florida notices, knew the state intimately and paints that strange place with a master's touch. Travis McGee is ...
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A Walk Among the Tombstones 13 reviews Lawrence Block
Avon, 1993
Another Winner
+ A good Scudder, but not a classic + a headlong ride with no letup
If there is a better living crime novelist than Lawrence Block, I'd like to know who it is. I have yet to read a Scudder story that did not have me riveted! Having only recently discovered this series, every time I read another one it is deemed my new "favorite."
So, until I finish "Time to ...
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A Dance at the Slaughterhouse (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) 11 reviews Lawrence Block
Avon, 1992
Best noir writer working today!
+ Very good novel based on the element of pornography + Slaughterhouse dances were never so much fun + Matthew Scudder reviewed
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Cinnamon Skin (Travis McGee Mysteries) 16 reviews John D. Macdonald
Fawcett, 1996
Gets better with age
+ A predator becomes prey. + An excellent Travis McGee outing (may contain spoilers) + Free-standing, but a sequel to FREE FALL IN CRIMSON
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Gorky Park: A Novel (Mortalis.) 70 reviews Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2007
Best Martin Cruz Smith Work Ever
+ Arkady Renko is a Born Investigator + Quite simply + A Splendid Russian Protagonist: Arkady Renko
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Watchmen 610 reviews Alan Moore
DC Comics, 2008
Not what I imagined at all.
+ A highly engrossing work of art + The greatest single comic mini-series in history + Superheroes for Adults + First graphic novel I've read--was NOT dissappointed!
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Cinnamon Skin (Travis McGee Mysteries) 16 reviews John D. Macdonald
Fawcett, 1996
Gets better with age
+ A predator becomes prey. + An excellent Travis McGee outing (may contain spoilers) + Free-standing, but a sequel to FREE FALL IN CRIMSON
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Eight Million Ways to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries) 23 reviews Lawrence Block
William Morrow, 2008
A shiny new edition of an excellent '80s mystery
+ Very good book.. weak ending... + great mystery with well-defined, interesting characters + Reviews from the Weekend Reader, Elizabeth Jean Allen + Scudder is Great!
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Deal Breaker (Myron Bolitar Mysteries) 99 reviews Harlan Coben
Delacorte Press, 2006
Book Review
+ Funny, Witty, Awesome! + Great place to start + I am a new fan and a huge fan!
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Gorky Park: A Novel (Mortalis.) 70 reviews Martin Cruz Smith
Ballantine Books, 2007
Best Martin Cruz Smith Work Ever
+ Arkady Renko is a Born Investigator + Quite simply + A Splendid Russian Protagonist: Arkady Renko
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Mind Prey 57 reviews John Sandford
Berkley, 1996
Good Buy
+ Another great entry in the Prey series + Another reliable "Prey" novel + Disturbing and gripping - this will stay in your dreams . . . or nightmares + Great Quick Read, Very Interesting
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Watchmen 610 reviews Alan Moore
DC Comics, 2008
Not what I imagined at all.
+ A highly engrossing work of art + The greatest single comic mini-series in history + Superheroes for Adults + First graphic novel I've read--was NOT dissappointed!
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