Darkest Fear : A Myron Bolitar Novel68 reviews Harlan Coben Delacorte Press, 2000 Myron's 7th Appearance + A PRETTY GOOD READ + How Far Would You Go For Your Family? Darkest fear, by the brilliant Harlan Coben, is the 7th book to feature sleuthing sports agent Myron Bolitar and the series memorable cast of characters. Myron is shocked when an ex-girlfriend shows up at his door with news that he has a son and that the son has a life-threatening illness. This ...             Absent Friends8 reviews S.J. Rozan Delacorte Press, 2004 Nothing is absent in this author's writing + The Truth I haven't read the Lehane book that ABSENT FRIENDS is often weighed against or the author's preceding PI series, so I had no pre-defined notion about what this book may, or should, be. While reading, my sense was that the author considered it fundamentally necessary to write about September 11, ...             Tribeca Blues10 reviews Jim Fusilli Putnam Adult, 2003 Orr and obsession collide hard in "Tribeca Blues" + Fusilli has a great ability to put you in a place + New York, New York . . . . + Loved it             Son of a Gun: A Sydney Sloane Mystery3 reviews Randye Lordon St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005 A fantastic private investigative tale + Super Read + Simply The Best Domestic cases are the type that normally intrepid New York City private investigator Sydney Sloane avoids though not out of fear of being physically hurt. These scenes are too much like what her family life has always been, so mentally to difficult to deal with for some minor pittance. Although ...             Little Girl Lost (Hard Case Crime)26 reviews Richard Aleas Hard Crime Case, 2004 Modern hard-boiled fiction + New author found + Life is hard, love is harder + Sin City. + TERRIFIC!             Breakout (Parker Novels)7 reviews Richard Stark Mysterious Press, 2003 Extremely entertaining read + Breakout of that Boredom and Pick Up a Parker Novel + Parker forces a reader to play mind games Summary: Parker's wiles take center stage as he gets busted and thrown in jail when a job goes bad. A different character might spend the bulk of a novel in jail, but ultimate pragmatist Parker doesn't tarry in planning and executing a daring escape. Author Stark throws a series of breakout ...             Hope to Die (Matthew Scudder Mysteries)44 reviews Lawrence Block William Morrow, 2001 Impossible to Put Down + Great As Usual + Classic Block, Classic Crime + 3 1/2 Stars - A Good Edition To The Series....But             Semiautomatic: A Novel10 reviews Robert Reuland Random House, 2004 Funny, moving, heartfelt--far more than an "action thriller" I thoroughly enjoyed this book. At no point did I sense that the author was trying to put one over on me, playing for a reader reaction, or throwing in standard thriller plot elements for effect, cleverly disguised. Reuland has written a book that matters, and he's written it in a fully natural, ...             Black Alley: 813 reviews Mickey Spillane Dutton Adult, 1996 Black Alley + The Grandmaster Says Good-Bye Would you risk your life and the life of your beautiful fiancé over and over in hope of finding 89 billion dollars? This is what the famous, fictitious detective, Mike Hammer does in Black Alley. Mike Hammer, the ruthless, New York City detective fights crime in this action-packed mystery. Not only ...             Arch Angels (Joe Keough Mysteries)4 reviews Robert J. Randisi St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004 Best Detective Book in Last 10 Yrs + Joe Keough returns to St. Louis. + fun serial killer investigation Don't walk but run out and get this detective book. Rich character development and a new interesting twist to the serial murderer genre, I highly recommend Randisi's new book. Each member of my family, who I am certain have the "detective story gene sequence" in their DNA, loved Bob's book! A read ...             Winter and Night (Bill Smith/Lydia Chin Novels)26 reviews S. J. Rozan St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002 This is one of the very best genre series' you will be lucky enough to come across + An excellent first exposure to Rozan From one Rozan book to the next, my respect for her as an author keeps rising. You can't just judge her on a single one of her novels the way you can with most authors. Because unlike most other writers (and especially those who partake in the genre, mystery/thriller theater) Rozan goes out of her ...             Fireplay: 66 reviews Suzanne Chazin Jove, 2004 Burns from the sizzling start to the searing finale + The Best of the Series! + Outstanding mix of police procedural/woman in jeopardy + Compelling Suspenseful Novel + Once you read the first chapter, there's no turning back!             Dead for Life : A Novel7 reviews Ethan Black Simon & Schuster, 2003 great + Gripping Thriller + Powerful--best mystery of year This book starts out like just a good book, with some astute observations about modern American culture and an exciting killer set-up. But then it continuously gets better and better and becomes a masterpiece. One of the best and most complete characterizations of a villain that I have ever read. ...             Winter House (Kathleen Mallory Novels)26 reviews Carol O'Connell Putnam Publishing Group, 2004 Winter House is VERY good and slightly disturbing... + Loved it AS with all the Mallory stories, this keeps you interested and intrigued. It has a few surprises for the reader and Mallory lover. She never ceases to surprise and grow...             Critical Space23 reviews Greg Rucka Bantam, 2001 My first Rucka book and the very best + Not Free SF Reader + Rucka takes Atticus for a ride in Critical Space + Book gets into your critical space!             What Goes Around Comes Around: A Mystery Novel Featuring Bartender Brian McNulty (Bartender Brian McNulty ...6 reviews Con Lehane St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005 You'll be thirsty for the third book in this fine series + My kind of character! + The bartender didn't do it... + Another good one             Cotton Comes to Harlem10 reviews Chester B. Himes Buccaneer Books, 1994 More Hard Boiled than the movie, a ripping read! + Good fun, though not the strongest in the series + Read "rage" First + As gritty as Ellroy and as clever as Parker + It's thems, the nasty 'licemens!             The James Deans (Moe Prager Mysteries)13 reviews Reed Farrel Coleman Plume, 2005 A Thriller Out of the Headlines + A Peeper With a Palate + EXCELLENT! + Complex new P.I. and terrific new writer             Down Here: A Burke Novel26 reviews Andrew Vachss Knopf, 2004 Vachss at his best - if you know the backstories + laconic style + down here a burke novel + Everything Burke is... + A Good Read             Ten Little New Yorkers: A Novel9 reviews Kinky Friedman Simon & Schuster, 2005 Love the Kinkster! + Stunningly Good + The Cat Is Gone You don't mind if I do something of a Kinky career retrospective, do you? I'll fit this book in there. TEN LITTLE NEW YORKERS by Kinky Friedman If you've read any of his novels, any at all, ask yourself how in the heck you describe the guy. It's a matter of sifting through superlatives, ...