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The Scarpetta Factor by Patricia Cornwell
June 14, 2020She’s developed an enjoyable way of beginning novels in the middle of a story, letting her...
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Rain Gods By James Lee Burke
June 5, 2020Burke’s life has provided ample experience to draw from for his mysteries that feature world-wise and...
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Shadow and Light by Jonathan Rabb
June 1, 2020A man is found dead in a bathtub, brandy is poured and the whodunit game grows...
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Nobody Move by Denis Johnson
May 31, 2020For people who liked Johnson’s recent National Book Award winner Tree of Smoke or his drug-laden...
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The Roar of the Butterflies by Reginald Hill
May 31, 2020Hill has written far fewer books about the black Luton lathe operator turned PI, but The...
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Nuclear Jellyfish by Tim Dorsey
May 29, 2020To take on one of Dorsey’s books is to suspend notions of political correctness (thankfully) and...
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Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell
May 28, 2020There are flashes of wit – the description of the morgue as a “deconstruction site”, for...
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Gas City by Loren Estleman
May 15, 2020The characters and the settings in Gas City are rife with intriguing promise that never seems...
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The Right Side of the Tracks
May 15, 2020Detective fiction revels in the possibilities offered by railway travel, but it also expresses some anxiety...
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Double Cross – By James Patterson
May 12, 2020I love John D. MacDonald’s Travis McGee series but always thought that his love scenes were...