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The Lovely Bones – Non-Religious Trip to Heaven: An Exploration into the Unknown

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By: Malene Jorgensen

Alice Sebold – Fascination with Death and Beauty: A Look at the Author behind The Lovely Bones

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By: Malene Jorgensen

The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes: All of Conan Doyle's Tales of the Great Detective in One Volume

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By: Maggie Craig

Haiku Review: New Novel by Andrew Vachss

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By: Nancy Baker

Best James Patterson Books Without Alex Cross: Stand Alone Novels for All Fans

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By: David Tubbs

Review of Tower; Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman: Dual Narratives That Make One Compelling Crime Story

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By: Deborah Mack

Review of When the Sacred Ginmill Closes: A Matthew Scudder Novel

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By: Deborah Mack

Eric Jerome Dickey's Gideon Series: Best Selling African American Author's Books Hard to Put Down

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By: Sonya Wilson

Review of New Orleans Mourning: Murder and Social Politics in the Big Easy

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By: Deborah Mack

2009 Anthony Awards Announced: 40th Bouchercon Closes With Voting for Annual Prizes

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By: Carol Thomas

Mystery Authors Meet Fans at 40th Bouchercon: 2009 World Conference Held This Year in Indianapolis, October 15-18

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By: Carol Thomas

Trixie Belden Books: Charming, Old-Fashioned Girl Detective Series

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By: Holli Jo Ronquillo

Review: L.A. Requiem: A Stellar Entry in Robert Crais' Elvis Cole Series

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By: Deborah Mack

Review – The Wheelman Takes You for a Wild Ride: Duane Swierczynski Breathes New Life Into the Heist Novel

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By: Deborah Mack

Review: Salt River: The Last Act in James Sallis' Engaging Turner Trilogy

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By: Deborah Mack

Book Review – Cripple Creek: Book Two in James Sallis' Turner Trilogy

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By: Deborah Mack

James Patterson – When the Wind Blows: Frannie O’Neill is About to Make a Startling Discovery

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By: Caroline Trent

Chris Kuzneski – The Lost Throne: Kuzneski Tracks the Investigations of Two Seemingly Isolated Murders

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By: Caroline Trent

The Library Of The Dead, Book Review: Glenn Cooper's Initial Thriller Stimulates Suspense Throughout

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By: Matt Haynes

Four Arson-Related Novels: Fictional Accounts of Arson and Arsonists

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By: Marie Brannon

Cypress Grove by James Sallis: Literary Crime Fiction at its Finest

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By: Deborah Mack

Bay Tanner Mystery Writer Kathryn R. Wall: A Portrait of a Hilton Head Author

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By: Rosalie Thompson

Covenant Hall by Kathryn R. Wall: Ninth Book in the Bay Tanner Mystery Series

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By: Rosalie Thompson

The Shadow of the Wind, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: Book Review of a Suspense Fiction by the Author of The Angel's Game

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By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

Stieg Larsson - Famous (Dead) Author: An Exploration of the Works from the Scandinavian Writer

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By: Malene Jorgensen

Agatha Christie's Best Solo Mystery Books: Murders, Closed Locations, and a Small Group of Suspects

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By: Emily Chauviere

Baby Shark's Jugglers at the Border Book Review: Robert Fate's Series Continues to Deliver Action-Packed Excellence

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By: Jennifer Thompson

Review of Jodi Picoult's Perfect Match: Legal Fiction Ripe With Drama

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By: Heather Robertson

Ian Rankin's Doors Open – Review: Rebus Has Retired but Edinburgh’s Crooks and Rogues Keep Grifting

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By: Robin Jarossi

Undone by Karin Slaughter: Secrets, Murders and Skillfully Spun Characters Collide in New Novel

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By: Dindy Yokel

Janet Evanovich Entertains Again: A Review of the New Stephanie Plum Novel "Finger Lickin' Fifteen"

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By: Kristin Colangelo

The Angel's Game, by Carlos Ruiz Zafón: A Suspense Fiction Book Review

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By: Maria Luisa Antonaya

About Dead and Gone: Charlaine Harris's Latest Sookie Stackhouse Novel

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By: Feature Writer Katherine Kuzma-Beck

Dog on It by Spencer Quinn: A Chet and Bernie Mystery

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly: A Fine Detective Thriller by Author of The Scarecrow

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum Series: Consistent Plot Elements Provide Framework for Comic Misadventures

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By: Carol Thomas

Janet Evanovich's Finger Lickin' Fifteen: Stephanie Plum Gains Deductive Skills in Evanovich's 2009 Novel

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By: Carol Thomas

A Review of The Thief by Ruth Rendell: The Mistress of Suspense Strikes Again in This Quick Reads Book

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By: Catherine Whitlock

Snakes and Earrings by Hitomi Kanehara: Book Review of the 2003 Winner of Japan's Akutagawa Prize

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By: Martin G. Wood

The Great Train Robbery: An Historical Narrative

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By: Dianha Simpson

Dead Docket by Mitchell Graham - Book Review: Sometimes a Simple Death is Not Simple

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By: Feature Writer Francine Brokaw

Roadside Crosses by Jeffrey Deaver: What Happens When the Cyber World Meets the Real World

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By: Sandy Mitchell

John Le Carre – A Most Wanted Man: Another Masterpiece From the Author of Smiley’s People

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By: Alistair McCulloch

Review of Patricia Cornwell's Scarpetta: Sixteenth Novel Featuring Dr Kay Scarpetta Sees a Return to Form

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By: Feature Writer Elizabeth Gregory

The Right Mistake: The Further Philosophical Investigations of Socrates Fortlow

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By: Dianha Simpson

Inspector Lynley Returns: Review – Elizabeth George, Careless in Red

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By: Jo Ann Woodsum

Gutted by Tony Black – Book Review: New Novel About Alcoholic Investigator Gus Dury Is Stylish, Moving

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By: Robin Jarossi

Review of Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes: A Unique Look at a High School Shooting

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By: Julie Ackendorf

Dark Star by Alan Furst: Thriller Tells Several Good Tales of Intrigue in Inter-War Europe

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By: Michael Mackey

Laura Lippman's Life Sentences: Author Uses Mystery Genre to Explore Writers Responsibility Theme

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By: Carol Thomas

Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz: Isabel and her Family's Latest Adventures

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By: Sandy Mitchell

When Good Writers Get Bored: What Mystery Authors Write After Publishing a Successful Series

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By: Carol Thomas

Murder at the Bad Girl's Bar & Grill Review: Lunacy, Lamentation and Love in N.M. Kelby's New Florida Mystery

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By: Carol Thomas

Gallows Lane by Brian McGilloway – Review: Insp Devlin Is Pushed to Breaking Point in Second Borderland Novel

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By: Robin Jarossi

Odd Thomas, An Extraordinary Hero: A Profile of Dean Koontz's Most Sucessful Character to Date

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By: Ashley Jacob

Mary Higgins Clark-Biography: Author of Where are the Children? Stillwatch, Just Take My Heart

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By: Vickie Britton

Plum Spooky: A Book Review: Janet Evanovich's Latest Between-the-Numbers Stephanie Plum Novel

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By: Nikkee Porcaro

My Name is Michael Sibley by John Bingham: A Classic British Murder Noir

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky: A Tale of Passion and Mystery in the Heartland

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Two Recent Craig Holden Mysteries: A Review of Matala and The Narcissist's Daughter

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Book: The Devil Can Wait by Marta Stephens: Det. Sam Harper From Silenced Cry Returns in Second Crime Novel

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By: Lynn Pritchett

Crimewave 10: Now You See Me: The Annual Issue of TTA Press's Anthology Edited by Andy Cox

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By: Feature Writer Colin Harvey

ITV3 Crime Thriller Winners: Bourne, Ian Rankin, Colin Dexter and The Wire Win at Inaugural Event

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By: Robin Jarossi

The Spellman Files by Lisa Lutz: The First of the Hilarious Spellman Series

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award 2008: Six Excellent Crime Novels Shortlisted for the Prize

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By: Erin Britton

Lost Girls by George D. Shuman: Sherry Moore is Thrust into the Realm of Human Traficking

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By: Sandy Mitchell

ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards: Rankin, Deaver and Child Nominated Along with The Wire and Dexter

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By: Robin Jarossi

Chatting with George Shuman: The Author of the Sherry Moore Series Talks to Suite101

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Legally Dead by Edna Buchanan: A New Character by the Creator of the Britt Montero Series

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Aunt Dimity:Vampire Hunter by Nancy Atherton: Another Adventure of the Paranormal Detective

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The Fourth Watcher by Timothy Hallinan: A New Poke Rafferty Mystery Novel

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The Amnesiac by Sam Taylor: A Tale of Things Best Left Forgotten

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Review of The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova: A Vampire Novel, an Academic Mystery and a Race Against Time

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By: Karen Murdarasi

Vampyres of Hollywood – A Novel: Vampire Fiction Centers Around Los Angeles Murders

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By: Feature Writer Teresa Shaw

The Timeless Appeal of Nancy Drew: Detective Series Is Still Popular After Decades on the Shelves

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By: Feature Writer Suzanne Swartz

Ex-New York Times Reporter's Deadly Roman a Clef: John Darnton's Mystery Spikes Despised Editor -- in Fiction

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By: Feature Writer Grace Lichtenstein

Mercy Street – Mariah Stewart: Last Breath Author’s Novel about Murder, Missing Teens

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By: Feature Writer Teresa Shaw

Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak: Review of a Sassy, Entertaining New Mystery Novel

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By: Feature Writer Margaret M. Williams

Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich: Another Fun and Quirky Stephanie Plum Mystery

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Talking Back to Dan Brown: A Review of Adam Roberts' "The Da Vinci Cod"

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By: Kelley Wadson

Beach Reading: What to Read in 2008

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The Book of Chameleons by Jose Edwards Aqualusa: A Fanciful, Lyrical Tale of Shifting Identities

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais: Review of the New Elvis Cole Thriller

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The Complete Raffles Stories: To Review A Thief, By E.W. Hornung

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By: Sara Porter

Sundays at Tiffany's by Patterson: A Short, Likeable Love Story by the Mystery Master

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The Appeal by John Grisham: A Disturbing, but Thoughful Courtroom Drama

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Strange Fugitive: The Original Gangster Novel by Morley Callaghan

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By: Linsay Philippe-Auguste

Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart: Another Death on Demand Mystery

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By: Sandy Mitchell

The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black: Another Thriller by Booker Prize-Winning Author John Banville

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By: Sandy Mitchell

French Pressed by Cleo Coyle: Another Coffeehouse Mystery

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Curse of the Spellmans: The Second Spellman Mystery Novel by Lisa Lutz

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Irish Tiger by Andrew Greeley: Another Nuala McGrail Mystery Novel

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By: Sandy Mitchell

7th Heaven by James Patterson: Another Women's Murder Club Mystery

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By: Sandy Mitchell

An Incomplete Revenge: A New Maisie Dobbs Novel by Jacqueline Winspear

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Patricia Highsmith-Biography: Strangers on a Train, Ripley Series Author's Life Cloaked in Mystery

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By: Vickie Britton

The Race by Richard N Patterson: A Political Novel by a Popular Mystery Novelist

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill: Review of a Pulse-Raising Ghost Tale

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Plum Lucky: Another Stephanie Plum Mystery by Janet Evanovich

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By: Sandy Mitchell

T is for Trespass: Sue Grafton's Latest Mystery Novel: The Kinsey Milhone Series

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By: Sandy Mitchell

Double Cross by James Patterson: A Review of the Latest Alex Cross Mystery

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By: Sandy Mitchell

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