FICTION
Released: July 15, 2013
"A quick-flowing crime drama that will have fans eager for Willie Black to right another injustice."
Owen's (
Oregon Hill, 2012, etc.) hard-drinking Richmond reporter Willie Black has an inside track on a blockbuster crime story that's "red meat for the on-the-airheads."
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FICTION
Released: July 16, 2013
"Burton, who recently passed away, will be missed by those who enjoy a good mystery. So will his quirky characters, especially wise, tough Sheriff Bo."
An East Texas sheriff's quiet routine is shattered when one of his deputies is badly wounded in a traffic stop gone wrong.
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FICTION
Released: July 16, 2013
"Spann's debut provides an absorbing look at Japanese culture along with a sharp mystery. First of a planned series."
FICTION
Released: July 17, 2013
"In spite of being saddled with a nightmare family, Dainty performs admirably amid a sea of suspects."
FICTION
Released: July 23, 2013
"Fidelma shines once more in a scholarly, clever and eminently readable historical mystery."
FICTION
Released: July 29, 2013
"Rogan, who has never recouped the fame brought on by Suspicion (1999) with any of the titles that followed, clearly knows the publishing milieu very well, from authors' egos to Manhattan lunch places. But a smidgen less romance and a dollop of suspense would have been welcome."
FICTION
Released: July 30, 2013
"Though Liss' love life seems to have nowhere left to go, the ongoing saga of Moosetookalook (Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides, 2012, etc.) gives readers a chance to catch up with old friends and meet new ones."
The owner of a Scottish emporium turns sleuth once more when a local murder has family connections.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2013
"Mallory fans won't be disappointed in her latest adventure, even though sections of the book could have been tighter."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2013
"Though Molly flirts with danger, Delany (More than Sorrow, 2012, etc.) sticks to her usual formula, though this time, the simultaneous motivation yet randomness of the killer's actions are hard to swallow."
An unexpected murder in a small town has the cops turning over every stone for a plausible suspect and motive.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 6, 2013
"Though Annabelle's obsession with movies does the story no favors, Burke's debut features an appealingly offbeat set of characters caught up in a manic plot that's likely to either charm readers or drive them crazy."
FICTION
Released: Aug. 8, 2013
"Though he features a female protagonist, James tends to treat his female characters badly. That's a shame, since they're often the brains in the house (Sonora Crossing, 2012, etc.)."
The search for two missing teens is sparked by an unexpected connection between one of the missing and the investigator herself.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 13, 2013
"Menino, who knows a lot more about horses than about geography or police procedure, gets hopelessly snarled in basic stylistics--narrative vs. flashback, first person vs. third person--in antipathetic Tink's inglorious debut."
Piqued at not being able to ride her prize mount in an international three-day event, a Brandywine Valley horse breeder sticks her patrician nose into a murder.
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