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Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"Rebecca's amusing third continues to flesh out its continuing characters while providing an eccentric bunch of murder suspects."
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Released: Oct. 2, 2012
Hide the good china: Sullivan (
Triple Cross, 2009, etc.) launches a new series with even more helter-skelter action than his stratospheric average.
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Released: Oct. 2, 2012
"Understated, occasionally very funny (see Kunkle) and very intelligent. In his 23rd appearance (Tag Man, 2011, etc.), the Sage of Brattleboro remains as appealing as ever."
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Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"An enjoyable but run-of-the-mill military procedural."
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Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"Marlowe (Silent Court, 2012, etc.) makes an agreeable guide to Elizabethan life, and it's fun reading quips between him and Shaxsper that will later appear in plays."
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Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"Nobody demonstrates the similarity between criminal reasoning and cop reasoning better than James (Vacuum, 2011, etc.)."
The 29th appearance of Harpur and Iles, Britain's most irresistible duo since crumpets were first paired with tea.
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Released: Oct. 1, 2012
"Guttridge's third Brighton thriller is so well-written that it would be well worth your time even if it were not such a darkly brilliant mystery."
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Released: Sept. 19, 2012
"Like his Owen Allison series (Stonewall Jackson's Elbow, 2006, etc.), Billheimer's new franchise emphasizes local color in small-town America as its heroes prove to be their own worst enemies."
A sportswriter with a gambling problem tries to help a trainer escape indictment for steroid abuse.
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Released: Sept. 18, 2012
"Another deftly modulated murder puzzle from Indridason (Hypothermia, 2010, etc.), with terrific character portraits, many twists and a satisfying "aha!" moment. "
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Released: Sept. 8, 2012
"Despite Jaffarian's flirtations with vampires and ghosts, her original series is still her best. Odelia takes no nonsense from anyone and stops at nothing to give the bad guys what they deserve."
Paralegal Odelia Grey (
Twice as Dead, 2011, etc.) lands in hot water when her shaky law firm merges with another struggling firm.
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Released: Sept. 4, 2012
"Psudonymous Izner's fifth Legris whodunit (The Assassin in the Marais, 2011, etc.) bubbles charmingly along courtesy of lively banter and larger-than-life Parisian characters."
The murder of a friend propels a Parisian bookseller once more out of his store and into the streets to investigate.
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Released: Sept. 1, 2012
"Levine's latest finds her at her witty and wacky best."
If good fences made good neighbors, ad writer Jaine Austen (
Pampered to Death, 2011, etc.) would need the Berlin Wall to cope with the nutty crew that surrounds her South Beverly Hills rental.
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