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2006: #85 – Glory in Death (J.D. Robb)

October 7, 2006

Book #85 was Glory in Death, the second book in J.D. Robb’s In Death series. The back of the book reads: In a time when technology can reveal the darkest of secrets, there’s only one place to hide a crime of passion – in the heart. . . The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in

general mystery review

2006: #83 – The Eighth Commandment (Lawrence Sanders)

October 6, 2006July 29, 2016

Book #83 was The Eighth Commandment, by Lawrence Sanders. This book was not at all what I expected. I’ve never read Lawrence Sanders, and based on the little bit that was on the back of the book I was expecting a more serious whodunit. What I got instead was funny and lighthearted and, most surprising, featured an interesting and endearing female lead character. I hope

general mystery

2006: #77 – Indigo Slam (Robert Crais)

September 15, 2006July 12, 2016

Title: Indigo Slam Series: Elvis Cole #07 Author: Robert Crais Genre: Detective Fiction Publisher: Fawcett Books Release Date: January 1, 2003 Pages: 307 Life in the California sun suits Elvis Cole–until the day a fifteen-year-old girl and her two younger siblings walk into his office. Then everything changes. Three years ago, a Seattle family ran for their lives in a hail of bullets. Hired by

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2006: #75 – Cruel and Unusual (Patricia Cornwell)

September 7, 2006July 12, 2016

Title: Cruel and Unusual Series: Kay Scarpetta #04 Author: Patricia Cornwell Genre: Detective Fiction Publisher: Pocket Books Release Date: November 1, 2005 Pages: 416 “Killing me won’t kill the beast” are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can’t explain how Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell’s fingerprints on another crime scene — after she’d performed his autopsy.