Reviews and other new book recommendations
Books listed here include both those that appear on our Reviews page and those that were recommended in our newsletters, but without a full review. The newsletters they were listed in are noted below, as in some cases there were comments other than an actual review that you might want to check out. You can read old newsletters through the link at the bottom of the newsletter page.
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| Source | Format | Author | Title | ||||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Ackerman, Forrest J./ Linaweaver, Brad | Worlds of Tomorrow : The Amazing Universe of Science Fiction Art | $39.95 |
Art | ||
| Oct 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Adair, Suzanne | Paper Woman | $19.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Aird, Catherine | A Most Contagious Game | $14.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Albert, Susan Wittig | China Bayles' Book of Days | $14.00 |
Other - Mystery | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Albert, Susan Wittig | Spanish Dagger | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Trade Paperback | Alexander, Tasha | And Only to Deceive | $13.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Alleyn, Susanne | A Treasury of Regrets | $24.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Sep 2006 New Books | Trade Paperback | Allin, Lou | Northern Winters are Murder | $10.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Paperback | Arenson, Daniel | Firefly Island | $25.95 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Argula, Anne | Homicide My Own | $16.00 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Argula, Anne | Walla Walla Suite | $12.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Atherton, Nancy | Aunt Dimity Goes West | $22.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Atkinson, Deborah Turrell | Fire Prayer | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Ault, Sandi | Wild Indigo | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| June 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Bailey, Frankie Y. | You Should Have Died on Monday | $9.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Baker, Kage | Sons of Heaven | $25.95 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Barnett, Colleen | Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Vol 1 | $16.95 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Barnett, Colleen | Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Vol 2 | $16.95 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Barnett, Colleen | Mystery Women: An Encyclopedia of Leading Women Characters in Mystery Vol 3 | $33.95 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Baron, Aileen | The Gold of Thrace | $24.95 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Bass, Jefferson | Flesh and Bone | $24.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Mass Market Paperback | Baxter, Cynthia | Right from the Gecko | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Sep 2006 New Books | Hardcover | Beddor, Frank | The Looking Glass Wars | $17.99 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Paperback | Beckett, Simon | The Chemistry of Death | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Hardcover | Beckett, Simon | Written in Bone | $24.00 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Bernhardt, William | Capitol Threat | $25.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Bowen, Rhys | Her Royal Spyness | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Bowen, Rhys | In Dublin's Fair City | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Brooks, Max | World War Z | $23.95 |
SFF/Horror Reference | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Bruen, Ken | Priest | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Nov 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Bujold, Lois McMaster | Beguilement (The Sharing Knife Book 1) | $25.95 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| Reviews Page | Mass Market Paperback | Burke, Jan | Bloodlines | $7.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Butcher, Jim | White Knight | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 | Hardcover | Lauren Carr | A Reunion to Die For | $25.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Chercover, Sean | Big City, Bad Blood | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Paperback | Cohen, Jeffrey | Some Like It Hot-Buttered | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Sep 2006 New Books | Mass Market Paperback | Cohen, Mark | Bluetick Revenge | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Cooper, Susan Rogers | Vegas Nerve | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Crombie, Deborah | Water Like a Stone | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| May 13 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Cruse, Lonnie | Malice in Metropolis | $24.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Culhane, Patrick | Black Hats: A Novel of Wyatt Earp and Al Capone | $24.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Nov 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Curzon, Clare | The Glass Wall | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| May 13 2007 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | David, Evelyn | Murder Off the Books | $12.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Dean, Scarlett | Invisible Shield | $25.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Mass Market Paperback | Del Franco, Marc | Unshapely Things | $7.99 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | DePoy, Phillip | A Minister's Ghost | $5.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Donnelly, Deborah | Bride and Doom | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Sep 2006 New Books | Trade Paperback | Edgar, Jim | Bad Cat: 244 Not-So-Pretty Kitties And Cats Gone Bad | $9.95 |
Non-fiction | ||
| Nov 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Evans, Mary Anna | Artifacts | $24.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Nov 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Evans, Mary Anna | Artifacts | $14.95 |
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| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Evans, Mary Anna | Effigies | $24.95 |
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| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Ehrman, Kit | Triple Cross | $24.95 |
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| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Evans, Mary Anna | Effigies | $24.95 |
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| Nov 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Evans, Mary Anna | Relics | $24.95 |
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| August 2007 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Fforde, Jasper | The Big Over Easy | $14.00 |
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| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Fforde, Jasper | First Among Sequels | $24.95 |
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| August 2007 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Fforde, Jasper | The Fourth Bear | $14.00 |
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| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Fitzgerald, Lynda | If Truth Be Told | $14.00 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Fonstad, Karen Wynn | Atlas of Middle-Earth | $24.00 |
Art | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Fradkin, Barbara | Fifth Son | $11.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Fradkin, Barbara | Honour Among Men | $13.95 |
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| May 13 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Francis, Dorothy | Cold Case Killer | $25.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Franklin, Ariana | Mistress of the Art of Death | $25.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| June 2007 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Freeman, Gwen | Murder...Suicide...Whatever... | $14.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| June 2007 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | French, Christy Tillery | The Bodyguard and the Show Dog | $15.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Oct 2006 New Books | Mass Market Paperback | Gaiman, Neil | Anansi Boys | $7.99 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| Sep 2006 New Books | Hardcover | Gaiman, Neil | Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders | $26.99 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| Reviews Page | Mass Market Paperback | Gee, Emily | Thief With No Shadow | $7.99 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| June 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Gericke, Shane | Blown Away | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| June 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Gericke, Shane | Cut to the Bone | $6.99 |
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| Oct 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Grabien, Deborah | Cruel Sister | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Graves, Sarah | Trap Door | $22.00 |
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| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Hardcover | Greenwood, Kerry | Raisins and Almonds | $24.95 |
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| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Hardcover | Griffey, Jackie | The Nelson Scandal | $14.95 |
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| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Hardcover | Griffey, Jackie | Recipe for Trouble | $25.95 |
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| June 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Hall, Karen | Unreasonable Risk | $27.95 |
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| Oct 2006 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Harris, C. S. | What Angles Fear | $6.99 |
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| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Harris, C. S. | When Gods Die | $23.95 |
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| May 13 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Harris, Charlaine | All Together Dead | $24.95 |
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| August 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Hartley, A. J. | The Mask of Atreus | $7.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Hartley, A. J. | On the Fifth Day | $7.99 |
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| Reviews Page | Trade Paperback | Hauser, Melanie Lynne | Confessions of Super Mom | $14.00 |
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| Reviews Page | Trade Paperback | Hauser, Melanie Lynne | Super Mom Saves the World | $14.00 |
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| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Hawke, Richard | Cold Day in Hell | $24.95 |
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| August 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Hayden, L. C. | Why Casey Had to Die | $29.95 |
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| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Hellman, Libby Fischer | Chicago Blues | $15.95 |
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| Jan 2008 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Hellman, Libby | An Eye for Murder | $14.95 |
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| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Hill, Joe | Heart-Shaped Box | $24.95 |
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| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Hillerman, Tony | Shape Shifter | $26.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Hines, Jim C. | Goblin Hero | $6.99 |
Children's/SFF | ||
| Reviews Page | Mass Market Paperback | Hines, Jim C. | Goblinquest | $6.99 |
Children's/SFF | ||
| Reviews Page | Trade Paperback | Holden, Taylor | The Sense of Paper | $14.00 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Nov 17 2006 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Holt, Hazel | Mrs. Malory and a Death in the Family | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Huang, Jim | 100 Favorite Mysteries of the Century | $12.00 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Huang, Jim | They Died in Vain | $13.00 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Huang, Jim | Mystery Muses: 100 Classics That Inspire Today's Mystery Writers | $15.00 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| Mar 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Isleib, Roberta | Deadly Advice | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| Dec 12 2006 Newsletter | Trade Paperback | Jacobson, Jeanne M. | Detecta-Crostics: Puzzles of Mystery | $18.00 |
Reference - Mystery | ||
| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Johnson, Craig | Kindness Goes Unpunished | $23.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| May 13 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Jorgensen, Christine T. | Calling for a Funeral | $25.95 |
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| Reviews Page | Hardcover | Karp, Larry | The Ragtime Kid | $24.95 |
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| Nov 2006 Newsletter | Hardcover | Koontz, Dean | Brother Odd | $27.00 |
SFF/Horror | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Lane, Vicki | Art's Blood | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Lane, Vicki | Old Wounds | $6.99 |
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| August 2007 Newsletter | Mass Market Paperback | Lane, Vicki | Signs in the Blood | $6.99 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| August 2007 Newsletter | Trade paperback | Lee, Laura | Blame It on the Rain: How the Weather Has Changed History | $13.95 |
Non-Fiction | ||
| June 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Lehane, Con | Beware the Solitary Drinker | $24.95 |
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | ||
| June 2007 Newsletter | Hardcover | Lehane, Con | Death at the Old Hotel | $24.95 |
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