Crime Fiction Dossier

Latest Chicago Sun-Times mystery/thriller roundup

This morning's Chicago Sun-Times carries my latest round-up column, featuring short reviews of the following books:

• Carol O'Connell - Bone by Bone
• Nick Stone - The King of Swords
• Charles Cumming - The Spanish Game
• Patricia Cornwell - Scarpetta
• Dean Koontz - Your Heart Belongs to Me

Note: In the review, Charles Cumming's name is mistakenly written as "Cummings" -- there shouldn't be an "s" on the end. I wish I could blame it on someone else, but the fault is all my own.

Latest Chicago Sun-Times mystery/thriller roundup

My belated Chicago Sun-Times column ran today. It contains reviews of the following books:

• F. Paul Wilson - By the Sword
• M.J. Rose - The Memorist
• George Pelecanos (ed.) - The Best American Mystery Stories 2008
• Henry Chang - Year of the Dog
• Sam Reaves - Mean Town Blues

Latest Chicago Sun-Times mystery/thriller column

My latest mystery/thriller roundup appears this morning in the Chicago Sun-Times. It contains reviews of the following books:

• Katherine Neville: The Fire
• Laura Lippman: Hardly Knew Her
• Zoe Sharp: Third Strike
• Mark Billingham: In the Dark
• Charlie Huston: Every Last Drop

Enjoy!

Latest Chicago Sun-Times roundup column

My latest mystery/thriller roundup ran this morning in the Chicago Sun-Times. It includes brief reviews of the following books:

• Tess Gerritsen - The Keepsake
• Alison Gaylin - Heartless
• Alafair Burke - Angel's Tip
• Ellen Crosby - The Bordeaux Betrayal
• William Kent Krueger - Red Knife

Enjoy!

Latest Chicago Sun-Times round-up column

I know you've been waiting for it...and here it is: my latest round-up column in the Chicago Sun-Times.

It contains brief reviews of:

Robert Crais - Chasing Darkness
Lisa Gardner - Say Goodbye
Lisa Black - Takeover
Brent Ghelfi - Volk's Shadow
Victor Gischler - Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse

(If it seems like those books have been out for a while...Well, they have. Long story. Not interesting.)

Recommended review: Patrick Anderson on Robert Crais' "Chasing Darkness"

I like to point out when other reviewers do nice work and Patrick Anderson's critique of the new Elvis Cole novel is worth your time. I don't know if I'll be reviewing it myself, but Anderson's piece makes many of the same points that I probably would.

Chasing Darkness is a fine book -- definitely recommended.

Latest Chicago Sun-Times roundup column

At long last, I have a new roundup column in this morning's Chicago Sun-Times. It includes brief critiques of the following books:

• Lawrence Block - Hit and Run
• James Rollins - The Last Oracle
• Julia Spencer-Fleming - I Shall Not Want
• Janet Evanovich - Fearless Fourteen
• Jon Land - The Seven Sins

Enjoy!

Latest Chicago Sun-Times roundup column

My latest column ran this morning in the Chicago Sun-Times. It includes short reviews of:

Laura Lippman - Another Thing to Fall
Michael Connelly (ed.) - The Blue Religion
Libby Fischer Hellmann - Easy Innocence
Jesse Kellerman - The Genius
Richard Stark - Dirty Money

The last book, for whatever reason, is listed in the article as being by Donald Westlake, but it's actually by his alter ego, Stark. Not my doing, I assure you.

Put that on the paperback

"Scooby-Doo-meets-The Sopranos."

From Entertainment Weekly's review of Lisa Scottoline's Lady Killer.

Latest Chicago Sun-Times roundup column

At long last, my new mystery/thriller roundup ran this morning in the Chicago Sun-Times.

It contains:

T. Jefferson Parker - L.A. Outlaws
Robert Ferrigno - Sins of the Assassin
Christa Faust - Money Shot
William Bernhardt - Capitol Conspiracy
Alex Berenson - The Ghost War