DEAD FAMOUS – Ok

O’Connell, Carol – 7^th in series

In Chicago, an FBI agent is killed in a psychiatrist's waiting room. In New York, the jurors from…

COLD PURSUIT - VG

Parker, T. Jefferson – 14^th book

When Homicide Sergeant Tom McMichael gets the call about Pete Braga's murder, he can't help feeling a bit of pleasure…

A QUESTION OF BLOOD – VG

Rankin, Ian – 15^th in series

When a man who had been menacing DSI Siobhan Clarke dies in a house fire and Rebus, who had…

BUCK FEVER – G+ - if it’s your kind of thing

Rehder, Ben – 1^st book…

IMITATION IN DEATH – VG

Robb, J.D. – 17^th in series

Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the grisly…

REMEMBER WHEN – G+

Roberts, Nora /J.D. Robb – 100+th (?) Roberts / 18^th Robb

In present-day…

NO GOOD DEED – Ok

Scott, Manda – 4th book

Glasgow Police DI Orla McLeod is involved in a shootout in a dismal flat where she has been living undercover. Her cover is blown, her…

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES – VG

Siegel, Sheldon – 1st book

When Mike Daley gets fired from a prestigious San Francisco law firm, he starts a private practice. His first case is huge--to…

A GRAVE DENIED – VG

Stabenow, Dana – 13th in series

On an eighth-grade field trip to Grant Glacier in Alaska, students discover a corpse in an ice cave beneath the glacier. With…

The East Bay Mystery Readers' Group -

5 August 2003 Meeting Recap

FAMILY VALUES (Police Procedural) - K.C. Constantine - Not Recommended

"The District Attorney of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania asks retired police chief Mario Balzic to come out of retirement to investigate a special case.…

COLOR OF DEATH – VG

Alexander, Bruce – 7^th in series

After Sir John Fielding is wounded, Jeremy Procter must take the lead in investigating a spree of robberies and…

WINTERKILL – VG

Box, C.J. – 3^rd in series

Joe Pickett is caught in the middle between two sets of bad guys, one of whom works for the government,…

THE HACKMAN BLUES – Okay

Bruen, Ken – 2^nd book

Brady is a gay, bipolar, tough guy, criminal-detective ex-con. He is asked to find a white girl in Brixton, which sounds…

GARDEN OF THORNES- Okay

Carl, Lillian Stewart – 3^rd book…

Llewellyn, Caroline – 2^nd book

A research assistant at the American Embassy in Bonn, Alison Jordon travels to…

DEAD GIRLS DON’T WEAR DIAMONDS – G+

Martin, Nancy – 2^nd in series

The wife of Nora…

WHERE THERE’S SMOKE – G+

McBain, Ed – Stand alone…

CYANIDE WELLS – VG

Muller, Marcia – Stand alone…

BLOOD FOR BLOOD – G

Rizzolo, S. K. – 2^nd in series…

The East Bay Mystery Readers' Group -

1 July 2003 Meeting Recap

ANGELS & DEMONS (Thriller) - Dan Brown - Very Good

"World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta…