Book Review – The Undertaker’s Widow (Phillip Margolin)

Book 64 of 2007 was The Undertaker’s Widow by Phillip Margolin.

Judge Richard Quinn is young, idealistic, and honest to a fault. That’s why he’s handed the most sensational homicide case in Oregon history. Locked in a race for the U.S. Senate, Ellen Crease gunned down the intruder who murdered her wealthy husband. In a single, [...]

Book Review – Haunted Ground (Erin Hart)

Book 63 of 2007 was Haunted Ground by Erin Hart.

A grisly discovery is made deep in an Irish peat bog — the perfectly preserved severed head of a red-haired young woman. Has she been buried for decades, centuries, or longer? Who is she and why was she killed? American pathologist Nora Gavin and archaeologist Cormac [...]

Book Review – The Screaming Room (Thomas O’Callaghan)

Book 62 of 2007 was The Screaming Room by Thomas O’Callaghan. Book #2 from the John Driscoll Series.

John Driscoll has laid the ghosts of his past to rest. He’s ready to start over — both personally and as an NYPD homicide commander. But it seems that a serial killer has other plans for Driscoll.
The victims’ [...]

Book Review – Step On A Crack (James Patterson)

Book 61 of 2007 was Step On A Crack by James Patterson.

Detective Michael Bennett is about to face the greatest challenge of his career. After the death of a beloved former first lady, the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars [...]

Book Review – Blue Mercy (Illona Haus)

Book 60 of 2007 was Blue Mercy by Illona Haus. Book #1 from the Kay Delaney series.
Ravaged by guilt, Detective Kay Delaney is reeling from an attack that resulted in her partner’s death. Her only consolation is that serial killer Bernard Eales, who shot her partner, sits in Maryland’s State Penitentiary awaiting what’s expected to [...]

Book Review – Through Violet Eyes (Stephen Woodworth)

Book 59 of 2007 was Through Violet Eyes by Stephen Woodworth.
In a world where the dead can testify against the living, someone is getting away with murder. Because to every generation are born a select few souls with violet-colored eyes, and the ability to channel the dead. Both rare and precious—and rigidly controlled by a [...]

Book Review – Black Dog (Stephen Booth)

Book 58 of 2007 was Black Dog by Stephen Booth. Book #1 from the Ben Cooper & Diane Fry Series.
Detective Constable Ben Cooper, an up-and-coming English policeman who fears he’ll never be able to fill the shoes of his father, a police sergeant who died a hero’s death on the job in Ben’s own precinct. [...]

Book Review – You Can’t Hide (Karen Rose)

Book 56 of 2007 was You Can’t Hide by Karen Rose.
Terror has forever changed the life of psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli. Someone is tormenting her patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and setting her up to take the blame. But Tess can’t break her oath to protect her patients’ privacy at all costs. Even when detective [...]

Book Review – Darkness Peering (Alice Blanchard)

Book 57 of 2007 was Darkness Peering by Alice Blanchard.
The dead girl lay face up on the edge of the pond, a snake coiled in the muddy hollow of one arm. For Police Chief Nalen Storrow, it was a shocking reminder of the violence he thought he’d left behind when he moved his family to [...]

Book Review – The Hunt Club (John Lescroart)

Book 55 of 2007 was The Hunt Club by John Lescroart.
At first, The Hunt Club had a membership of one: private investigator Wyatt Hunt. Since then, others have joined with a common interest in obtaining justice. One member, inspector Devin Juhle, has just caught a major case: the shooting of a sixty-three-year old federal judge [...]