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For the Thrill of It by Simon Baatz – Review
For the Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder That Shocked Chicago by Simon Baatz
No TagBaatz explores one of the most infamous and disturbing crimes in history, the 1924 murder by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb of Loeb’s second cousin, 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Franks’ beaten and choked body was found in a drainage pipe, along with Leopold’s prescription glasses. After the cops arrested the pair, they confessed.
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Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder – Review
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Inside Out (Harlequin Teen) by Maria V. Snyder Trella is a scrub, just one of the thousands packed in like sardines in the lower levels who keep Inside clean. Because of her penchant for roaming the miles of pipes around Inside to steal moments of peace for herself, Trella is known as Queen of the
Ice Cold by Andrea Maria Schenkel – Review
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Ice Cold by Andrea Maria Schenkel Andrea Maria Schenkel’s Ice Cold is a darkly unsettling crime novel set in Thirties Germany with the unique twist that Nazis play virtually no part whatsoever. Instead this is a grim tale of rape, murder, fragile dreams and lost lives – and a sad and desperate story it is
Singing to the Dead by Caro Ramsay – Review
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Singing to the Dead by Caro Ramsay There is something about a Scottish detective. Something about the often cold and rainy city of Glasgow that lends itself to determined and forthright policing. In Caro Ramsay’s second novel, Singing to the Dead, the Partickhill squad is facing severe staff shortages at Christmas because of the holidays
The Santa Claus Murders by Ed Gorman – Review
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The Santa Claus Murders by Ed Gorman Part of: Crooks, Crimes and Christmas “The Santa Claus Murders†is a terrific story. The setting is the Christmas season, but it isn’t forced or annoying. The narrative is crisp and executed with a deliberate and meaningful style. If you enjoy the private eye genre, a mystery, or
Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen – Review
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Once Were Cops: A Novel by Ken Bruen The novel is short and slapdash. It would be even shorter if Bruen had not written it in hundreds of one-sentence paragraphs. It has the feel of having been dashed off in a few weeks, but it possesses a blood-on-the-tracks fascination. You can accuse Bruen of various
Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen – Review
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Once Were Cops: A Novel by Ken Bruen The novel’s tone somewhat resembles “The Shield,” an FX TV series in which Michael Chiklis plays Vic Mackey, the leader of a gang of ruthless cops. But viewers of the show find themselves rooting for the anti-hero. It is impossible to develop a rooting interest in either
The Night Stalker by James Swain – Review
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The Night Stalker: A Novel of Suspense by James Swain Hard-edged, evocative, brilliantly paced, James Swain’s novels of crime and punishment in South Florida delve into a shadowy realm where criminals, victims, and cops share the same truths, the same lies, and sometimes even the same nightmares. LORI’S READING CORNER: The Night Stalker.No Tag
Pythagorean Crimes by Tefcros Michaelides – Review
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Pythagorean Crimes by Tefcros Michaelides Pythagorean Crimes is set in the earlier part of the twentieth century, beginning with the death of a Stefanos Kandartzis in 1929, then jumping back to 1900, when the narrator, Michael Igerinos, first met Stefanos, at the mathematical congress held in Paris that year. At that congress David Hilbert presented
Top 10 Maverick Mysteries
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5. Mystic River by Dennis Lehane Old crimes cast long shadows; an attack on a child decades ago leads, by a dark winding road, to the murder of a young woman. This is another one that smashes huge holes in the walls that used to surround the genre. A lot of people used to look
The Slaughter Pavilion by Catherine Sampson – Review
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The Slaughter Pavilion by Catherine Sampson Here’s a very different Beijing from all the glamour and fireworks of the Olympic Games. This is an insider’s view of the pressures of life and crime that plague ordinary Chinese people, and of the corruption of police and local authorities who exploit the population. Private investigator Song Ren