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NEW
REVIEWS
February
1997
Out
of Reach
by Elizabeth McGregor
The
Confessor
by Jack Curtis
The
Four Last Things
by Andrew Taylor
Out
of The Blue
by Steven Knight
Give
us A Kiss
by Daniel Woodrell
The
Fig Tree Murder
by Michael Pearce
The
Bone Collector
by Jeffrey Deaver
The
Monk's Disciples
by Jeffrey Robinson
Killing
The Lawyers
by Reginald Hill
Verdict
Unsafe
by Jill McGowan
January
1997
Short
Story Collections:
The
Orion Book Of Murder
ed. Peter Haining
Perfectly
Criminal
ed.Martin Edwards
Women
On The Case
ed. Sara Paretsky
Murder
for Love
ed. Otto Penzler
Sins
of the Fathers
ed. Mark Bryant
The
Killing Spirit
ed. Jay Hoppler
It's
Dark In London
ed Oscar Zarate
Murder
In A Cathedral
by Ruth Dudley Edwards
Breach
Of Trust
by Bonnie MacDougal
The
Clinic
by Jonathan Kellerman
The
Possessions of a Lady
by Jonathan Gash
Black
and Blue
by Ian Rankin
A
Time For Justice
by Nick Oldham
M
is for Malice
by Sue Grafton
Payback
by Thomas Kelly
Trunk
Music
by Michael Connelly
The
Memory Game
by Nicci French
November
1996
Patricia
Cornwell
Cause
of Death
Manda
Scott
Hen's
Teeth
Frances
Fyfield
Without
Consent
Tom
Savage
Valentine
Joyce
Holms
Payment
Deferred
Peter
Turnbull
Embracing
Skeletons
Mary
Willis Walker
Under
The Beetle's Cellar
Dylan
Jones
Unnatural
Acts
October
1996
James
Lee Burke
Cadillac
Jukebox
Laurie
R. King
The
Beekeeper's Apprentice
Michael
Dibdin
Cosi
Fan Tutti
Ruth
Rendell
The
Keys To The Street
Dick
Francis
To
The Hilt
Charles
Higson
Getting
Rid of Mr Kitchen
Walter
Mosley
A
Little Yellow Dog
Caroline
Graham
Faithful
Unto Death
Colin
Dexter
Death
Is Now My Neighbour
Bill
James
Top
Banana
Lynn
S. Hightower
Eyeshot
Lawrence
Block
Even
The Wicked
Lauren
Henderson
Too
Many Blondes
John
Baker
Death
Minus Zero
July
1996
Sharyn
McCrumb
The
Rosewood Casket
John
Straley
The
Curious Eat Themselves
Jean
Hanff Korelitz
A
Jury Of Her Peers
Joseph
T.Klempner
Felony
Murder
Veronica
Stallwood
Oxford
Fall
M.J.Trow
Lestrade
and the Devil's Own
Kathy
Hogan Trocheck
Heart
Trouble
Valerie
Kershaw
Juicy
Lucy
Stephen
Hunter
Black
Light
James
Gabriel Berman
Misbegotten
John
Harvey
Easy
Meat
Magdelen
Nabb
The
Monster of Florence
June
1996
Ingrid
Noll
Hell
Hath No Fury
Karen
Kijewski
Honky
Tonk Kat
Christopher
Brookmyre
Quite
Ugly One Morning
Janet
Neel
A
Timely Death
Manuel
Vazquez Montalban
Off
Side
Jim
Lusby
Flashback
Iain
Pears
Death
and Restoration
Kinky
Friedman
God
Bless John Wayne
Lindsey
Davis
A
Dying Light in Corduba
Marianne
Macdonald
Death's
Autograph
Stella
Duffy
Wavewalker
Ellen
Hart
A
Small Sacrifice
Chaz
Brenchley
Blood
Waters
May
1996
Lisa
Scottoline
Running
From The Law
Donna
Leon
Acqua
Alta
Peter
Lovesey
Bloodhounds
April 1996
Joe
R.Lansdale
The
Two-Bear Mambo
John
Burdett
A
Personal History of Thirst
Steven
Womack
Chain
of Fools
Carol
O'Connell
Killing
Critics
March
1996
Barbara
Vine
The
Brimstone Wedding
Lia
Matera
Designer
Crimes
Ann
Wilson
Truth
or Dare
Nicolas
Freeling
A
Dwarf Kingdom
R.M.Eversz
Shooting
Elvis
February
1996
Janet
Evanovich
Two
For The Dough
Martin
Edwards
Eve
Of Destruction
John
Gilstrap
Nathan's
Run
Ajay
Close
Official
and Doubtful
J.D.Robb
Naked
In Death
Gopal
Baratham
Moonrise,
Sunset
Gini
Hartzmark
Bitter
Business
January
1996
Robert
Wilson
The
Big Killing
D.M.Greenwood
Mortal
Spoils
William
Paul
Sleeping
Partner
Chaz
Brenchley
Dead
of Light
Sue
Grafton
L
is for Lawless
Dianne
Pugh
Body
Blow
Robert
Wilson
Instruments
of Darkness
Laurie
R. King
To
Play The Fool
Douglas
Skeggs
The
Phoenix of Prague
Ron
Mackay
Mean
City
Mike
Philips
An
Image to Die For
December
1995
John
Baker
Poet
In The Gutter
Raymond
Flynn
Seascape
With Body
Lauren
Henderson
Dead
White Female
November
1995
Marcia
Muller
A
Wild And Lonely Place
Janet
Dawson
The
Missing Child
Daniel
Easterman
Day
of Wrath
NEW
REVIEWS
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All reviews originally
appeared in the Manchester Evening News and are kindly supplied
by the author. Photo of Val by Jerry Bauer.
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