Mystery and Suspense Reviews for 2009

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For a complete listing of reviews, sorted by author, title, and category, see:Mystery Review Central. See also the 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007,2006, 2005, 2004, 2003 and 2002 listings.

December 2009 Reviews

SWAN FOR THE MONEY by Donna Andrews Minotaur, July 2009 **** Reviewed 12/14/09

November 2009 Reviews

FINGER LICKIN' FIFTEEN by Janet Evanovich St, Martin's Press, June 2009 *** Reviewed 11/14/09

October 2009 Reviews

DEATH TAKES A HAND by Susan Moody Otto Penzler Books, January 1994 ** Reviewed 10/20/09
PLUM SPOOKY by Janet Evanovich St. Martin's Press, January 2009 *** Reviewed 10/05/09
BLOOD AT THE BOOKIES by Simon Brett Five Star, August 2008 ** Reviewed 10/05/09
THE GREEN REVOLUTION by Ralph McInerny Minotaur, September 2008 *** Reviewed 10/05/09

September 2009 Reviews

HEAVEN'S KEEP by William Kent Krueger Atria, September 2009 *** Reviewed 9/01/09

August 2009 Reviews

IN THE FLESH by Paul Nelson BooksForABuck.com, August 2009 **** Reviewed 8/25/09
THE LOST THRONE by Chris Kuzneski Putnam, July 2009 ** Reviewed 8/24/09
June 2009 Reviews

ORACLE OF THE DEAD by John Maddox Roberts Minotaur, December 2008 *** Reviewed 6/19/09
KILLER SUMMER by Ridley Pearson Putnam, June 2009 *** Reviewed 6/16/09
TO DIE FOR by David Champion Allen A. Knoll Publishers, November 2005 *** Reviewed 6/05/09
THE RIGHT MISTAKE by Walter Mosley Basic Civitas Books, October 2008 *** Reviewed 6/01/09
THEY FALL HARD by Alistair Boyle Allen A. Knoll Publishers, August 2004 ** Reviewed 6/01/09

May 2009 Reviews

ILLEGAL by Paul Levine Bantam, March 2009 **** Reviewed 5/28/09
DEADLY STING by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, May 2009 **** Reviewed 5/19/09
THE RENEGADES by T. Jefferson Parker Dutton, February 2009 **** Reviewed 5/19/09
VANISHED by Joseph Finder St. Martin's Press, August 2009 **** Reviewed 5/10/09

April 2009 Reviews

THE TRAITOR by Stephen Coonts St. Martin's Press, March 2007 *** Reviewed 4/10/09

March 2009 Reviews

ON THE GRIND by Stephen J. Cannell St. Martin's Press, January 2009 **** Reviewed 3/26/09

February 2009 Reviews

COCKATIELS AT SEVEN by Donna Andrews St. Martin's Minotaur, July 2008 *** Reviewed 2/26/09
THE ARCHBISHOP IN ANDALUSIA by Andrew M. Greeley Forge Books, November 2008 *** Reviewed 2/26/09
EXPOSED by Alex Kava Mira, October 2008 *** Reviewed 2/06/09
BLOOD LINES by Mel Odom Tyndale House, December 2008 **** Reviewed 2/05/09

January 2009 Reviews

December 2008 Reviews

SCONE COLD DEAD by Kaitlyn Dunnett Kensington, August 2008 ** Reviewed 12/23/08
GOING POSTAL by Amy Eastlake BooksForABuck.com, December 2008 **** Reviewed 12/23/08
HARDLY KNEW HER by Laura Lippman William Morrow, October 2008 **** Reviewed 12/15/08