Reviews of Private Detective Mysteries

Reviews of Private Detective Mysteries and Suspense

This is the listing of BooksForABuck.com reviews of mysteries and suspense featuring private detectives.

Private Detective Reviews

ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING by Laurence Block William Morrow, March 2005 **** Reviewed 3/07/05
BACK STORY by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2003 *** Reviewed 6/20/03
BAD BUSINESS by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, March 2004 ** Reviewed 3/20/04
BEACON STREET MOURNING by Dianne Day Doubleday, October 2000 **** Reviewed 10/15/00
BIGGIE AND THE QUINCY GHOST by Nancy Bell Thomas Dunne, September 2001 *** Reviewed 9/24/01
BLACKHEART HIGHWAY by Richard Barre Berkley Prime Crime, Penguin Putnam, Inc., June 1999 ****
THE BLUE CHEER by Ed Lynskey PointBlank Press, February 2007 **** Reviewed 12/30/06
BLUE SCREEN by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, June 2006 ** Reviewed 11/22/06
BLUE SHOES AND HAPPINESS by Alexander McCall Smith *** Reviewed 9/08/06Pantheon Books, April 2006
THE BOOK OF KILLS by Ralph McInerny St. Martin's Minotaur, September 2000 *** Reviewed 9/13/00
BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO by Ed Gorman Carroll & Graf, February 2004 **** Reviewed 5/02/04
CANDY APPLE RED by Nancy Bush Kensington, October 2005 *** Reviewed 3/12/06
THE CASE OF THE GLAMOROUS GHOST by Erle Stanley Gardner Fawcett, February 2000 *** Reviewed 10/27/06
THE CASE OF THE TERRIFIED TYPIST by Erle Stanley Gardner Fawcett, July 1999 ** Reviewed 10/27/06
CELT AND PEPPER by Ralph McInerny St. Martin's Minotaur, December 2002 *** Reviewed 1/16/03
CEREAL KILLER by G. A. McKevett Kensington, January 2004 *** Reviewed 3/17/04
CHICAGO CONFIDENTIAL by Max Allan Collins New American Library, June 2002 **** Reviewed 6/30/02
CHOKE POINT by James C. Mitchell St. Martin's Minotaur, October 2004 **** Reviewed 1/07/04
CINNAMON KISS by Walter Mosley Little, Brown & Company, September 2005 **** Reviewed 11/11/05
CITY OF STRANGERS by John Shannon Carroll & Graf, 2003 **** Reviewed 11/17/03
CLAIRE AND PRESENT DANGER by Gillian Roberts Ballantine, June 2003 **** Reviewed 6/11/03
CLOSING TIME by Jim Fusilli G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001 ** Reviewed 10/15/01
COLD SERVICE by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, March 2005 *** Reviewed 5/26/05
CRAZYBONE by Bill Pronzini Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2000 *** Reviewed 11/05/00
DANGEROUS GAMES by John Shannon Carroll & Graf, May 2005 **** Reviewed 11/19/05
THE DARK STREETS by John Shannon Pegasus Books, January 2007 **** Reviewed 9/01/07
DEAD AND BURIED by Howard Engel The Overlook Press, 1990/2001 *** Reviewed 9/10/01
DEAD ON by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, May 2006 **** Reviewed 5/15/06
DEAD SOUL by James D. Doss St. Martin's Minotaur, September 2003 **** Reviewed 12/24/03
DEADER THE BETTER, THE by G. M. Ford (Avon Twilight, 2000) ****
DEADLY AGE by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, January 2007 **** Reviewed 1/06/07
DEADLY ECHO by Christine Green Severn House, 2002 **** Reviewed 5/18/03
DEADLY STING by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, May 2009 **** Reviewed 5/19/09
DEADLY TRADE (or Dead Men Don't Make Housecalls) by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, October 2007 **** Reviewed 10/18/07
DEADLY TURN by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, July 2008 **** Reviewed 7/28/08
DEATH OF THE PARTY by Carolyn Hart William Morrow, April 2005 ** Reviewed 3/18/05
DELETE ALL SUSPECTS by Donna Andrews Berkley Prime Crime, November 2005 ** Reviewed 12/15/05
DESERT WIVES by Betty Webb Poisoned Pen Press, 2003 *** Reviewed 3/21/03
THE DIRT-BROWN DERBY by Ed Lynskey Mundania Press, July 2006 **** Reviewed 9/15/06
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES by Larry Millett Viking, 2002 ** Reviewed 1/28/03
EMERALD AISLE by Ralph McInerny St. Martin's Minotaur, November 2001 *** Reviewed 11/26/01
FALL GUY by Carol Lea Benjamin William Morrow, September 2004 *** Reviewed 4/18/05
FIRST KILL by Michael Kronenwetter Thomas Dunne, St. Martin's Minotaur, September 2005 **** Reviewed 6/09/06
THE FULL CUPBOARD OF LIFE by Alexander McCall Smith Pantheon, April 2004 *** Reviewed 5/04/04
THE GREEN REVOLUTION by Ralph McInerny Minotaur, September 2008 *** Reviewed 10/05/09
GRIFT SENSE by James Swain Pocket Books, June 2001 *** Reviewed 8/05/01
HABEAS CAMPUS by Wendi Lee St. Martin's Minotaur, March 2002 ** Reviewed 6/08/02
HALLOWED BONES by Carolyn Haines Delacourt/Random House, April 2004 *** Reviewed 5/25/04
HE WHO DIES by Wendi Lee An Angela Matelli Mystery. St. Martin's Minotaur, June 2000 ** Reviewed 10/01/00
HEAVEN'S KEEP by William Kent Krueger Atria, September 2009 *** Reviewed 9/01/09
HIGHWAY 61 RESURFACED by Bill Fitzhugh William Morrow, April 2005 **** Reviewed 2/20/05
HOPE TO DIE by Lawrence Block William Morrow, 2001 **** Reviewed 11/23/01
HOT SIX by Janet Evanovich St. Martin's Press, July 2000 **** Reviewed 8/14/00
HOUSE OF CORRECTIONS by Doug Swanson G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000 ** Reviewed 10/29/00
HUGGER MUGGER by Robert B. ParkerA Spenser Novel G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000 **** Reviewed 8/11/00
I'M OKAY, YOU'RE DEAD by Joyce Spizer Intercontinental Publishing, 2000 ** Reviewed 9/28/02
IRISH TENURE by Ralph McInerny (St. Martin's Minotaur, December, 1999) **
THE KALAHARI TYPING SCHOOL FOR MEN by Alexander McCall Smith Pantheon Books, 2002 *** Reviewed 6/12/03
L.A. REQUIEM by Robert Crais Ballantine, February 2000 **** Reviewed 3/17/11
THE LAST BLUE PLATE SPECIAL by Abigail Padgett Warner Books, March 2001 **** Reviewed 4/10/01
THE LAST PLACE by Laura Lippman William Morrow, 2002 *** Reviewed 1/27/04
LAURENCE SANDERS McNALLY'S BLUFF by Vincent Lardo G. P. Putnam's Sons, August 2004 **** Reviewed 8/19/04
LITTLE GREEN by Walter Mosley Doubleday, May 2013 **** Reviewed 6/04/13
LOSER FRIENDLY by Jake Cassidy New Pulp, June 2010 **** Reviewed 7/04/10
McNALLY'S ALIBI by Vincent Lardo G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002 **** Reviewed 8/05/02
LAURENCE SANDERS McNALLY'S CHANCE by Vincent Lardo G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001 *** Reviewed 9/26/01
Laurence Sanders McNALLY'S FOLLY by Vincent Lardo G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2000 *** Reviewed 11/16/00
LITTLE SCARLET by Walter Mosley Little, Brown and Company, July 2004 **** Reviewed 2/6/04
LISTEN TO THE SILENCE by Marcia Muller The Mysterious Press, July 2000 **** Reviewed 11/11/00
LOADED DICE by James Swain Ballantine Books, June 2004 ** Reviewed 7/03/04
MALICIOUS INTENT by Maria Pease December 2005, Sweetpea Press **** Reviewed 2/08/07
McNALLY'S DARE by Vincent Lardo G. P. Putnam's Sons, July 2003 **** Reviewed 7/20/03
MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH by Kinky Friedman Simon & Schuster, 2002 *** Reviewed 11/07/02
MELANCHOLY BABY by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, September 2004 *** Reviewed 1/11/04
MERCY STREET by Mariah Stewart Ballantine, May 2008 *** Reviewed 7/18/08
MOBTOWN by Jack Kelly Hyperion, 2002 **** Reviewed 5/06/02
MORALITY FOR BEAUTIFUL GIRLS by Alexander McCall Smith Anchor Books, 2001 **** Reviewed 2/23/03
MOURNERS by Bill Pronzini Forge, March 2006 *** Reviewed 5/09/06
MURDER IN EXILE by Vincent H. O'Neil Thomas Dunne, St. Martin's Minotaur, April 2006 ** Reviewed 9/06/06
MURDER IN MONTMARTRE by Cara Black Soho, March 2006 *** Reviewed 5/29/06
MURDER IN THE SENTIER by Cara Black SOHO, 2002 *** Reviewed 6/05/02
THE NAKED DETECTIVE by Laurence Shames Villard Books, 2000 ** Reviewed 8/20/00
NO GOOD DEEDS by Laura Lippman William Morrow, June 2006 **** Reviewed 9/30/06
NOW AND THEN by Robert B. Parker Putnam, October 2007 ** Reviewed 1/29/07
THE ORANGE CURTAIN by John Shannon Carroll & Graf, 2001 **** Reviewed 6/29/01
P IS FOR PERIL by Sue Grafton G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001 *** Reviewed 11/07/01
PARADISE INTERRUPTED by Penny Michelbury Simon & Schuster, 2001 * Reviewed 3/01/01
PEACHES AND SCREAMS by G. A. McKevett Kensington Books, January 2002 *** Reviewed 5/15/02
PELHAM FELL HERE by Ed Lynskey Mundania Press, April 2008 **** Reviewed 4/12/07
POISON BLONDE by Loren D. Estleman FORGE, April 2003 **** Reviewed 6/25/03
POLITICAL SUICIDE by Alan Russell St. Martin's Minotaur, December 2003 *** Reviewed 3/22/04
POTSHOT by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001 *** Reviewed 7/18/01
THE PRISONER OF VANDAM STREET by Kinky Friedman Simon & Schuster, March 2004 **** Reviewed 4/12/04
PRIVATE HEAT by Robert Bailey M. Evans and Company, 2002 *** Reviewed 7/03/02
RETRO by Loren D. Estleman Forge, May 2004 **** Reviewed 8/03/04
THE RIGHT MADNESS by James Crumley Viking, May 2005 *** Reviewed 9/09/05
SCHOOL DAYS by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, September 2005 *** Reviewed 12/19/05
SEVEN UP by Janet Evanovich St. Martin's Press, June 2001 **** Reviewed 10/24/01
SHAKESPEARE'S COUNSELOR by Charlaine Harris St. Martin's Minotaur, November 2001 **** Reviewed 11/16/01
SHRINK RAP by Robert Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002 **** Reviewed 10/23/02
SIZZLING SIXTEEN by Janet Evanovich St. Martins, June 2010 **** Reviewed 4/26/11
A SMILE ON THE FACE OF THE TIGER Mysterious Press, August 2000 ****
SMOKE FILLED ROOMS by Kris Nelscott St. Martin's Minotaur, August 2001 **** Reviewed 8/24/01
SPARE CHANGE by Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, June 2007 ** Reviewed 10/01/07
THE STERLING INHERITANCE by Michael Silverling Thomas Dunne, St. Martin's Minotaur, July 2004 *** Reviewed 11/20/04
STORM RUNNERS by T. Jefferson Parker William Morrow, February 2007 **** Reviewed 4/13/07
STREETS ON FIRE by John Shannon Carroll & Graf, 2002 **** Reviewed 5/20/02
THE SUGAR HOUSE by Laura Lippman William Morrow, 2000 ****
TERMINAL ISLAND by John Shannon Carroll & Graff, March 2004 **** Reviewed 8/26/04
THEY FALL HARD by Alistair Boyle Allen A. Knoll Publishers, August 2004 ** Reviewed 6/01/09
THREE DEADLY SHADOWS by Teel James Glenn BooksForABuck.com, June 2015 **** Reviewed 6/27/15
TO DIE FOR by David Champion Allen A. Knoll Publishers, November 2005 *** Reviewed 6/05/09
TO THE BONE by Neil McMahon HarperCollins, September 2003 *** Reviewed 11/02/03
TROGLODYTES by Ed Lynskey Mundania Press, 2010 **** Reviewed 3/10/10
VISIONS OF SUGAR PLUMS by Janet Evanovich St. Martin's Press, November 2002 *** Reviewed 1/31/03
WESTERFIELD'S CHAIN by Jack Clark Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur, November 2002 *** Reviewed 1/05/03
WHATEVER DOESN'T KILL YOU by Gillian Roberts Thomas Dunne, St. Martin's Minotaur, May 2001 *** Reviewed 6/04/01
WHAT NOW, KING LEAR? By Alistair Boyle Allen A. Knoll Publishers, 2001 *** Reviewed 8/08/01
WHEN THE THRILL IS GONE by Walter Mosley Riverhead, March 2011 *** Reviewed 2/19/12
WHAT THE SHADOW KNEW by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, March 2016, **** Reviewed 3-14-2016
WHO KILLED MICHAEL DOUGLAS by Michael Paulson BooksForABuck.com, January 2010 **** Reviewed 1/23/10
WHO KILLED THE KILLER by Kenneth E. Ingle BooksForABuck.com, April 2011 **** Reviewed 4/09/11
WITCH'S TONGUE by James D. Doss St. Martin's Minotaur, September 2004 **** Reviewed 10/14/04
THE WRONG STUFF by Sharon Fiffer St. Martin's Minotaur, November 2003 **** Reviewed 2/27/04

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