Welcome to MURDER BY TYPE, a place to discuss mysteries and authors and the things that draw us to our favorite books. Is it location? Is it the type of protagonist? I am drawn to police procedurals and books with private or amateur investigators. Unfamiliar locations carry the plus of teaching about cultures and customs. Favorite authors include Leighton Gage, Timothy Hallinan, Cara Black, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Michael Stanley, Dan Waddell, Donna Leon, Libby Fischer Hellman, Martha Grimes, Kathy Reichs and the list goes on and on.
- Beth C.DUBLIN DEAD
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FACES OF THE GONE – Brad Parks
FACES OF THE GONE by Brad Parks was considered for an Edgar Award as best first novel. This book is set in Newark, NJ, certainly one of the least salubrious locations I can think of. Parks does not try to … Continue reading
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SNOW ANGELS – James Thompson
I posted this review the first time on July 5th. The idea of snow was almost appealing in the heat of the summer. There are two reasons for posting this review again now. The first is that the eastern seaboard … Continue reading
Cara Black: The Raids on the Marais and the denial by the Vichy Government
Cara Black is the author of books set in various sections of Paris. The series begins with MURDER IN THE MARAIS, the old Jewish Quarter. Aimee Leduc and her business partner, Rene, are on the cutting edge of internet security … Continue reading
AN IMPARTIAL WITNESS – Charles Todd
“Early Summer, 1917 “The burn victim, swathed in bandages…was frightful to see, his skin still raw and weeping, his eyes his only recognizable feature. I knew and he knew that in spite of all his doctors could do, it would … Continue reading
THE FOURTH SACRIFICE – Peter May
Condorena shares with us another great review about a very good book. This is the first in the series. In Beijing one does not have to look far to find a contradiction or a contrast. There is one on every … Continue reading
HYPOTHERMIA – Arnaldur Indridason
The atmosphere of HYPOTHERMIA is cold. The weather is cold and so are many of the characters, cold to the needs and the fears of those who trust them. Maria is devastated by her mother’s death. Leonora had been dying … Continue reading
CHRISTINE FALLS and THE SILVER SWAN – Benjamin Black/John Banville
“When he walked into the morgue long after midnight and saw Malachy Griffin there he felt a shiver along his spine that was to prove prophetic, a tremor of troubles to come.” Quirke, a pathologist, walks into his domain and … Continue reading
HANGMAN – Faye Kellerman
HANGMAN is the nineteenth book in Faye Kellerman’s Peter Decker/ Rina Lazarus series. Peter is a lieutenant in the homicide division of the Los Angelas Police Department. Rina is his wife. They meet in the first book in the series, … Continue reading
SUSPECT – Michael Robotham
The author introduces the reader to clinical psychologist Joseph O’Laughlin while he is sitting on the roof of a hospital high above the streets of London. “From the pitched slate roof of the Royal Marsden Hospital, if you look between … Continue reading
THE LEMUR – Benjamin Black
John Glass was a highly respected investigative journalist until he agrees to write a biography of his father-in-law, Wild Bill Mulholland. “Billuns”, as he is known in the family (and the author should not be forgiven for that twee nickname), … Continue reading
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