Mystery/Thriller Book Reviews

Welcome to our Mystery/Thriller book reviews section. Here you find highlights of our reviews in the mystery genre. More reviews can be found on page 2 of the archives.

• 7 Deadly Wonders
  by Matthew Reilly (Simon and Schuster)
• Act of Mercy
  by Peter Tremayne (St. Martin's Press)
• Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
  by M.C. Beaton (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
  by M.C. Beaton (Minotaur)
• Agatha Raisin and the Love From Hell
  by M. C. Beaton (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• The Alpine Recluse
  by Mary Daheim (Ballantine)
• Amazonia
  by James Rollins (William Morrow)
• The Apprentice
  by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine)
• Ashes of Aries
  by Martha C. Lawrence (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Ashes of the Elements
  by Alys Clare (St. Martin's Press)
• The Babel Effect
  by Daniel Hecht (Crown Books)
• Bangkok 8
  by John Burdett (Knopf)
• The Beach House
  by James Patterson and Peter De Jonge (Little, Brown)
• Beautiful Ghosts
  by Elliot Pattison (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Betrayal in Death
  by J.D. Robb (Berkley)
• The Big Bad Wolf
  by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
• Black Lotus
  by Laura Joh Rowland (St. Martin's Press)
• Blood is the Sky
  by Steve Hamilton (St. Martin\'s Minotaur)
• Bone Mountain
  by Eliot Pattison (Minotaur)
• The Bride's Kimono
  by Sujata Massey (HarperCollins)
• The Burglar on the Prowl
  by Lawrence Block (William Morrow)
• Burning Down the House
  by Lev Raphael (Walker)
• The Cabinet of Curiosities
  by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Warner Books)
• California Girl
  by T. Jefferson Parker (William Morrow)
• Casino Royale
  by Ian Fleming (Penguin Books)
• The Cat Who Smelled a Rat
  by Lilian Jackson Braun (Jove)
• The Cat Who Talked Turkey
  by Lilian Jackson Braun (Putnam)
• The Cat Who Went Up the Creek
  by Lilian Jackson Braun (Putnam)
• Catch as Cat Can
  by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown (Bantam)
• Catering to Nobody
  by Diane Mott Davidson (Bantam)
• Click Here for Murder
  by Donna Andrews (Berkley Prime Crime)
• The Coil
  by Gayle Lynds (St. Martin's Press)
• Cold Pursuit
  by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion)
• The Confessor
  by Daniel Silva (Putnam)
• Danger Zone
  by Shirley Palmer (Mira)
• Dante's Equation
  by Jane Jensen (Del Ray)
• Dark Alchemy
  by Sarah Lovett (Simon and Schuster)
• Dead Midnight
  by Marcia Muller (Mysterious Press)
• A Death in Vienna
  by Daniel Silva (Putnam)
• Death Lurks in the Bush
  by Kate Grilley (Berkley)
• Death of a Celebrity
  by M.C. Beaton (Mysterious Press)
• The Death of a Dustman
  by M.C. Beaton (Mysterious Press)
• Death of the Last Villista
  by Allana Martin (St. Martin's Press)
• Declare
  by Tim Powers (William Morrow)
• Die for Love
  by Elizabeth Peters (Avon)
• Digital Fortress
  by Dan Brown (St. Martin's Press)
• Dim Sum Dead
  by Jerrilyn Farmer (Avon)
• Dine and Die on the Danube Express
  by Peter King (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Dirty Work
  by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
• Double Shot
  by Diane Mott Davidson (William Morrow)
• The Dragon King's Palace
  by Laura Joh Rowland (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Eat, Drink and Be Buried
  by Peter King (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Echo Burning
  by Lee Child (Putnam)
• The Enemy
  by Lee Child (Delacorte Press)
• The English Assassin
  by Daniel Silva (Putnam)
• Evan Can Wait
  by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Evans to Betsy
  by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• The Eyre Affair
  by Jasper Fforde (Viking)
• False Impression
  by Jeffrey Archer (St. Martin's Press)
• The Feng Shui Detective
  by Nury Vittachi (Thomas Dunne Books)
• Fever Cell
  by Leonard Goldberg (Signet)
• The Final Solution
  by Michael Chabon (4th Estate)
• Flight
  by Jan Burke (Simon and Schuster)
• Forged in Blood
  by Joyce Christmas (Fawcett Books)
• A Gentleman's Game
  by Greg Rucka (Bantam)
• Green Grow the Victims
  by Jeanne M. Dams (Walker)
• The Gripping Beast
  by Margot Wadley (St. Martin's Press)
• Hardcase
  by Dan Simmons (St. Martin's Press)
• Hearse of a Different Color
  by Tim Cockey (Hyperion)
• High Country
  by Nevada Barr (Putnam)
• High Heels and Homicide
  by Kasey Michaels (Kensington)
• Hit List
  by Lawrence Block (William Morrow)
• A Hole in Juan
  by Gillian Roberts (Ballantine Books)
• Honest Doubt
  by Amanda Cross (Ballantine)
• Hope to Die
  by Lawrence Block (William Morrow)
• The Hunted
  by Alan Jacobson (Pocket Books)
• Ice Run
  by Steve Hamilton (Thomas Dunne Books)
• The Informer
  by Akimitsu Takagi, Translated by Sadako Mizuguchi (Soho Press)
• The Insider
  by Stephen Frey (Ballantine)
• The Jester
  by James Patterson & Andrew Gross (Little, Brown)
• Kaleidoscope
  by Dorothy Gilman (Ballantine)
• Kill the Shogun
  by Dale Furutani (William Morrow)
• Killing Cassidy
  by Jeanne M. Dams (Walker and Co.)
• The King of Torts
  by John Grisham (Doubleday)
• L.A. Dead
  by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
• The Last Juror
  by John Grisham (Doubleday)
• Last of the Dixie Heroes
  by Peter Abrahams (Ballantine)
• The Last Templar
  by Raymond Khoury (Dutton)
• Little Girl Blue
  by David Cray (Carroll & Graf)
• London Bridges
  by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
• Long Lost
  by David Morrell (Warner Books)
• Lost in a Good Book
  by Jasper Fforde (Viking)
• Louisiana Bigshot
  by Julie Smith (Forge)
• Louisiana Hotshot
  by Julie Smith (Forge)
• Make Them Cry
  by Kevin O'Brien (Pinnacle)
• Mean Woman Blues
  by Julie Smith (Forge)
• Meg: Primal Waters
  by Steve Alten (Forge)
• Mesmerized
  by Gayle Lynds (Pocket Books)
• Midnight Runner
  by Jack Higgins (Putnam)
• Moment of Truth
  by Christiane Heggan (Mira)
• The Monk Who Vanished
  by Peter Tremayne (St. Martin's Press)
• Mumbo Gumbo
  by Jerrilyn Farmer (Avon)
• Murder is Academic
  by Christine Poulson (Thomas Dunne Books)
• Murphy's Law
  by Rhys Bowen (St. Martin's Press)
• The Narrows
  by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
• The Orion Protocol
  by Gary Tigerman (William Morrow)
• Our Lady of Darkness
  by Peter Tremayne (Minotaur)
• A Path of Shadows
  by Lauren Haney (Avon)
• The Pearl Diver
  by Sujata Massey (HarperCollins)
• Persuader
  by Lee Child (Bantam)
• The Pillow Book of Lady Wisteria
  by Laura Joh Rowland (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Prey
  by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins)
• The Protector
  by David Morrell (Warner Books)
• Pursuit
  by Alfredo (Henry Holt)
• Put a Lid on It
  by Donald E. Westlake (Mysterious Press)
• Reunion in Death
  by J. D. Robb (Berkley)
• Roses are Red
  by James Patterson (Little Brown)
• The Samurai's Daughter
  by Sujata Massey (HarperCollins)
• Sandstorm
  by James Rollins (William Morrow)
• Seduction in Death
  by J.D. Robb (Berkley)
• Sensei
  by John Donohue (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Singularity
  by Bill DeSmedt (Per Aspera)
• Slayer of Gods
  by Lynda S. Robinson (Mysterious Press)
• The Perfumed Sleeve
  by Laura Joh Rowland (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Small Town
  by Lawrence Block (William Morrow)
• Smoke in the Wind
  by Peter Tremayne (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• Something Rotten
  by Jasper (Viking)
• Stabbing Stephanie
  by Evan Marshall (Kensington)
• State of Fear
  by Michael Crichton (HarperCollins)
• Sticks & Scones
  by Diane Mott Davidson (Bantam)
• The Summons
  by John Grisham (Doubleday)
• The Surgeon
  by Tess Gerritsen (Ballantine)
• The Syndrome
  by John Case (Ballantine Books)
• Tanner's Tiger
  by Lawrence Block (Subterranean Press)
• Temple
  by Matt Reilly (St. Martin's Press)
• The Thai Amulet
  by Lyn Hamilton (Berkley Prime Crime)
• The Girl With the Long Green Heart
  by Lawrence Block (Hard Case Crime)
• The Haunted Abbot
  by Peter Tremayne (St. Martin's Minotaur)
• The Short Forever
  by Stuart Woods (Signet)
• Tracking Time
  by Leslie Glass (Dutton)
• Trust Fund
  by Stephen Frey (Ballantine)
• The Tutor
  by Peter Abrahams (Ballantine)
• Utopia
  by Lincoln Child (Doubleday)
• Water Touching Stone
  by Eliot Pattison (St. Martin's Press)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham?
  by Phyllis Richman (HarperCollins)
• Without Fail
  by Lee Child (Putnam)