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Our reviewers are not paid for their work; therefore, they choose books they expect to enjoy. Most of us have a "50-page" rule. If we can't get through the first 50 pages, we don't read it and don't review it. Each reviewer has their own criteria for books.  The reviewer's endorsements are their own. For more information about a reviewer, click HERE. For reviews sorted by reviewer, click HERE. Please note that we are in the process of revising how we list reviewers. As a result of this, some may be missing from the contributors page or the index by reviewers page.

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[reviewer]     Book / Author  --  Rating

[RJ]     Their Wildest Dreams     by   Peter Abrahams    [2003]

[RJ]     The Mistress of Alderley     by   Robert Barnard    [2003]

[RJ]     Hunting Season     by   Nevada Barr    [2002]

[RJ]     Flashback     by   Nevada Barr    [2003]

[RJ]     Burning Moon     by   Richard Barre    [2003]

[RJ]     Death of a Village     by   M. C. Beaton    [2003]

[RJ]     Ash Child     by   Peter Bowen    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Badlands     by   Peter Bowen    [2003]

[RJ]     Liquor     by   Poppy Z. Brite    [2004]

[RJ]     Street Boys     by   Lorenzo Carcaterra    [4.5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Jackson Park     by   Charlotte Carter    [2003]

[RJ]     Persuader     by   Lee Child    [2003]

[RJ]     Plain Heathen Mischief     by   Martin Clark    [2004]

[RJ]     Lost Light     by   Michael Connelly    [2003]

[RJ]     City of Bones     by   Michael Connelly    [2002]

[RJ]     Bad Men     by   John Connolly    [2003]

[RJ]     The Interrogation     by   Thomas H. Cook    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Hot Plastic     by   Peter Craig    [2004]

[RJ]     The Last Detective     by   Robert Crais    [2003]

[RJ]     A Body in the Bathhouse     by   Lindsey Davis

[RJ]     Murder in the Blood     by   Gene DeWeese    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Burn     by   Sean Doolittle    [5 stars]    [2003]

[RJ]     The Unseen     by   Lee Driver    [2004]

[RJ]     Radio Activity     by   Bill Fitzhugh    [5 stars]    [2004]

[RJ]     Heart Seizure     by   Bill Fitzhugh    [2003]

[RJ]     Liberty or Death     by   Kate C. Flora    [2003]

[RJ]     A Place of Hiding     by   Elizabeth George    [2003]

[RJ]     Death in Dublin: The Theft of the Book Kells     by   Bartholomew Gill    [2002]

[RJ]     Over His Dead Body     by   Leslie Glass    [2003]

[RJ]     Mallets Aforethought     by   Sarah Graves    [2004]

[RJ]     The Angel of Montague Street     by   Norman Green    [2003]

[RJ]     Heat Shock     by   Robert Greer    [2003]

[RJ]     Last to Die     by   James Grippando    [2003]

[RJ]     Days of the Dead     by   Barbara Hambly    [2003]

[RJ]     Dead Water     by   Barbara Hambly    [2004]

[RJ]     Blood Is the Sky     by   Steve Hamilton    [2003]

[RJ]     A Picture of Guilt     by   Libby Fischer Hellmann    [2003]

[RJ]     Chained     by   Lauren Henderson    [5 stars]

[RJ]     Death's Jest-Book     by   Reginald Hill    [5 stars]    [2003]

[RJ]     Naked at the Window     by   Bill James    [2002]

[RJ]     One-Hit Wonder     by   Lisa Jewell    [2 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Take Me, Take Me with You     by   Lauren Kelly    [2004]

[RJ]     Keeping Watch     by   Laurie R. King    [2003]

[RJ]     Dating Dead Men     by   Harley Jane Kozak    [2004]

[RJ]     Sunset and Sawdust     by   Joe R. Lansdale    [2004]

[RJ]     A Fine Dark Line     by   Joe R. Lansdale    [2003]

[RJ]     Shutter Island     by   Dennis Lehane    [2003]

[RJ]     Scratch the S     by   Benjamin M. Leroy

[RJ]     The Fortress of Solitude     by   Jonathan Lethem    [2003]

[RJ]     Every Secret Thing     by   Laura Lippman    [2003]

[RJ]     Absolute Zero     by   Chuck Logan    [2002]

[RJ]     Bone Harvest     by   Mary Logue    [2004]

[RJ]     Diamond Dust     by   Peter Lovesey    [4 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Dantes' Inferno     by   Sarah Lovett

[RJ]     Dark Alchemy     by   Sarah Lovett    [2003]

[RJ]     Death, Bones, and Stately Homes     by   Valerie S. Malmont    [2003]

[RJ]     Sleeping Beauty     by   Phillip Margolin    [2004]

[RJ]     Last Lessons of Summer     by   Margaret Maron    [2003]

[RJ]     The Pearl Diver     by   Sujata Massey    [2004]

[RJ]     Tucker Peak     by   Archer Mayor

[RJ]     Gatekeeper     by   Archer Mayor    [2003]

[RJ]     The Sniper's Wife     by   Archer Mayor    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Ghost Riders     by   Sharyn McCrumb    [2003]

[RJ]     Death in the Family     by   Jill McGown    [2002]

[RJ]     Deception     by   Denise Mina    [2004]

[RJ]     The Girl With The Golden Bouffant     by   Mabel Money    [2004]

[RJ]     A Cruel Season for Dying     by   Harker Moore    [2003]

[RJ]     The Waking     by   Mike Nichols    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Soul Circus     by   George Pelecanos    [2003]

[RJ]     Hell to Pay     by   George Pelecanos    [2002]

[RJ]     SouthHampton Row     by   Anne Perry    [2002]

[RJ]     Death of a Stranger     by   Anne Perry    [4.5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     No Graves As Yet     by   Anne Perry    [2003]

[RJ]     Dead Aim     by   Thomas Perry    [3 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Cottonwood     by   Scott Phillips    [2004]

[RJ]     Samaritan     by   Richard Price    [5 stars]    [2003]

[RJ]     Moony's Road to Hell     by   Manuel Ramos    [2002]

[RJ]     Resurrection Men     by   Ian Rankin    [5 stars]

[RJ]     Contest     by   Matthew Reilly

[RJ]     Aftermath     by   Peter Robinson    [5 stars]

[RJ]     Close To Home     by   Peter Robinson    [2003]

[RJ]     Winter and Night     by   S. J. Rozan    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     A Fistful of Rain     by   Greg Rucka    [2003]

[RJ]     The Golden Rules     by   R. M. Ryan

[RJ]     Unpaid Dues     by   Barbara Seranella    [2003]

[RJ]     No Man Standing     by   Barbara Seranella    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Man Eater     by   Ray Shannon    [2003]

[RJ]     A Faint Cold Fear     by   Karin Slaughter    [2003]

[RJ]     Kisscut     by   Karin Slaughter    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     The Blackbird Papers     by   Ian Smith    [2004]

[RJ]     Mean Woman Blues     by   Julie Smith    [2003]

[RJ]     Louisiana Bigshot     by   Julie Smith    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     In the Bleak Midwinter     by   Julia Spencer-Fleming    [5 stars]    [2002]

[RJ]     Sucker Bet     by   James Swain    [2003]

[RJ]     Wolf Pass     by   Steve Thayer    [2003]

[RJ]     Living Proof     by   Peter J. Thompson    [2003]

[RJ]     Acid Row     by   Minette Walters

[RJ]     The Color of Emptiness     by   Cynthia Webb    [2004]

[RJ]     A Body to Die For     by   Kate White    [2003]

[RJ]     Typhoon     by   Robin A. White    [2003]

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