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Book Review: Blood Alone James R. Benn
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Book Review: Blood Alone James R. Benn

Man of la BookApril 18, 2024

Billy Boyle wakes up in Sicily, with amnesia. He doesn’t remember what happened, or who he is, but he has a yellow silk handkerchief which seems important

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Spotlight:  That Others May Live by Sara Driscoll
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Spotlight: That Others May Live by Sara Driscoll

Man of la BookSeptember 20, 2023

A treat for dog lovers, in the only mystery series that revolves around a K-9 search-and-rescue unit is gripping, timely, and “wonderfully readable”

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Feature: False Witness by  Karin Slaughter
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Feature: False Witness by Karin Slaughter

Man of la BookJune 3, 2022

Leigh Collier gets a call from one of the firm’s partners who wants Leigh to come on board to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape

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Thoughts on: Call Me Princess by Sara Blædel
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Book Review: Call Me Princess by Sara Blædel

Man of la BookOctober 4, 2011

I liked the characterization in the book. Louise, a no nonsense cop, Camilla, her ruthless bitch of a best friend, boyfriends and co-workers

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Thoughts on: Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andreï Makine
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Book Review: Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andreï Makine

Man of la BookAugust 28, 2011

A beautiful book, a lyrical and relatable story of the author who was born in Russia but spent his summers with his grandmother Charlotte Lemonnier

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Book Review: The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø
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Book Review: The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø

Man of la BookFebruary 24, 2011

The detail Nesbø brings to his characters & to Oslo is riveting and compelling. Nesbø takes the reader into nooks of the city where tourists rarely venture

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Book Review: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino
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Book Review: The Devotion of Suspect X by Keigo Higashino

Man of la BookFebruary 1, 2011

The mystery is the way the investigation unfolds, layer by layer while the reader is privy to how the murder was done is a unique way to tell a story

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Book Review: Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag
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Book Review: Deeper than the Dead by Tami Hoag

Man of la BookNovember 26, 2010

The book is deliciously suspenseful, surprising and the unexpected twists and turns are a delight which will held my attention throughout

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Book Review: The First Wave by James R. Benn
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Book Review: The First Wave by James R. Benn

Man of la BookNovember 8, 2010

The characters from the first book are being assembled, in Algeria, getting ready for Allied forces to take over, hoping the French won’t put up a fight

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Book Review: Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery by James R. Benn
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Book Review: Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery by James R. Benn

Man of la BookAugust 27, 2010

Operation Jupiter was a fake plan during World war Ii to draw Nazi forces away from the fronts. A former Boston cop, Boyle plays a fish-out-of-water in England

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