2009 Reviews
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The 364 Books Reviewed in 2009 (so far…)
- Spooner by Pete Dexter (12-31-09) (review by Judi Clark)
- The Financial Lives of the Poets by Jess Walter (12-30-09) (review by Danielle Bullen and Judi Clark)
- The Immortality Factor by Ben Bova (12-29-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- The Virgin Queen’s Daughter by Ella March Chase (12-29-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Cairo Modern by Naguib Mahfouz (12-28-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Invisible by Paul Auster (12-26-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Mennonite in a Little Black Dress by Rhoda Janzen (12-25-09) (review by Lynn Harnett)
- While I’m Falling by Laura Moriarty (12-23-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- A Country Called Home by Kim Barnes (12-22-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Wittgenstein’s Nephew by Thomas Bernhard (12-21-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Manhood for Amateurs by Michael Chabon (12-20-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (12-19-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Locked In by Marcia Muller (12-17-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- The Road Home by Rose Tremain (12-16-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- The Man with the Wooden Hat by Jane Gardam (12-15-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- The Museum of Innocence by Orham Pamuk (12-14-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Convalescent by Jessica Anthony (12-12-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- In the Courts of the Sun by Brian D’Amato (12-11-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver (12-10-09) (review by Lynn Harnett)
- Nocturnes: Five Stories about Music and Nightfall by Kazuo Ishiguro (12-9-09) (review by Terez Rose)
- Miles from Nowhere by Nami Mun (12-8-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- The White Garden by Stephanie Barron (12-6-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Twilight by Stephanie Meyer (12-5-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- American Salvage by Bonnie Jo Campbell (12-4-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Love in Infant Monkeys by Lydia Millet (12-3-09) (review by Guy Savage) INTERVIEW
- The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood (12-2-09) (review by Lynn Harnett)
- U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton (12-1-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (11-30-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- The Confederate General Rides North by Amanda C. Gable (11-29-09) Debbie Lee Wesselman)
- A Partisan’s Daughter by Louis de Bernieres (11-28-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- After the Fire, A Still Small Voice by Evie Wyld (11-27-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Pop Goes the Weasel by Jack Albert (11-26-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Girl With Skirt of Stars by Jennifer Kitchell (11-25-09) (review by Katherine Petersen)
- Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel (11-24-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson (11-22-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon (11-20-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro (11-19-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer (11-18-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Don’t Sleep, There are Snakes by Daniel L. Everett (11-17-09) (review by Lynn Harnett)
- Train to Trieste by Domnica Radulescu (11-16-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- True Compass: A Memoir by Edward M. Kennedy (11-15-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Anna In-Between by Elizabeth Nunez (11-14-09) (review by Ann Wilkes) INTERVIEW
- Border Songs by Jim Lynch (11-13-09) Debbie Lee Wesselman)
- NIght Navigation by Ginnah Howard (11-12-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Lowboy by John Wray (review by Bonnie Brody ) (11-11-09)
- Fly By Wire: The Geese, The Glide, The Miracle on the Hudson by William Langewiesch (11-10-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Supreme Courtship by Christopher Buckley (11-09-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- The Double-Jack Murders by Patrick F. McManus (11-09-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- The Darkest Room by Johan Theorin (11-07-09) (review by Sudheer Apte)
- Honey in His Mouth by Lester Dent (11-07-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- The Broken Teaglass by Emily Arsenault (11-06-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Boston Noiredited by Dennis Lehane (11-05-09) (review by CT Terry)
- Many and Many a Year Ago by Selcuk Altun (11-04-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Haiku by Andrew Vachss (11-03-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- The Most Beautiful Book in the World by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt (11-02-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Coral Thief by Rebecca Stott (11-01-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris (10-31-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Vicious Circle by Mike Carey (10-31-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Devil’s Company by David Liss (10-30-09) (review by Lynn Harnett)
- The Vows of Silence by Susan Hill (10-29-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Spiritualist by Megan Chance (10-28-09) (review by Lori Lamothe)
- Quarry in the Middle by Max Allan Collins (10-27-09) (review by Daniel Luft) INTERVIEW
- Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving (10-26-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger (10-25-09) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselman)
- A Cure for Night by Justin Peacock (10-24-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Criminal Karma by Steven M. Thomas (10-24-09)(review by Bonnie Brody)
- The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland (10-23-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- The Owl in the Daylight by Tessa B. Dick (10-23-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- Far North by Marcel Theroux (10-22-09) (review by Lynn Harnett)
- South of Broad by Pat Conroy (10-21-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- What the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell (10-20-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell (10-20-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Real Life & Liars by Kristina Riggle (10-19-09) (review by Terez Rose)
- Generosity: An Enhancement by Richard Powers (10-18-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Poisonville by Massimo Carlotto and Marco Videtta (10-17-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Box 21 by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström (10-16-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Tell Me Something True by Leila Cobo (10-15-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Some Things That Meant the World to Me by Joshua Mohr (10-15-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- The Monster in the Box by Ruth Rendell (10-14-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (10-13-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Scarecrow by Michael Connelly (10-13-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Favorites by Mary Yukari Waters (10-12-09) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselman)
- The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini (10-11-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- A Quiet Belief in Angels by R. J. Ellory (10-10-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Voracious by Alice Henderson (10-9-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- The Last Secret by Mary McGarry Morris (10-8-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- The Children’s Book by A. S. Byatt (10-7-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Hummingbirds by Joshua Gaylord (10-6-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- A Duty to the Dead by Charles Todd (10-5-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Exit Music by Ian Rankin (10-4-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- This is Water by David Foster Wallace (10-4-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Blood Safari by Deon Meyer (10-3-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Where the Money Went by Kevin Canty (10-2-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife by Francine Prose (10-1-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Confession of Edward Day by Valerie Martin (9-30-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- Atlas of Unknowns by Tania James (9-29-09) (review by Katherine Petersen)
- A Change in Altitude by Anita Shreve (9-28-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Blame by Michelle Huneven (9-27-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Disturbances in the Field by Lynn Sharon Schwartz (9-27-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- A River Called Time by Mia Couto (9-26-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Two of the Deadliest edited by Elizabeth George (9-25-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- Angel of the Assassination by Graeme Fife (9-25-09) (review by Katherine Petersen)
- Twisted Tree by Kent Meyers (9-24-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- This Is Where I Leave You by Jonathan Tropper (9-23-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes (9-23-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Saving Sammy: Curing the Boy Who Caught OCD by Beth Alison Maloney (9-22-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown (9-21-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Age of Orphans by Laleh Khadivi (9-20-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (9-19-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Unincorporated Man by Dani and Eytan Kollin (9-18-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- New World Monkeys by Nancy Mauro (9-17-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Beneath the Bleeding by Val McDermid (9-16-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates (9-15-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Natural Elements by Richard Mason (9-14-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Looking After Pigeon by Maud Carol Markson (9-13-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- Love and Summer by William Trevor (9-12-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Under This Unbroken Sky by Shandi Mitchell (9-11-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- A Gate at the Stairs by Lorrie Moore (9-10-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay (9-9-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker (9-8-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Lieutenant by Kate Grenville (9-7-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Triumph of Deborah by Eva Etzioni-Halevy (9-6-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- Trouble by Kate Christensen (9-5-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Black Water Rising by Attica Locke (9-4-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Losers Live Longer by Russell Atwood (9-3-09) (review by Daniel Luft)
- Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon (9-2-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Child’s Play by Carmen Posada (9-2-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Midnight Charter by David Whitley (9-1-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Every Patient Tells a Story by Lisa Sanders (8-31-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Direct Red by Gabriel Weston (8-31-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- An Underachiever’s Diary by Benjamin Anastas (8-30-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett (8-30-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- Huge by James W. Fuerst (8-29-09) (review by CT Terry)
- What’s Next? Dispatches on the Future of Science edited by Max Brockman (8-28-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The 21st Century Economy: A Beginner’s Guide by Randy Charles Epping (8-28-09) (review by Claudia Real)
- The Red Convertible: Selected Stories by Louise Erdrich (8-27-09) (review by Terez Rose)
- Both Ways is the Only Way I Want It by Maile Meloy (8-26-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- Gourmet Rhapsody by Muriel Barbery (8-25-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs (8-25-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- In the Kitchen by Monica Ali (8-24-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Siege by Stephen White (8-23-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi by Geoff Dyer (8-22-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Greetings from Somewhere Else by Monica McInerney (8-20-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- The Caveman’s Valentine by George Dawes Green (8-19-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Fifty Grand by Adrian McKinty (8-18-09) (review by Guy Savage) INTERVIEW
- Dead I Well May Be by Adrian McKinty (8-18-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment (8-17-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Beginner’s Greek by James Collins (8-16-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- The City & The City by China Miéville (8-15-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Amateur Barbarians by Robert Cohen (8-14-09) (review by Mike Frechette )
- Brooklyn by Colm Toibin (8-13-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Devil You Know by Mike Carey (8-12-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Self’s Murder by Bernhard Schlink (8-11-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- Galahad at Blandings by P.G. Wodehouse (8-11-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Last War by Ana Menendez (8-10-09) (review by Beth Chariton)
- Mudbound by Hilary Jordan (8-9-09) (review by Bonnie Brody)
- The Proof of the Honey by Salwa Al Neimi (8-8-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Morning and Evening Talk by Naguib Mahfouz (8-7-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon (8-6-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo (8-5-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The House without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers (8-4-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Perfect Life by Jessica Shattuck (8-3-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Book from the Sky by Robert Kelly (8-2-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- HeartSick by Chelsea Cain (8-1-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card (7-31-09) (review by Mike Frechette )
- The Blindfold Test by Barry Schecter (7-30-09) (review by CT Terry)
- Follow Me by Joanna Scott (7-29-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- Snakeskin Road by James Braziel (7-28-09) (review by Doug Bruns)
- The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson (7-27-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Lowboy by John Wray (7-26-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Last Night at the Lobster (7-25-09)   (review by Sudheer Apte)
- Not in the Flesh by Ruth Rendell (7-25-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Last Nightingale by Anthony Flacco (7-24-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Vanilla Ride by Joe R. Lansdale (7-23-09)  (review by Guy Savage)   INTERVIEW
- A Disobedient Girl by Ru Freeman (7-21-09)  (review by Debbie Lee Wesselman)
- Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen (7-20-09)  (review by Doug Bruns)
- House Secrets by Michael Lawson (7-19-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Get Real by Donald E. Westlake (7-18-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Rooftops of Tehran by Mahbod Seraji (7-17-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Yacoubian Building by Alaa Al Aswany (7-16-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann (7-15-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- I See You Everywhere by Julia Glass (7-14-09)  (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Water Dogs by Lewis Robinson (7-13-09)  (review by Sudheer Apte)
- The Rose Variations by Marisha Chamberlain (7-12-09) (review by Terez Rose)
- A Plague of Secrets by John Lescroart (7-11-09)  (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Ravens by George Dawes Green (7-10-09)  (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert  (7-9-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- Blog Article with mention of  Bury Me Deep and interview with Megan Abbott by Guy Savage (7-8-09)
- The Blue Notebook by James A. Levine (7-7-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Sister by Poppy Adams (7-6-09)  (review by Lori Lamothe)
- The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by Reif Larson (7-5-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Killer Summer by Ridley Pearson (7-4-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Renegade: The Making of a President by Richard Wolffe (7-4-09)  (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- 2666 by Roberto Bolano (7-3-09) Â (review by Doug Bruns)
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett (7-1-09)  (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Triple Cross by Mark T. Sullivan (6-30-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- Krapp’s Last Cassette by Anne Argula (6-29-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- East of the Sun by Julia Gregson (6-28-09)  (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Mind’s Eye by HÃ¥kan Nesser (6-27-09)  (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Pig Comes to Dinner by Joseph Caldwell (6-25-09)  (review by Mike Frechette )
- A Day in the Life of Ancient Rome by Alberto Angela (6-21-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Temporal Void by Peter F. Hamilton (6-19-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- Censoring An Iranian Love Story by Shahriar Mandanipour (6-17-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafon (6-15-09)  (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Beijing Coma by Ma Jian (6-13-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Bad Cop: New York’s Least Likely Police Officer Tells All by Paul Bacon (6-12-09) (review by Dean Murphy)
- Yes, My Darling Daughter by Margaret Leroy (6-10-09)(review by Judi Clark)
- The Late, Lamented Molly Marx by Sally Koskow (6-9-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Downhill Lie by Carl Hiaasen (6-8-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk (6-6-09) (review by Mike Frechette )
- Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child (6-5-09)  (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Shadow and Light by Jonathan Rabb (6-4-09)  (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Cutie by Donald E. Westlake (6-3-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Fake I.D. by Jason Starr (6-1-09) (review by Daniel Luft)
- Wonderful World by Javier Calvo (5-31-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- Silent on the Moor by Deanna Raybourn (5-30-09)  (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- WWW : Wake by Robert J. Sawyer (5-29-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- Genesis by Bernard Beckett (5-28-09)  (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith (5-27-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- Shanghai Girls by Lisa See (5-26-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (5-26-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Nation. Guide to the Nation by Richard Lingeman (5-25-09)  (review by Poornima Apte)
- Admission by Jean Hanff Korelitz (5-24-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Sag Harbor by Colson Whitehead (5-23-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- Honolulu by Alan Brennert (5-22-09)  (review by Katherine Petersen)
- The Secret Speech by Tom Rob Smith (5-21-09)Â (review by Sudheer Apte)
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (5-19-09)  (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Boy with the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne (5-19-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears (5-18-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Stone’s Fall by Iain Pears (5-18-09)  (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards by Robert Boswell (5-17-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- Murder in the Rue de Paradis by Cara Black (5-15-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Empire of Humiliation by James Jens Brusseau (5-14-09) (review by Claudia Real)
- Cemetery Dance by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (5-13-09) (review by Dean Murphy)
- Alexandria by Lindsey Davis (5-12-09)  (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Nobody Move by Denis Johnson (5-10-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (5-10-09)  (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Gifted Gabaldon Sisters by Lorraine Lopez (5-9-09) (review by Terez Rose)
- Save the Whales Please by Konrad Karl Gatien & Sreescanda (5-08-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Turnaround by George Pelecanos (5-08-09) (review by Hagen Baye )
- First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria by Eve Brown-Waite (5-07-09) (review by Jana L. Perskie)
- The Family Man by Elinor Lipman (5-7-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Wanting by Richard Flanagan (5-5-09)  (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Song Is You by Arthur Phillips (5-4-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Therapy by Sebastian Fitzek (5-3-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Loser’s Town by Daniel Depp (5-2-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Anathem by Neal Stephenson (5-01-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- Killing Castro by Lawrence Block (4-30-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- All the Living by C. E. Morgan (4-29-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Writing on My Forehead by Nafisa Haji (4-29-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (4-28-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Look Again by Lisa Scottoline (4-27-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- A Date You Can’t Refuse by Harley Jane Kozak (4-26-09) (review by Guy Savage)Â INTERVIEW
- My Little Red Book by Rachel Kauder Nalebuff (4-23-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Rain Before It Falls by Jonathan Coe (4-23-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- The Winter Vault by Anne Michaels (4-21-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- A Quiet Flame by Philip Kerr (4-21-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Rhyming Life and Death by Amos Oz (4-19-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- My Michael by Amos Oz (4-19-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Cabal of the Westford Knight by David S. Brody (4-18-09) (revieweby Kirstin Merrihew)
- Flipping Out by Marshall Karp (4-17-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Revelation by C.J. Sansom (4-17-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Amazing Adventure of Dietgirl by Shauna Reid (4-17-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Singer by Ira Sher (4-15-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Lethal Legacy by Linda Fairstein (4-14-09) (review by Guy Savage) INTERVIEW
- Darling Jim by Christian Moerk (4-11-09)(review by Mary Whipple)
- The Diamond of Darkhold by Jeanne Duprau (4-10-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- The Sound of Building Coffins by Louis Maistros (4-9-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- In Hovering Flight by Joyce Hinnefeld (4-7-09) (review by Debbie Lee Wesselman)
- Etta by Gerald Kolpan (4-6-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Selling Your Father’s Bones by Brian Schofield (4-5-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Long Lost by Harlan Coben (4-4-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- Savage Season by Joe R. Lansdale (4-2-09) (review by Daniel Luft)
- Mucho Mojo by Joe R. Lansdale (4-2-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Out of My Skin by John Haskell (3-31-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Commoner by John Burnham Schwartz (3-30-09) (review by Mike Frechette )
- The Dead Man’s Brother by Roger Zelazny (3-29-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- The Birthday Present by Barbara Vine (3-29-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Bone by Bone by Carol O’Connell (3-29-09) (review by Dean Murphy)
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick (3-28-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Beat the Reaper by John Bazell (3-28-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Tourist by Olen Steinhauer (3-27-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed by Marc Blatte (3-26-09) (review by Hagen Baye )
- Tahoe Avalanche by Todd Borg (3-26-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- American Rust by Philipp Meyer (3-24-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Figures in Silk by Vanora Bennett (3-23-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Shatter by Michael Robotham (3-22-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Matala by Craig Holden (3-22-09)(review by Guy Savage) INTERVIEW
- The Kommandant’s Girl by Pam Jenoff (3-20-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- The Diplomat’s Wife by Pam Jenoff (3-20-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Almost Home by Pam Jenoff (3-20-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (3-19-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Accordionist’s Son by Bernardo Atxaga (3-18-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- In Other Rooms, Other Wonders by Daniyal Mueenddin (3-17-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Temptation of the Night Jasmine by Lauren Willig (3-15-09) (review by Lori Lamothe)
- A Man of No Moon by Jenny McPhee (3-14-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- The Deepest Cut by Diane Emley (3-13-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Ruins by Achy Obejas (3-11-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Fault Line by Barry Eisler (3-10-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- The Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow (3-9-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Among the Mad by Jacqueline Winspear (3-9-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Little Giant of Aberdeen by Tiffany Baker (3-9-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Havana Lunar by Robert Arellano (3-7-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- San Francsico Noir 2: The Classics edited by Peter Maravelis (3-7-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- The Risk of Darkness by Susan Hill (3-6-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- First Execution by Domenico Starnone (3-4-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The House at Riverton by Kate Morton (3-3-09) (review by Terez Rose)
- The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt (3-2-09) (review by Beth Chariton )
- Run For Your Life James Patterson (3-1-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- A Grave in Gaza by Matt Benyon Rees (3-1-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb (2-28-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Mad Ship by Robin Hobb (2-28-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Ship of Destiny by Robin Hobb (2-28-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives by David Eagleman (2-26-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Isle of Dogs by Daniel Davies (2-25-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Awesome by Jack Pendarvis (2-25-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- The Women by T.C. Boyle (2-24-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Caravaggio’s Angel by Ruth Brandon (2-22-09) (review by Katherine Petersen)
- Portrait of Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett (2-23-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Bad Traffic by Simon Lewis (2-21-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- The Max by Ken Bruen & Jason Starr (2-20-09) (review by Hagen Baye )
- Drood by Dan Simmons (2-18-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck (2-17-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- August by Gerard Woodward (2-17-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Way Through Doors by Jesse Ball (2-16-09) (review by Tony Ross)
- Defiance by Nechama Tec (2-15-09) (review by Jana Perskie)
- Terminal by Andrew Vachs (2-14-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Spade & Archer by Joe Gores (2-14-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker (2-11-09) (review by Guy Savage) INTERVIEW
- L.A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker (2-11-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Fool by Christopher Moore (2-09-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Fifth Floor by Michael Harvey (2-8-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- Esther’s Inheritance by Sándor Márai (2-7-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (2-7-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- The Samaritan’s Secret by Matt Benyon Rees (2-5-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Security by Steve Amidon (2-3-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (2-2-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Buried Strangers by Leighton Gage (1-31-09) (review by Guy Savage) INTERVIEW
- Dirty Water: A Red Sox Mystery by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith & Jere Smith (1-30-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Chat by Archer Mayor (1-29-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
- Black Flies by Shannon Burke (1-29-09) (review by CT Terry)
- A Darker Domain by Val McDermid (1-27-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- The Bible Salesman by Clyde Edgerton (1-25-09) (review by Mike Frechette )
- Lark & Termite by Jayne Anne Phillips (1-24-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- A Beautiful Place to Die by Malla Nunn (1-22-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- The Turnaround by George Pelecanos (1-20-09) (review by Tony Ross)
- Home: Social Essays by Amiri Bakara (1-19-09) (review by Daniel Luft)
- Promise of the Wolves by Dorothy Hearst (1-18-09) (review by Ann Wilkes)
- Young Che by Ernesto Guevara Lynch (1-17-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Rumpole Misbehaves by John Mortimer (1-16-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Dream City by Brendan Short (1-15-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Tokyo Fiancée by Amelie Nothomb (1-14-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Isabella Moon by Laura Benedict (1-13-09) (review by Danielle Bullen)
- Abbeville by Jack Fuller (1-12-09) (review by Kirstin Merrihew)
- Occupational Hazards by Jonathan Segura (1-11-09) (review by Guy Savage) INTERVIEW
- The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent (1-9-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Runner by Thomas Perry (1-8-09) (review by Eleanor Bukowsky)
- Nemesis by Jo Nesbo (1-6-09) (review by Poornima Apte)
- Land of Marvels by Barry Unsworth (1-4-09) (review by Mary Whipple)
- Gun Work by David J. Schow (1-3-09) (review by Daniel Luft)
- Somebody Owes Me Money by Donald E. Westlake (1-3-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Mosquito by Roma Tearne (1-2-09) (review by Guy Savage)
- Not Yet Drown’d by Peg Kingman (1-1-09) (review by Lori Lamothe)
- Go East, Young Man by Harrison Lebowitz (1-1-09) (review by Clint Hunter)
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