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Chuck Barksdale

Chuck Barksdale has spent all of his life in the Philadelphia area where he met his wife while attending Drexel University in the late 1970′s. Chuck is a professional engineer who provides corporate environmental support for a petrochemical company based in Philadelphia. While not reading mysteries or spending time with his wife and three teenage children, Chuck scores Phillies games in the press box at Veteran’s Stadium for a sports information and analysis company.

Chuck has reviewed the following for MostlyFiction.com:

2011 (Top Picks)

• The Accident by Linwood Barclay (10-15-11)
• Northwest Angle by William Kent Krueger (10-2-11)
• The Cut by George Pelecanos (8-29-11)
• The Adjustment by Scott Phillips (8-5-11) Misery Bay by Steve Hamilton (7-3-11)
• Live Wire by Harlan Coben (5-7-11)
• Dope Thief by Dennis Tafoya (3-26-11)
• Philadelphia Noir edited by Carlin Romano (1-15-11) (review by Chuck Barksdale)

2010 (Top Picks)

• Damn Near Dead 2 edited by Bill Crider (12-31-10)
• Playing Dead by Harlan Coben (11-22-10)
• First of State by Robert Greer (10-24-10)
• The Burning Wire by Jeffery Deaver (08-07-10)
• 2 in the Hat by Raffi Yessayan (06-12-10)
• 8 in the Box by Raffi Yessayan (06-12-10)
• Caught by Harlan Coben (03-23-10)

2009

• Locked In by Marcia Muller (12-17-09) (review by Chuck Barksdale)
• The Double-Jack Murders by Patrick F. McManus (11-09-09)
• Two of the Deadliest edited by Elizabeth George (9-25-09)
• Triple Cross by Mark T. Sullivan (6-30-09)
• Long Lost by Harlan Coben (4-4-09)
• Run For Your Life James Patterson (3-1-09)
• The Fifth Floor by Michael Harvey (2-8-09)
• Chat by Archer Mayor (1-29-09)

2008

• Nameless Night by G.M. Ford (7-29-08)
• iWoz by Steve Wozniak (6-8-08)
• Avalanche by Patrick F. McManus (5-8-08)
• Last Call by James Grippando (3-17-08)

2007

• A Killer’s Kiss by William Lashner (10-19-07)
• Death Knell by John Misak (8-25-07)
• The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin (8-1-07)
• The Missing by Chris Mooney (7-1-07)
• The Overlook by Michael Connelly (5-21-07)
• Damage Control by Robert Dugoni (03-31-07)
• The Jury Master by Robert Dugoni (03-31-07)
• Step on a Crack by James Patterson (2-27-07)

2006

• Echo Park by Michael Connelly (12-30-06)
• The Book of Fate by Brad Meltzer (11-16-06)
• Marked Man by William Lashner (9-30-06)
• Vanishing Point by Marcia Muller (8-26-06)
• Little Blue Whales by Kenneth R. Lewis (8-26-06
• West Side byJohn Mackie (3-22-06)

2005

• Death’s Little Helpers by Peter Spiegelman (9-5-05)
• Cape Perdido by Marcia Muller (07-15-05)
• The Closers by Michael Connelly (06-12-05)
• Falls the Shadow by William Lashner (6-12-05)
• Native Tongue by Carl Hiaasen (2-17-05)

2004

• Hard, Hard City by Jim Fusilli (12-19-04)
• Hark! by Ed McBain (10-12-04)
• Killer Smile by Lisa Scottoline (08-22-04)
• The Dangerous Hour by Marcia Muller (07-24-04)
• The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer (05-15-04)
• Hot Plastic by Peter Craig (04-23-04)
• Hard Revolution by George Pelecanos (3-16-04)
• The Frumious Bandersnatch by Ed McBain (2-22-04)
• Heat Shock by Robert Greer (1-25-04)
• The Con Man’s Daughter by Ed Dee (1-11-04)

2003

• Moist by Mark Haskell Smith (11-30-03)
• Lie Still by David Farris (11-11-03)
• Four to Midnight by Scott Flander (9-7-03)
• The Serpent’s Kiss by Mark Sullivan (8-22-03)
• Cyanide Wells by Marcia Muller (7-8-03)
• Fatal Flaw by William Lashner (7-8-03)
• Dead Ringer by Lisa Scottoline (6-18-03)
• The White Road by John Connolly (6-18-03)
• Autumn Glory by Louis Masur (6-3-03)
• Babel and Silver Meadow by Barry Maitland (5-28-03)
• Fat Ollie’s Book by Ed McBain (4-20-03)
• Lost Light by Michael Connelly (3-31-03)
• Wild Thorn by William Hoffman (3-31-03)
• The Last Detective by Robert Crais (03-16-03)
• Soul Circus by George Pelecanos (03-03-03)
• Nick’s Trip by George Pelecanos (03-03-03)
• Spook by Bill Pronzini (2-22-03)
• Tishomingo Blues by Elmore Leonard (2-10-03)
• Step to the Graveyard Easy by Bill Pronzini (01-29-03)

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